Keyword(s): Food Crisis
09/24/11
IMF: Communiqué of the Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the IMFC: Collective Action for Global Recovery, Sept. 24, 2011
Press Release No. 11/348
September 24, 2011
"The global economy has entered a dangerous phase, calling for exceptional vigilance, co… more »
06/27/11
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 »
06/21/11
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 »
02/25/11
07:22:19 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
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Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics
The UNICEF about causes of the food crisis and potential consequences:
Ortiz, Isabel, Chai, Jingqing and Cummins, Matthew, Escalating Food Prices: The Threat to Poor Households and Policies to Safeguard a Recovery for All (February 11, 2011). UNICEF W… more »
07/30/10
02:06:55 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 60 words
Categories: Info about Resource Companies, Global natural Resources Trends
Spiegel Online International: Choc Finger's Big Bet; Speculators Rediscover Agricultural Commodities, July 29, 2010
With the financial crisis fading into the past, speculation on agricultural commodities markets has returned in force. Food prices are… more »
05/15/10
Project Syndicate: The ECB’s Tone-Deaf President, by Melvyn Krauss, May 2010
Once upon a time, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet communicated effectively with the outside world. Not anymore.
More than a few eyebrows were raised a… more »
03/07/10
click on picture to go to AmazoneGetting Off Track: How Government Actions and Interventions Caused, Prolonged, and Worsened the Financial Crisis, by John B. Taylor, Hoover Institution Press, 92 pp.Here is a review of Taylor's book as well as the… more »
01/07/10
Source: Tagesanzeiger (click on graph for larger picture)Tagesanzeiger published the results of an economic study about the prospects for the Swiss economy by Credit Suisse. Some of the important findings are: This recession has been less sever… more »
12/24/09
I found various different interpretations of the history of the Christmas Tree which today plays an important role in the Christian world all over the globe during Christmas.The Chronological History of the Christmas TreeChristmas tree, Wikipedia… more »
11/21/09
09:35:38 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 88 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics, Initiatives, Technologies
Source: EconomistThe Economist: If words were food, nobody would go hungry, Nov. 19, 2009“THE world’s attention is back on your cause.” That was Bill Gates talking to agricultural scientists gathered recently to honour the late Norman Borlaug, fa… more »
10/10/09
The Korea Herald: Skewed rewards for bankers, CEOs by Joseph Stiglitz, Oct. 10, 2009
The recent death of Norman Borlaug provides an opportune moment to reflect on basic values and on our economic system. Borlaug received the Nobel Peace Prize for his… more »
08/04/09
09:35:23 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 65 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Research
Sueddeutsche Zeitung published an article about a GfK study of biofood consumption in Germany. The study shows that consumption decreased by 4% from Jan. to June 2009 as compared to the same period in 2009. The economic crisis is seen as the major reason… more »
01/06/09
Here is some food for thought from LSE professor Willem H. Buiter on lessons to learn regarding future regulatory measures:
Lessons from the global credit crisis for social democrats, Willem H. Buiter, Professor of European Political Economy
Europea… more »
11/08/08
WSJ: Pelosi, Reid Press for TARP Aid for Auto Industry, Nov. 8, 2008
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are expected to send a letter to President George W. Bush urging him to assist the Big Three auto makers by consideri… more »
09/27/08
While discussions on the bail out plan continue and an agreement might be reached soon according to the Financial Times, academics and others are portraying ideas on weblogs and in papers of how the plan should be structured. I believe that there are som… more »
08/15/08
NYT: The Great Illusion, August 14, 2008
"Consider how things have played out in the current food crisis. For years we were told that self-sufficiency was an outmoded concept, and that it was safe to rely on world markets for food supplies. But when t… more »
07/12/08
08:41:15 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 156 words
Categories: Economics United States, Economics Global
click to get to Roubini CNBC interview
"So the worst is ahead of us for the real economy and financial markets. From time to time markets will rally again reacting to mild and deceptively positive economic news. For example the temporary drug of a $… more »
07/04/08
07:58:57 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 225 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Politics
Guardian: Secret report: biofuel caused food crisisInternal World Bank study delivers blow to plant energy drive, July 4, 2008
"Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World… more »
06/17/08
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany dropped significantly in June 2008. The indicator decreased by 11.0 points and now stands at minus 52.4 points after minus 41.4 points in the previous month. This is still well below its historical aver… more »
05/17/08
09:01:12 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 135 words
Categories: Global natural Resources Trends, Research
Dani Rodrik: Does the food price crisis enhance the case for self-sufficiency?
"I must say that I do not quite understand the argument of those who criticize the earlier liberalization. It seems to me odd to fault the World Bank for advice some 15 y… more »
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