Central Bank News The past week in monetary policy saw interest rate decisions by 10 central banks around the world, with only one bank changing its rate while nine kept rates unchanged. The week was dominated by news from the...
Read MoreBy Stan Abrams China’s trade policies are up for review by the World Trade Organization. This is a normal procedure undergone by the Member States, and not some sort of special investigation that we can get excited about....
Read MoreBy Louis Basenese of Wall Street Daily This week, we’re serving up some timely snapshots on unemployment and one sector that’s never been more affordable. Are you brave enough to step up and buy, buy, buy? Hi Ho, Hi...
Read MoreBy Tyler Durden of ZeroHedge There are five problems that need to be resolved within the European crisis and Credit Suisse provides a scorecard for the progress towards these ‘risk factors’. The key issues are:...
Read MoreBy Anoop Singh (via iMFDirect) European banks play an important role in supplying credit to several Asian economies. What happens if they start reducing their exposure to the region? The largest borrowers from European banks are...
Read MoreBy James Picerno of The Capital Speculator Remember the attack on core inflation? Right about this time a year ago there was a wave of criticism aimed at the idea that core inflation–headline inflation less food and energy...
Read MoreBy Mindful Money via QFinance The weekend just gone has seen the Kingdom of Spain join the countries in the euro area which have called for international help to deal with debt problems. As ever the first casualty of such an...
Read MoreBy Michael Snyder All over America tonight there are people that believe that their lives are over. When you do everything that you know how to do to get a job and you still can’t get one it can be absolutely soul...
Read MoreBy Bruce Krasting There is a sideshow going on in Europe this week. All eyes are on the Spanish bank bailout, but there is another bailout in the works – Cyprus. I believe that a Cyprus deal will be agreed to within days....
Read MoreBy Bruce Krasting On the FFB The Treasury department’s private bank, the Federal Financing Bank (FFB) issues monthly reports. For some reason they have delayed recent releases. The March data came out on Friday. I believe...
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