Archives for: June 2012
06/30/12
12:30:03 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
, 111 words 
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
Fiscal Times: 7 Reasons the Fed Should Raise Interest Rates…
...and Still Keep Easy Money Flowing through the Economy, Bruce Bartlett, June 29, 2012
Most economists reading the title of this article probably think I am an idiot. Easier money is what… more »
06/26/12
07:46:32 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 149 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Europe, Economics Global
Are central banks loosing control and do we need a global institution? We believe definitely not .... by observing the instrumentalisation of the transnational ECB. More federalism in central banking could be another route to think about ... local versus… more »
06/24/12
Casey B. Mulligan, Do Welfare Policies Matter for Labor Market Aggregates? Quantifying Safety Net Work Incentives since 2007, NBER Working Paper No. 18088, May 2012
Abstract:
"Inflation-adjusted spending on means-tested subsidies has increased shar… more »
06/23/12
10:00:45 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 86 words
Categories: Economics Europe, Economics Global
Would you have expected the the US is much better off regarding Debt/GDP than many European states? The US, as compared to European Union States, has the advantage that they have their own central bank.Source: RitholtzThere are more and more… more »
06/18/12
06:37:55 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 210 words
Categories: Economics Europe, Economics Global
Interesting reflections of two Johns Hopkins scholars on Europe, tackling bank runs, austerity, productivity, short term liquidity measures, Role of ECB etc.
Bob Barbera and Jonathan Wright (Johns Hopkins University) on options for Europe
They tack… more »
06/11/12
06:34:00 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 435 words
Categories: Economics Europe, Economics Global
George Soros gives an explanation of the development of the spread between Spanish and German borrowing costs (red line) as well as Italian and German borrowing costs (blue line), going back to 1980. more »
06/05/12
Keywords: Europe, European History more »
06/02/12
09:41:06 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 106 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Europe, Economics Global
Kenneth Rogoff, in a new column on Project Syndicate asks whether Keynesians or people who favor austerity are naïve. He does not see a black and white answer:
"But who is being naïve? It is quite right to argue that governments should aim only to bal… more »
06/01/12
Keywords: Europe, European Financial Crisis more »
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