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We’re a bit surprised it didn’t happen Monday – the Fed announced this morning a 50 bps rate cut. What makes this a bit more interesting is the coordination of the rate cut with similar cuts by the European Central Bank, as well as the central banks of the Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. […]
One of the most interesting metrics from yesterday’s roller coaster ride in our minds was the almost absurd bump in the LIBOR rate.
There’s been a fair amount of commentary on the financial blogs and news sites, but very little in the MSM.
Here’s one of the more interesting quotes making the rounds today-
“The money markets have […]
Here’s a link to one of the better articles we’ve seen in some time detailing the interactions the US economy / Fed experience and exert with the ECB (European Central Bank), the “Group of Seven” and other world banking and regulatory entities.
Written by Gary Dorsch, a former Charles Schwab global market analyst who’s now writing […]
Interesting commentary today in the WSJ on the fate of the falling dollar and skyrocketing oil futures (dancing near $120) last week. This Wednesday the Fed meets to chart the course for short term interest rates; the money appears to be on one further quarter point rate in the overnight Federal funds lending rate to […]
The Financial Services Forum is a think tank of sorts; it’s a group of 20 CEOs of financial services companies doing business in the US. They released a couple of interesting pieces of data yesterday as reported by the WSJ.
They ranked the US 9th, yes 9th, among counties expected to contribute to global economic growth […]
Andrew Batson wrote a must read piece in yesterday’s WSJ titled “Inflation, Spanning Globe, Is Set to Reach Decade High”.
Yes, we agree that economic theory can be a bit tedious now and then (understatement of the day), however, in these times of unprecedented economic change, it pays more than ever to stay abreast of the […]
We’ve recently been reminded of a fascinating article that was published by Harvard’s economic think tank a few years ago – here’s the citation - Alesina, Alberto F., Glaeser, Edward L. and Sacerdote, Bruce, “Why Doesn’t The US Have a European-Style Welfare State?” (October 2001), Harvard Institute of Economic Research Disc. Paper No. 1933.
Glaeser is […]
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