Keyword(s): Austerity
10/25/12
09:24:56 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
, 91 words 
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
Reinhart and Rogoff, many times referred to on this platform, show in their latest article on Voxeu.org that the current recovery is not slower as in previous financial crises. The de-leveraging process is at the best in a beginning stage. We will se… 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 »
06/02/12
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 »
05/14/12
06:48:01 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 86 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Europe, Economics Global, Economics Asia
Fiscal Times: Reframe the 'Growth vs. Austerity' Debate, by Michael Hodin, May 11, 2012
....."The developed world’s economies are headed for social, political, and economic disaster if the terms of the debate are not transformed to include the extraor… more »
05/08/12
Daniel Gros has a good article on Project Syndicate expressing his views on the wrong focus of many European politicians when tackling growth:
Project Syndicate: Europe’s Misguided Search for Growth, by Daniel Gros, May 7, 2012
Here is an excerpt:… more »
04/13/12
Project Syndicate: The ECB’s Lethal Inhibition, by Barry Eichengreen (Berkeley), April 12, 2012
..."The ECB’s surprise liquidity operation put the continent’s crisis on hold. But now, just fourth months later, matters are again coming to a head. The b… more »
11/02/11
07:20:58 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 213 words
Categories: Economics Europe, Economics Global
The call by Greece's prime minister Papandreou for a national referendum on the EU's rescue proposal surprised the world.
LA Times: The Achilles' heel of the Eurozone, by Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Oct. 2, 2011
Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, president of… more »
09/30/11
01:36:37 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 17 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
Comstock Funds: What are the Driving Forces for the Economy? Sept. 29, 2011Keywords: US Economy, Deleveraging, Stimulus more »
09/24/11
Europeans, solve the Greece problem resolutely and work on the sustainability of the rest!!!!!"The Curious Capitalist" about six reasons why Greece should default (we support the views):MarketWatch: Gold futures have worst day in five years, Sept… more »
09/23/11
Tyler Cowen and Brad de Long have different views on the success of austerity in Ireland. We will come back to this in the longer term.
Brad De Long: Department of "Huh?!": Ireland "Cuir Siao ar Ghabhar Agus Is Ghabhar" Edition, Sept. 22, 2011
Keyw… more »
09/13/11
07:06:39 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 366 words
Categories: Economics Europe, Economics Global
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in The Telegraph talks about how dangerous the alleged German "Plan B" (exit of Greece from the Eurozone) is and accuses the German Finance Minister Schäuble of reckless behavior. Yes, the plan is dangerous, as UBS has impressivel… more »
09/12/11
06:54:44 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 239 words
Categories: Economics Global, Economics Asia
China still shows economic strength, according to Bloomberg.
Once again: a potential recession could most probably be prevented if the Euro countries could come up with a consistent, credible solution. It would be definitely a tough one, focusing on… more »
09/08/11
Certain bankers are warning that we have to go through a long period of uncertainty. Deutsche Bank CEO Preps for 'Long Period of Uncertainty'Readers of this website have come across references to the work of Reinhart and Rogoff again and again. T… more »
09/05/11
German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble published a great comment today in The Financial Times (FT). He explains that austerity is the only way to go and that it is time to act:"western democracies and other countries faced with high levels of debt… more »
Howard Schneider asks in a Sept. 2, 2011, Washington Post article whether austerity is killing Europe. He clearly thinks yes.The post also presents a graph which might be surprising for those who do not follow the European crisis in depth. It shows t… more »
08/30/11
Project Syndicate: The Trouble with Eurobonds, by Hans-Werner Sinn, August 26, 2011
Instead of introducing another instrument for redistribution, Sinn believes that it is now time for the Euro countries in the South to clean up their public finances t… more »
08/27/11
09:18:01 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 77 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
the "Positives" and "Negatives" of this week. Unexpected positive and negative news are more or less in balance. Consistent austerity and fiscal policies in both the US and Europe could probably change things to the better quite quickly. Keywords:… more »
08/24/11
Welt: Is Ireland a model for how the West can recover? August 10, 2011Lower salaries and a well-structured bailout have made Ireland competitive again, though its export-driven growth is still vulnerable to the fallout of a reeling world economy. Loo… more »
08/23/11
Could austerity build trust...Keywords: Irish Government Bond Yields, Italian Government Bond Yields more »
07/31/11
Peter Boone (LSE), Simon Johnson (MIT), Europe on the Brink, Peterson Institute, July 2011Attempts to resolve the problems in Europe are failing, and the crisis is spreading from Greece, Ireland, and Portugal to larger nations.Europe’s financia… more »
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