By Stan Abrams (Guest Post) It’s been a while since I studied economic development, and these days I’m only likely to glance at some basic indicators, like GDP per capita. But I saw this article today on Vox, and it...
Read MoreBy Central Bank News The past week in monetary policy saw interest rate decisions announced by 9 central banks around the world. Of those that changed interest rates (all dropping rates) were: Indonesia -50bps to 6.00%, Serbia...
Read MoreBy Static Chaos (Guest Post) Lehman and after the Too Big To Fail Wall Street banks were ultimately bailed out by the American taxpayer, Moral Hazard was cited as a major systemic risk to the global financial system. Three years...
Read MoreBy EconMatters It looks like the initial public support and sympathy for Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is starting to wear thin. From CNBC: “Occupy Wall Street may claim small-business owners as members of the 99 percent, but...
Read MoreBy Nisha Sharma Several news reports are speculating that the bustling and red-hot economy of India may be decelerating. Depending on the macroeconomic point of view, India’s economy could either be slowing down or...
Read MoreBy Central Bank News (Guest Post) The Bank of England (BoE) kept the Bank Rate at a record low stimulatory level of 0.50%, and kept its Asset Purchase Program (Quantitative Easing) unchanged at GBP 275 billion, after increasing...
Read MoreBy Frank Holmes As Americans in the 1970s sang that they’d like to “teach the world to sing,” Coca-Cola was entering the Chinese market. More than 30 years later, China is the beverage company’s third...
Read MoreBy Stratfor Global Intelligence (Guest Post) The Chinese continue to watch the way in which the Europeans are trying to deal with their financial and political crisis right now. For China this is particularly important. Number...
Read MoreBy Eric Schaefer (Guest Post) For a moment there, it seemed that Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, was one lucky man.Just as it seemed as if an end had finally been scripted for the ongoing Greek sovereign debt...
Read MoreBy Visual Economics (Guest Post) Whether you’re in the 99%, the 1%, or attempting to ignore the issue altogether, Occupy Wall Street is a pretty enormous-and now international-movement. It’s still making the news...
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