The video below puts a humorous spin on the otherwise difficult-to-digest process of quantitative easing. I guess as long as we can laugh, there is a modicum of hope …The transcript below comes courtesy of FDL Action:BEAR I: ...
Read MoreThis post is a guest contribution by Rebecca Wilder, author of the News N Economics blog.The Japanese economy grew 3.9% at a seasonally-adjusted annualized rate in Q3 2010 and over 2X the pace in Q2 2010 (data here). According...
Read MoreIn the clip below, Michael Pento interviews Gary Shilling, president of A. Gary Schilling & Co., on why deflation is in fact a grave threat to the American economy.Source: Truth is Liberty (via YouTube), November 15,...
Read MoreSource: John Sherffius, Comics.com, November 13, 2010.Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to subscribe to updates to Investment Postcards from Cape Town by e-mail.
Read MoreBy Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist of FNB.It isn’t only that the Rand faces the determination of the Fed to steadily ease US monetary policy yet more through persistent bond buying, injecting yet more liquidity, aiming to lower...
Read MoreBy Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist of FNB.With prime interest rate at 9.5% after 600 points easing these past two years what further rate downside is there?And when can we expect first increase?——————SARB remains guided by...
Read MoreU.S. manufacturing production is inching ahead and is likely to pick up by the end of the year. The same can be said about the economy as a whole. Although the Fed’s quantitative easing is likely to further boost the economy in...
Read MoreThe Daily Reckoning’s Eric Fry sat down with the Gloom Boom and Doom Report’s Marc Faber to get his opinion on the lie of the financial land.Part 1: Where is the global economy heading?Part 2: Asian stocks or U.S....
Read MoreChina’s CFLP manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMIs for October came in better than I had expected. Although October tends to be a somewhat weaker month from a seasonal perspective, the manufacturing PMI rose to 54.7 from...
Read MoreIn this video clip, economist Nouriel Roubini talks to CNBC about the mulit-speed recovery and why he thinks global tensions are getting worse.Source: CNBC, November 12, 2010.Did you enjoy this post? If so, click here to...
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