Archives for: June 2011

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06/30/11

Permalink 06:41:12 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 16 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
Keywords: Economic Freedom, Economic Growth, Property Rights, Health, Wealth more »
Permalink 06:32:06 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 104 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
Willem Buiter and a colleague think that talking a strong dollar but walking a weak one is harming US authoritie's reputation: Vox: The ‘strong dollar’ policy of the US: Alice-in-Wonderland semantics vs. economic reality, by Willem Buiter and Ebrahim… more »

06/29/11

Permalink 04:06:22 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 18 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Asia
Keywords: China, Chinese Economy, America, US more »
Permalink 06:09:08 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 12 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Airtime: Tue 28 Jun 11 | 07:30 AM ET Keywords: Martin Feldstein, Greek Crisis, US Economy more »

06/28/11

Permalink 07:32:50 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 47 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
Bhagwati is a strong advocate of free trade. He explains that an open economy can have very positive impacts on people's wealth development:The National: Keywords: Free Trade, Poverty Reduction more »

06/27/11

Permalink 09:03:00 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 34 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
Americans are best known for their statistics in baseball, football, basket ball. Following international population statistics, published by the US Census Bureau is also great:US Census Bureau: International Data BaseKeywords: Statistics, Popula… more »
Permalink 04:41:09 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 75 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Spiegel Online International: Top Economist on the Euro Crisis; 'The German Government Will Pay Up', June 27, 2011 In a SPIEGEL interview, leading German economist Stefan Homburg argues that euro-zone members should not bail out Greece, discusses who… more »
Permalink 01:44:58 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 9 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
Keywords: John Taylor, US Economy, Balance Sheet Recession more »
Permalink 09:52:49 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 409 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
The increase in upside risks to inflation calls for higher policy rates globally, the Bank for International Settlements, or BIS, said on Sunday. Releasing its latest annual report, the bank said that inflation risks have been driven up by dwindling… more »

06/26/11

Permalink 10:07:45 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 28 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
Stimulating article of Harvard's Mark Roe who asks how capitalistic the US really is: Project Syndicate: How Capitalist is America?, by Mark Roe, June 20, 2011 Keywords: Capitalism, Government Interventions more »
Permalink 09:58:53 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 214 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Interesting study about expectations about the retirement system in the Netherlands across various social groups. Individual responsibility to design a realistic pension scheme seems to be crucial - at least for those who have the means to take action. O… more »
Permalink 09:31:22 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 10 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
Jan. 22, 2011 Keywords: Federal Reserve, Fed, Monetary Policy, Quantitative Easing, QE2 more »

06/25/11

Permalink 12:39:30 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 101 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
ZeroHedge.com: Guest Post: Inevitable Catastrophe - The Fruits Of Moral Hazard On A Global Scale, June 24, 2011Inevitable Catastrophe: The Fruits Of Moral Hazard On A Global Scale Insulate participants from risk with policies like the Bernanke Pu… more »
Permalink 11:08:05 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 12 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
Fri 24 Jun 11 | 07:55 PM ET Keywords: US Economy, US Growth, US Growth Crisis more »
Permalink 10:50:31 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 129 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
There has been a heavy debate about Cesifo's Hans-Werner Sinn's argument that there were "hidden bail outs" in the Eurozone whereby the Bundesbank has been lending money to the crisis-stricken Eurozone members via the Target system on the order of €300 b… more »

06/24/11

June 21, 2011 Keywords: US Economy, Unemployment, Investments, CAPEX more »
Permalink 08:42:12 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 141 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe, Economics Global
Harmsen, Richard T., Turunen, Jarkko and Bayoumi, Tamim, Euro Area Export Performance and Competitiveness (June 2011). IMF Working Papers, Vol. , pp. 1-16, 2011 Abstract: "Concerns about export growth within the euro area peripheral countries due t… more »
Permalink 06:54:31 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 182 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Europe
The New York Times puts the planned Greek austerity program into perspective and virtually applies the relations to a similar program in the US: NYT: Some Greeks Fear Government Is Selling Nation, June 22, 2011 Here is an excerpt from the article:… more »
Permalink 06:45:43 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 146 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Following article in The Economist lays out the options for European decision makers regarding Greece well: The Economist: The euro crisis; If Greece goes…; The opportunity for Europe’s leaders to avoid disaster is shrinking fast, June 23, 2011 T… more »

06/23/11

Permalink 09:49:03 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 236 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe, Economics Global
It seems that Harvard's Jeffrey Frankel and colleagues bringt it to the point: They point out that the cyclicality of a country’s fiscal policy is inversely correlated with the country’s institutional quality which includes measures of law and order, bur… more »
Permalink 06:36:12 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 5 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Keywords: Euro Crisis, Eurozone more »
Permalink 08:46:56 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 61 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe, Economics Global
An impressive group of speakers presented different views. Great material!AUTHORSEdmond AlphandéryArnoud W.A. BootLee C. BuchheitCharles W. CalomirisYoussef CassisMitu GulatiMartin HellwigJanet KersnarRamon MarimonWolfgang Münch… more »

06/22/11

Permalink 09:55:31 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 43 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe, Economics Global
Simon Johnson about a potential bail out of the European elite: NYT: The I.M.F., Greece and Europe: Who Benefits? What are the lessons from the I.M.F.'s intervention in Argentina and other troubled economies?, June 20, 2011 Keywords: European Crisi… more »
Permalink 08:12:18 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 84 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
Once more an important blog post by Gary S. Becker. This time about reasons for the slow economic recovery in the US. Becker thinks that the US needs a favorable tax environment, a clean up of the public household and better predictability of regulators:… more »
Permalink 06:36:45 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 11 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Tue 21 Jun 11 | 04:38 PM ETKeywords: Greek Crisis, Euro Crisis, World Bank more »
Permalink 06:30:07 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 21 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
Vox: How are inflation targets set? by Roman Horváth and Jakub Mateju, June 22, 2011 Keywords: Central Bank, Inflation, Inflation Targets, Monetary Policy more »
Permalink 06:12:13 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 37 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Spiegel Online International: Spreading Like Wildfire; A Chronicle of the Euro Crisis, June 20, 2011 Keywords: Euro Crisis, Chronicle of the Euro Crisis Related: Posts about the "Euro Crisis" on MarketObservation in a chronological order:… more »

06/21/11

Project Syndicate: That Stalling Feeling, by Nouriel Roubini, June 21, 2011 Keywords: Global Economy, US Debt Problem, European Problems in the Periphery more »
Permalink 06:56:06 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 17 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Jim O'Neill, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, on the Greek Crisis: eywords: Greek Crisis, Greek Restructuring more »
Permalink 06:46:52 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 428 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
The Mises Blog yesterday published some excerpts from Philipp Bagus book "Tragedy of the Euro" (2010). It is good food for thought:The EMU as a Self-Destroying System, by Philipp Bagus, June 20, 2011Following excerpt explains the mechanism… more »
Permalink 06:28:01 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 40 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
Econbrowser: When Price Does Not Clear the Market, by Menzie Chinn, June 16, 2011Keywords: Markets, Prices, Informational Asymmetries more »
Permalink 06:22:19 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 30 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
Vox: Mr Keynes and the moderns, by Paul Krugman, May 21, 2011 Mises Blog: The Chicago School versus the Austrian School, June 20, 2011 Keywords: Keynesian, Chicago School of Economics, Austrian School of Economics more »

06/20/11

Permalink 08:03:37 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 79 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
Swedish economist Johan Norberg is the host of the new documentary Free or Equal, which retraces and updates the 1980 classic Free to Choose, featuring Milton and Rose Friedman. Like the Friedmans, Norberg travels the globe to look at the conditions unde… more »
Permalink 07:49:54 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 34 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
For energy planners, economic union planners, social welfare planners etc. etc.The Hayek PropheciesKeywords: Planners, Economic Planners, Trying to Remove Problems through more Planning, Unpredictability of Politics, Destroying Investment Climate… more »
Permalink 05:50:54 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 201 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
On January 14, 2011 we had a post where the author questioned the decision making process when Switzerland was increasing its IMF loans, mainly used to contribute to the EU "safety umbrellas". paperThe blog post author mentioned that following qu… more »

06/19/11

Permalink 06:32:21 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 154 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Reuters: Pimco head says EU must change course on Greek aid, June 19, 2011Europe risks wasting more money for nothing if it keeps pumping billions into the ailing Greek economy, the head of Pimco, the world's largest bond fund, said in an interview p… more »
Keywords: European Crisis, Greek Crisis more »
Permalink 11:00:34 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 4 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
Keywords: Fiat Money, Inflation more »

06/18/11

Permalink 04:57:03 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 8 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Asia, Economics Africa
June 2011Keywords: Emerging Markets, China, US Economy, Inflation more »
Permalink 10:42:43 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 7 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
June 16, 2011 Keywords: US Monetary Policy, Quantitative Easing more »
Permalink 10:30:18 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 126 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
WSJ: Europe's Greek Stress Test; The longer banks hold rotten paper, the likelier a second financial crisis becomes, by John H. Cochrane And Anil Kashyap, University of Chicago, June 17, 2011Greek debt is in trouble—again. After a month of dickering,… more »

06/17/11

Permalink 03:38:29 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 46 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
"We are living through a political saga which is running the danger of turning into a Greek tragedy and this must end immediately," Konstantinos Michalos, president at the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry told CNBC.… more »
Permalink 03:00:56 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 71 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Harvard's Kenneth Rogoff (in the Financial Times Deutschland) about the fact that the current attempts to rescue the Euro countries in the periphery could end up in heavy conflicts as the Greeks, Irish and Portuguese might not be willing to support the F… more »
Permalink 06:36:34 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 15 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
The Economist: The world economy Sticky patch or meltdown? June 16, 2011 Keywords: Global Economy, Global Recovery more »

06/16/11

Permalink 09:19:35 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 37 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Find following an article of Richard Pine in the Irish Times. He worries about austerity measures in the European problem countries: Irish Times: Indignation of ordinary Greeks may force return to drachma, June 15, 2011 Keywords: European Crisis,… more »
Permalink 06:16:54 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 17 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
Project Syndicate: America’s Dangerous Debt Ceiling Debate, by Mohamed A. El-Erian, June 15, 2011Keywords: US Debt, Debt Ceiling more »
Permalink 12:23:31 pm, by admin Email , 115 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
For our growing new visitor base we give you the hint that we have in our Econ section a great search index related to personalities and economic opinion leaders (mainly economists). If you click on the names you get to related posts on MarketObservation… more »
Permalink 12:01:20 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 18 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
IMF: Esprit de Currency, by Douglas A. Irwin, Finance & Development, June 2011, Vol. 48, No. 2Keywords: Currency Development, Trade Policies more »
Permalink 08:55:59 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 8 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
Keywords: US Budget, US Deficit, US Federal Debt more »
Permalink 08:26:17 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 69 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Vox: On and off target Hans-Werner Sinn, June 14, 2011 Since the crisis, substantial mismatches in intra-Eurozone payments have arisen, and these have given rise to so-called Target2 imbalances. In the original Vox column on this, Hans-Werner Sinn ar… more »
Permalink 08:18:41 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 19 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
Source: Tim Iacono (click on graph to go to original post) Keywords: US Monetary Policy, US Economy, US Inflation more »
Permalink 08:00:50 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 313 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Santos, Carlos, The Euro Sovereign Debt Crisis, Determinants of Default Probabilities and Implied Ratings in the CDs Market: An Econometric Analysis (June 8, 2011) Abstract: "In this paper we take an innovative econometric look at the Euro Zon… more »

06/15/11

Permalink 08:47:32 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 28 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
Keywords: US Economy, Austerity more »
Keywords: David Rosenberg, US Economy, Recovery of US Economy more »

06/14/11

Permalink 01:08:20 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 17 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
EconoMonitor: The Eurozone Heads for Break Up, by Nouriel Roubini, June 13, 2011 Keywords: Eurozone, Euro Crisis, Greek Crisis more »
Permalink 07:51:50 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 8 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global, Economics Asia
June 14, 2011Keywords: Asian Economies, China, Inflation in China more »

06/13/11

Permalink 04:50:55 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 6 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
The Sun Rises in the West - Dr Jerry Jordan Speech Keywords: Currencies, Currency Debasement, Personal Liberty more »
Permalink 09:28:55 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 137 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
Great Bloomberg article of University of Chicago's John H. Cochrane about consequences of QE2: Bloomberg: Is QE2 a Savior, Inflator, or a Dud?: Business Class, John H. Cochrane, June 2, 2011 Here is an excerpt: "Moreover, QE2 distracts us from t… more »
Permalink 09:22:40 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 297 words   English (US)
Categories: Africa
Menzie D. Chinn (UofWisconsin-Madison), Barry Eichengreen (Berkeley), Hiro Ito (Portland State University), A Forensic Analysis of Global Imbalances, March 2011 Abstract: "We re-examine the determinants of current account balances applying update… more »
Permalink 09:15:00 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 20 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Project Syndicate: Will Greece Make It? by Dani Rodrik, June 10, 2011 Keywords: Greek Crisis, Greek Debt, Greek Austerity Program, Greek Restructuring more »
Permalink 09:04:55 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 72 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Asia
Looking at the more and more China centered trade flows, the authors of following VOX article argue that a proper appreciation of the influence of exchange rates and demand on global imbalances requires taking into account an important feature of Asia’s… more »

06/11/11

Permalink 10:37:18 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 66 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Citi's Willlem Buiter and colleagues review recent articles by Martin Wolf and Hans-Werner Sinn on the role and interpretation of intra-Eurosystem (Target2) credit imbalances. They dispute their conclusions on both conceptual and empirical grounds: Ci… more »
Permalink 07:54:12 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 18 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Source: Spiegel: Euro CrisisRelated articles, background features and opinions about this topicKeywords: European Crisis, European Bail Outs more »
Permalink 09:39:56 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 97 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
There are following participants in the panel: Victor Halberstadt, Professor of Public Economics, Leiden University, Netherlands; Global Agenda Council on Fiscal Crises Mark Leonard, Director, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), United King… more »
Permalink 08:59:03 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 99 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Kai A Konrad Max of the Max Planck Institute and Holger Zschäpitz of "Die Welt" argue that Europe’s policymakers have got their strategy desperately wrong and that the discussed modifications of the Stability and Growth Pact, including a view on macroeco… more »
Permalink 12:24:08 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 170 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
Mises Institute: Global Inflation, June 10, 2011Central bank liquidity is gushing everywhere, leading to protests over high prices in India, Ukraine and China, the Financial Times reports.Stefan Wagstyl and Jonathan Wheatley write, “The main driv… more »

06/10/11

Permalink 05:44:12 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 136 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
Reputed Berkeley professor and currency specialist Barry Eichengreen warns in his latest Project Syndicate of a low dollar. Project Syndicate: How to Kill a Dollar, by Barry Eichengreen, June 9, 2011 He explains why a low dollar, often mentioned as… more »

06/09/11

Permalink 08:41:33 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 28 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
A kind of simple and easy to understand messages ... one would think ... but obviously important to be heard again and again... Keywords: Free Lunch Myth, Government Spending, Taxes more »
Keywords: US Economy, Jim Rogers more »
Permalink 07:25:35 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 78 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Project Syndicate: Money Magic, Raghuram Rajan, June 8, 2011Economic growth in the United States seems to be slowing again. This might reflect temporary factors, like the Japanese tsunami, which disrupted supply chains and caused some factories to… more »

06/08/11

Permalink 03:17:40 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 75 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Spiegel Online International: Berlin Warns of Possible Greek Insolvency; German Finance Minister Calls for Athens Debt Restructuring, June 8, 2011 In a letter sent to the European Commission, the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund… more »
Permalink 09:17:52 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 13 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
Charlie Rose: Economy Update (Video), June 3, 2011Keywords: US Economy, Global Economy, Charlie Rose more »
Permalink 08:40:06 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 110 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
IMF: Information Rigidity in Growth Forecasts: Some Cross-Country Evidence, by Loungani, Prakash, Stekler, Herman, Tamirisa, Natalia T., June 1, 2011 Summary: "We document information rigidity in forecasts for real GDP growth in 46 countries ove… more »
Permalink 07:32:16 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 27 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
Marginal Revolution: Real per capita growth in government revenue over the preceding ten-year period, by Tyler Cowen, June 7, 2011 Keywords: US Government Revenue, Growth of US Government Revenue more »
June 7, 2011 Keywords: US Economy, Economic Recovery, Fed, Monetary Policy more »
Permalink 07:08:46 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 98 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
On the contribution of monetary policy to economic fluctuations, by Olivier Coibion, June 8, 2011 What effect do interest-rate changes have on economic growth? Most studies suggest that the answer is “not much”. This column points out that a lot of th… more »

06/07/11

Permalink 10:12:28 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 20 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
A must watch!Nov. 2010, Cato InstituteKeywords: Carmen Reinhart, Public Debt, Private Debt, Monetary PolicyRelated: more »
Permalink 06:59:12 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 32 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
Airtime: Mon 06 Jun 11 | 12:12 PM ET Keywords: more »
Permalink 06:55:28 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 305 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Find here an ECB paper about the improvement potential in fiscal data revision in the EU area: Castro, Francisco De, Perez, Javier J. and Rodríguez Vives, Marta, Fiscal Data Revisions in Europe (May 13, 2011). ECB Working Paper No. 1342. Abstract:… more »
Permalink 06:36:26 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 112 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
Adam D. Thierer, of George Mason University's Mercatus Center delivers good "food for thought" with his working paper on Internet optimism and how to save the net from its detractors. The paper can also be downloaded from the Social Science Research Netw… more »

06/06/11

Keywords: US Economy, Great Stagnation more »
Permalink 12:59:25 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 96 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Project Syndicate: The EU’s Rules to Default, by Daniel Gros, June 3, 2011 Greece’s ballooning public debt is again throwing Europe’s financial markets into turmoil. But why should a debt default by the government of a small, peripheral economy – one… more »
Permalink 06:07:05 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 49 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
Econbrowser: Life without QE2, June 5, 2011UC San Diego's James Hamilton explains why there are many things to worry about but not the end of QE2: read more on EconbrowserKeywords: US Economy, Monetary Policy, Quantitative Easing, QE2, End of QE2 more »

06/05/11

Permalink 07:54:27 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 920 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
Barry Ritholtz had such a great column in the June 5, 2011 Washington PostThe Washington Post: After a recession, the least rational rise (temporarily) to prominence. Ignore them, June 5, 2011that we redistribute here the full text. We did not ha… more »
Permalink 02:13:15 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 91 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Project Syndicate: The Euro’s PIG-Headed Masters, by Kenneth Rogoff, June 3, 2011Europe is in constitutional crisis. No one seems to have the power to impose a sensible resolution of its peripheral countries’ debt crisis. Instead of restructuring the… more »
Permalink 09:32:20 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 90 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
The Standford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality has just published a comprehensive data set about following facts:wage inequality, CEO pay, homelessness, education wage premium, gender pay gaps, occupational sex segregation, racial gaps… more »
Permalink 08:16:28 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 110 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Following website presents the results of a simulation conducted by students at ESCP Europe Business School. The aim was to uncover the amount of interlinked debt between Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain, Britain, France, and Germany; and then see… more »

06/04/11

Permalink 09:57:59 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 55 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe, Economics Global
Immigration, currently a heavily debated subject in many countries. Thus, it might be worth to listen to this 1 hour IEA 2010 lecture by Gary S. Becker. This great thinker demonstrates once more that policians dealing with the subject might be well advis… more »
Permalink 08:22:52 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 166 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
The German magazine "Der Spiegel" reports today that the Greek bail out could cost an additional Euro 100 billion until the end of 2014. According to Spiegel, experts of the German Finance ministry, the European Central Bank and the IMF regard this a pos… more »
Permalink 01:49:38 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 218 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
The Future Has Thicker Tails Than The Past: Model Error As Branching Counterfactuals(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_c… more »
Permalink 07:57:03 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 27 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
Keywords: US Public Debt, US Debt Ceiling, Raising Debt Ceiling more »
Permalink 07:42:48 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 49 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
Gauti Eggertsson makes a good comparison of the economic situation in 1937, where a tightening monetary policy was implemented after the Roosevelt area and the situation today: New York Fed: Commodity Prices and the Mistake of 1937: Would Modern Econo… more »

06/03/11

Permalink 03:23:28 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 7 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States, Africa
http://finance.yahoo.com/video/marketnews-19148628/u-s-payrolls-rose-54-000-in-may-missing-forecast-25430411Keywords: US Economy, Job Growth, Unemployment more »
Permalink 02:29:48 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 108 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Global
Throughout history, migrants have fueled the engine of human progress. Their movement has sparked innovation, spread ideas, relieved poverty, and laid the foundations for a global economy. In a world more interconnected than ever before, the number of pe… more »
Permalink 02:13:53 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 37 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
The current pessimism of American consumers is striking! The scenario of a double dip is not unlikely. Cleveland Fed: Economic Trends Wages, Expectations, and Prospects for Inflation, May 27, 2011 Keywords: Expected Change in Family Income, Househo… more »

06/02/11

Keywords: James Buchanan, Role of Government more »
Permalink 04:24:48 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 99 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
BBC News: Greece default risk at 50:50 says Moody's, June 2, 2011 Greece's credit rating has been cut again by rating agency Moody's. Moody's cut its rating by three notches from B1 to Caa1 - just five notches short of default. The new rating me… more »
Permalink 02:11:51 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 65 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics United States
"Raghuram Rajan, author of 'Fault Lines' and Chicago Universitry finance professor, discusses with John Authers, head of Lex, his warning that a growing underclass in developed countries will prolong economic crisis. He also elaborates his views about th… more »

06/01/11

Permalink 09:37:18 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com Email , 97 words   English (US)
Categories: Economics Europe
Vox: The ECB’s stealth bailout, by Hans-Werner Sinn, June 1, 2011 The Eurozone crisis lingers on. This column argues that the Eurozone payments system has been operating as a hidden bailout whereby the Bundesbank has been lending money to the crisis-s… more »
April, 2011 Keywords: US Dollar, Middle Class, Security, Unemployment more »

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