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Economy, World. 7 August, 2012, 14:20
Chart: ageing and economic growth – the case of Japan
The older the prefecture is, the worse the economy performed in the previous decade.
Economy, World. 3 August, 2012, 1:05
Central banks’ (un)coordinated (in)action completed a “trio of disappointment”
This week has been full of central banks’ decisions, but it turns out to be just some uncoordinated inaction.
Economy, World. 22 July, 2012, 21:52
Rise in food prices is already showing up in some inflation indicators
Inflation in Brazil has picked up unexpectedly on the back of rising food price.
Economy, World. 20 July, 2012, 18:07
Chart: air cargo volume indicator and global industrial production
The air cargo indicator remains in negative territory, although improved sequentially in the past two months.
Economy, World. 18 July, 2012, 0:22
Charts (update): Inflation? Where?
There is no threats of excessive inflation in major economies. In fact, it looks more like threat of deflation.
Economy, World. 5 June, 2012, 11:50
Emerging market central banks’ balance sheets are much larger than the developed world
The sizes of major developed market central banks’ balance sheets pale in comparison to those of the emerging market.
Economy, World. 29 May, 2012, 12:21
Global addiction to government stimulus
The world market is now so addicted to government stimulus all over the world. The question is whether it is possible to break this dependence.
Economy, World. 17 May, 2012, 14:58
Chart: air cargo volume points to sharp decline in global industrial production
Nomura’s air cargo volume index shows a 7.8% yoy decline in April, pointing to further decline in global industrial production.
Economy, World. 10 May, 2012, 13:13
Willem Buiter: how about abolish currency COMPLETELY?
Willem Buiter of Citi suggests that to lower effective lower bound on nominal interest rates, one of the solutions is to abolish currency altogether.
Economy, World. 20 March, 2012, 0:07
Population ageing and (dis-) inflation
Evidence suggests that the older the overall population, the less likely the country would have high inflation.
Economy, World. 30 November, 2011, 21:14
Central Bankers United!
Central banks of Canada, UK, Japan, Europe, Switzerland and the Fed will be cutting the rates on dollar swap lines by 50 basis points.
Economy, World. 30 October, 2011, 20:00
Niall Ferguson: The End Of Great Divergence
The divergence between the West and the rest for the past many centuries is ended, said Niall Ferguson.
Economy, World. 17 October, 2011, 13:17
The Endgame Of Quantitative Easing: COMMUNISM?
In a persistently deflationary environment, central bank become bigger and bigger to counter that until it finally running out of things to buy.
Economy, World. 15 October, 2011, 2:40
Currency War: United States Vs. China – Round 998,793,487,485
Chinese Yuan seems to have largely paused its orderly ascent against the USD for a month or two, doesn’t seem to care what US Congress is doing.
Economy, World. 10 October, 2011, 19:07
Nobel Prize In Economics 2011 Goes To Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims
Nobel Prize In Economics 2011 Goes To Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims “for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy”
Economy, World. 16 September, 2011, 2:24
19 Years Ago, It Was Black Wednesday
With the European sovereign debt and banking crisis on-going, let’s look at what happened to the United Kingdom 19 years ago today.
Economy, World. 15 September, 2011, 21:17
Fed, ECB, BOJ and SNB Coordinate To Provide US Dollar Liquidity
Fed, ECB, BOJ and SNB are coordinating to provide 3-month US dollar liquidity till the end of the year.
Economy, World. 13 September, 2011, 11:48
Chinese Bond Buying And Exchange Rate Policy
Chinese might be shopping for bonds around, but the motive of propping European bonds and Euro is simply a part of their trade and exchange rate policy.
Economy, World. 8 September, 2011, 3:23
Concerted Monetary Easing As Early As This Weekend?
As slowing growth and collapsing stock market, Morgan Stanley thinks that a coordinated monetary easing effort might be possible as early as this weekend.
Economy, World. 7 September, 2011, 14:11
1931, 2008, 2010? No, It’s 2011
People start worry about the Euro crisis and start drawing comparison with 2008 and other crises. But perhaps this is just something unique.