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“David Cameron has warned that rising inflation poses a threat to Britain amid warnings from economists that the Bank of England has failed to tackle the worrying trend. The prime minister insisted he did not want the country to go back to the days whe …
READ MORE“As UK Prime Minister David Cameron issues a warning over rising inflationary pressure, Chris Giles provides an analysis of the challenge faced by Britain and the rest of the world.” Watch it here. “Rising Inflation Is ‘No Blip'” Chris Giles Financi …
READ MORE“By chance I came across two articles today that are wildly optimistic about global economic growth in the future. First, via Karl Smith, I see that Robin Hanson is talking up the possibility of a robot-induced “singularity” in the future that will rad …
READ MORE“Quantitative easing carried out by the U.S. Federal Reserve could exacerbate global currency interventions, hurt the developed countries and fuel flows of speculative capital into emerging market economies, a senior official with China’s State Adminis …
READ MORE“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“Although the Federal Reserve would continue to pretend it is an independent entity, the fact is it has become another political wing of the federal government. If you did not think so, let’s juxtapose recent comments by Fed officials to real developme …
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