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Fed Reveals Rate Hike "Plumbing" Details: Removes Cap On Reverse Repos, Limits Each Counterparty To $30 Billion by Wed, 12/16/2015 - 15:20 0 SHARES Perhaps even more important than the actual rate hike announcement, the one statement the market was particularly focused on was the Fed's "…

The nightmare scenario of U.S. geopolitical strategists seems to be coming true: foreign economic independence from U.S. control. Instead of privatizing and neoliberalizing the world under U.S.-centered financial planning and ownership, the Russian and Chinese governments are investing in…

by Wed, 12/16/2015 - 13:05 0 SHARES Submitted by Martin Armstrong via ArmstrongEconomics.com, The argument that the Fed should do nothing - for it will be harder to correct a rate rise than to do nothing - because there is no bubble anywhere, demonstrates that we have the most serious BUBBLE in…

“The rate rise has been overhyped and won’t have a big impact on the U.S. economy,” said Joseph Lake of the Economist Intelligence Unit. ANDREW HARRER/BLOOMBERG NEWS The Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday said it would move to raise interest rates by a quarter percentage point , lifting them…

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On December 8, the IMF’s Chief Spokesman Gerry Rice sent a note saying: “The IMF’s Executive Board met today and agreed to change the current policy on non-toleration of arrears to official creditors. We will provide details on the scope and rationale for this policy change in the next day or so.”…

Sir, Lawrence Summers is right to point out how few tools central bankers have to “delay and ultimately contain the next recession” (Comment, December 7). We share his pessimism. However his analysis of the so-called “neutral rate of interest” being lower in the future than in the past is based on…

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by Sun, 12/06/2015 - 14:30 0 SHARES Submitted by Leonard Brecken via OilPrice.com, First, let’s review 2015 to see what could occur in 2016. What was most noteworthy was the continuation of investor focus on central bank interventions vs. fundamentals across all asset classes. That focus has…

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Quantitative Easing (QE) is a term that has gained prominence in the world of economics, particularly since the 2008 financial crisis. This page delves into the intricacies of QE, shedding light on its purpose, mechanisms, and real-world applications. Whether you’re new to the concept or seeking a…

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by Fri, 12/04/2015 - 21:48 0 SHARES Earlier today we reported that the primary catalyst for today's surge in stocks was Mario Draghi's speech in NY attempt to cover up the ECB's latest policy error as virtually every sellside analyst called Draghi's 'disappointing" decision to jawbone expectations…

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During her speech at the Economic Club this week , Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spent too much time covering old ground and not enough addressing the pressing issue of international economic turmoil. The Fed needs to be the world's central bank , whether Yellen likes it or not, and she spent…

The eurozone crisis unleashed in autumn 2009 has dominated political developments in Europe over the past few years. On the radical European left there is a sense that the European Union (EU) is disintegrating under the weight of the eurozone crisis and that the crisis has exacerbated centrifugal…

The AUD held its gains against the USD following the GDP report. WTI and Brent remain under selling pressure ahead of OPEC meeting due on Friday. The yellow metal plunged to a six-year low in the face of a stronger dollar. Fed Yellen: FOMC should not delay policy normalization The US dollar had…

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Rarely has the gulf that separates US from European monetary policy looked quite as wide as it does today, with the European Central Bank this week expected to sanction further easing even as the US Federal Reserve prepares to tighten – a great divergence which sees the two central banks, and their…

There was an article in the Fairfax press this morning (December 1, 2015) – ‘Australia headed for recession’: Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister – which featured the erstwhile finance minister stating the obvious. Last week’s investment data, which I analysed in this blog – Australia –…

Ben Bernanke’s Washington tell-all says too little, too late Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke’s new book feels more like the first of many acts than an authoritative memoir. And the main body of the narrative remains, so far as financial history is concerned, very much a work in…

It was 2008, when Ben Bernanke, the most powerful central banker in the world, announced that the FED would have started a massive stimulus program, the so called Quantitative Easing or, as defined by Mr. Bernanke, Credit Easing in order to differentiate it from the Japanese QE (which was a mere QE,…

Richard Harrison, Lena Boneva and Matt Waldron. Following the Great Recession, many central banks cut their policy rates towards their lower bounds and turned to unconventional policy measures in a bid to revive their economies. That was accompanied by an increasing use of `forward guidance’ about…

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday Europe’s single currency will be jeopardized if its Schengen passport-free travel zone unravels due to member states reimposing border controls to keep out refugees. The 26-member Schengen zone has come under…

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve has telegraphed its imminent interest rate hike so well that central bankers elsewhere have even begun to get impatient about it, the Fed’s second-in-command suggested on Thursday. “In the relatively near future probably some major central banks will…

The Commerce Department is scheduled to release inflation figures Wednesday. Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News Federal Reserve policy makers expect inflation will eventually reach their target. But the expectations of other people could get in the way. The Fed aims to get inflation to 2%, but it…

Ben Bernanke was arguably the most powerful person in finance at the exact moment finance, essentially, broke. The institution he had led since 2006, the Federal Reserve, was the world’s most important central bank, with wide-ranging responsibilities influencing financial markets, financial…

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday continued to flag December as a likely time for interest rates to rise after seven years near zero, with two expressing confidence they will be able to pull off a rate hike smoothly despite fears of an abrupt market reaction. Investors…

The man once regarded as the world's most powerful banker has bluntly declared that the Iraq war was 'largely' about oil. Appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1987 and retired last year after serving four presidents, Alan Greenspan has been the leading Republican economist for a generation and his…

Federal Reserve officials, poised to start raising the central bank’s benchmark interest rate in December, are turning from the question of whether to act to how quickly the Fed should raise rates thereafter. William C. Dudley, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the first…

‘One voice has not faltered during Europe’s refugee crisis: Angela Merkel’s.’Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters L ess than 10 weeks ago, Europe’s front pages were dominated by the photo of a dead Syrian child who drowned as his family attempted to reach the shores of Greece. Once the tears dried,…

Artikkeli on yli 9 vuotta vanha Politiikka Hallitus julkistaa huomenna maanantaina sote-uudistuksen liittyvän päätöstekstin. Kuva: Yle Uutisgrafiikka Pirjo Auvinen 8.11.2015 18:29•Päivitetty 8.11.2015 20:59 Ylen hallituslähteistä saamien tietojen mukaan sosiaali- ja terveyspalvelu-uudistus eli sote…

Risk-taking on financial markets has increased The prolonged period of low interest rates, investors’ increased search for yield and abundant market liquidity are causing a build-up of risks on international financial markets that may also spill over to the Finnish financial system. The need to…

Sami Metelinen | 10.11.2015 | 09:01 Portugalin keskusta-oikeistolainen vähemmistöhallitus on kaatumassa tiistaina. Portugalin valtion velkakirjojen korkotuotot ovat lähteneet tiistaina jyrkkään nousuun, kun vasemmistopuolueet pääsivät maanantaina yhteisymmärrykseen nykyisen hallituksen kaatamisesta…

Mario Draghi can’t catch a break. After overcoming a recession, Greece’s debt crisis and a damaged financial system, the European Central Bank president should be celebrating a slowly improving economy. Instead, an emerging-market slowdown is threatening the outlook and inflation that remains…