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“During the Second World War, American monetary policy was dedicated to providing cheap credit to the federal government. This policy resulted upward pressure on prices and was suppressed by wage and price controls enforced by the Office of Price Admin …
READ MORE“Consumer prices are rising at a quick pace in the some of the largest economies in Latin America, complicating the task of governments that want to maintain high growth rates without sparking inflation. On Friday, Brazil announced that consumer prices …
READ MORE“A planned change in deposit insurance fees for U.S. banks may lower already near-zero short-term interest rates, according to strategists at Barclays Plc, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and the Royal Bank of Canada. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. …
READ MORE“Chairman Bernanke’s experiment with quantitative easing continues to have unintended consequences for the global economy, due to the impact of the equation highlighted below: QE2 = inflation [globally] = monetary policy tightening [globally] = slower …
READ MORE“Another source of demand could be central banks. The IMF’s sales quota will run its course and possible sellers like the German Bundesbank and the Swiss National Bank have said they have no intention of unloading bullion, HSBC says. Meanwhile, Asian c …
READ MORE“Fed chairman Ben Bernanke concedes that, while necessary, a new large purchase of government bonds by the Fed to help cover the deficit will not completely solve our problem of slow growth. Many in the markets and around the world express the same sen …
READ MORE“In spite of their security purchase plans, the Fed has not been successful in keeping long-term Treasury yields low. As the yield chart above indicates, 10-year prices have been falling in spite of the Fed’s buying spree (remember, yields go up when p …
READ MORE“Writing over 230 years ago, Adam Smith noted the ‘juggling trick’ whereby governments hide the extent of their public debt through ‘pretend payments.’ As the fiscal crises around the world illustrate, this juggling trick has run its course. This paper …
READ MORE“Many people I’ve spoken with over the past 6 months or so have expressed extreme dissatisfaction with their individual and/or collective ability to affect change in government. Sure, there have been some small victories here and there, but by and larg …
READ MORE“Eurozone inflation rose in June to its highest since the bloc’s 1999 formation, data showed on Monday as political opposition mounted to an expected European Central Bank move to raise its main interest rate this week. Prices were 4 per cent higher in …
READ MORE“The Australian dollar reached the highest since the currency was freely floated in 1983 as US data spurred speculation global growth is gathering momentum, boosting demand for currencies with higher-yielding assets. The Aussie traded above parity with …
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