In Big Picture - Posted 5 days ago

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (July 28 August 3, 2008)As oil prices seesawed through the past week, fresh uncertainty abo...

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In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

Kenneth Rogoff says we need to raise interest rates to prevent inflation, to quit trying to stimulate the economy with fiscal policy, and allow financ...

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In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 1 week ago

I agree with this (from the FT, below) - the Fed should not be in a hurry to raise interest rates due to concerns about inflation. This inflation, unl...

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In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

I agree with this - the Fed should not be in a hurry to raise interest rates due to concerns about inflation. This inflation, unlike some in the past,...

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In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

The subtitle on this article says:The dismal science is at last a science and the world is the beneficiary.Here are a few parts of the article, thou...

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In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

Calculating the nation's inflation index is meticulous process - LA Times The economy: the problem - Workingman s blues - Economist.com IM...

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In Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Se - Posted 1 week ago

Paul McCulley of PIMCO: PIMCO - Global Central Bank Focus - July 2008 The Paradox of Deleveraging : [M]acroeconomics is not just the summation of mi...

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In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

Paul De Grauwe is critical of the macroeconomic models used by central banks:Cherished myths fall victim to economic reality, by Paul De Grauwe, Comme...

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In Big Picture - Posted 2 weeks ago

James Grant on our current financial situation: Since the credit crisis burst out into the open inJune 2007, inflation has risen and economic growth h...

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In Big Picture - Posted 2 weeks ago

This is what focusing on Core inflation gets you!Zimbabwe's $100bn note: Some Zimbabweans are already calling for higher denominations in a country wh...

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