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An Addendum to the ‘Flations – Gold $5,000
Frederick Sheehan is the author of Panderer to Power: The Untold Story of How Alan Greenspan Enriched Wall Street and Left a Legacy of Recession (McGraw-Hill, 2009). Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke delivered a much-anticipated…
India Booms
One key theme has been how well many emerging market economies have held up while the world's biggest economies slow. India's Q2 GDP report fits into that theme. The 8.8% year-over-year growth represents an acceleration from the 8.6% y-o-y…
On helicopter drops aka free money and other links
Helicopter drops oftwominds: What If We Ditched Quantitative Easing and Just Printed (and Distributed) Cash? A helicopter drop for the US Treasury | vox The Usual Fare BBC News - Anglo Irish Bank in £6.4bn loss Older people…
On The Shoulders Of Giants – How Spain Is Destined To Follow In Germany’s Footsteps
by Edward Hugh: Barcelona The current generation of policymakers seem to be like Captains of large ocean liners, out there on the high seas, bereft of either compass or adequate charts, trying hard to calm their worried passengers by…
Swiss Franc Hits Record vs Euro; Yen Gains
The BBH CurrencyView Highlights The Swiss franc rose to a record against the euro while the yen also continued to edge higher through the Asian session as some improved Japanese figures failed to dent the risk-off momentum. EUR/CHF…
Romania In The Spotlight: Stay Short RON
By Win Thin, Senior Currency Strategist, BBH In light of recent attention on Eastern Europe, here are some thoughts on Romania. The government has been unable to sell local debt at its self-imposed cap of 7% because investors have been…
Eastern European Concerns To Rise, Hungary To Come Under Further Pressure
By Win Thin, Senior Currency Strategist, BBH Harvard Professor (and former IMF official) Kenneth Rogoff expects some Eastern European countries to face sovereign crises over next 2-3 years. In a weekend interview, Rogoff predicted…
The Baron Münchhausen Effect
by Edward Hugh: Barcelona Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Freiherr von Münchhausen was a German baron born in Bodenwerder in the eighteenth century. Made famous by the Hollywood director Terrence Gilliam, the baron first came to public…
Links: 2010-08-30
Le Figaro - Politique : Roms expulsés : Kouchner a songé à démissionner Oväntat stort BNP-lyft i Danmark - DN.se Guest Post: Modern Monetary Theory -- A Primer on the Operational Realities of the Monetary System « naked capitalism Crise…
White: ‘Burden of Debt’ Will Slow Global Growth
Bill White, formerly of the BIS and now with the OECD spoke to Bloomberg News during the KC Fed's annual meeting in Jackson Hole, WY. He gave some rather pointed answers to questions about the Federal Reserve's monetary policy. I reviewed…