Monday, 7 September 2015

Is the Fed's estimate of longer-run normal rate of unemployment consistent with the US capital formation?

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After more than six years of near zero interest rates, the U.S. Federal Reserve is pondering on the merits of a move towards poli...
Monday, 31 August 2015

Macroprudential Follies and Monetary Policy

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In a recent article in Project Syndicate Barry Eichengreen appears to criticize the former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan, for expressing doubt...
Wednesday, 19 August 2015

Will the Fed raise rates in September?

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  In my estimation Fed can not risk rising rates in such  critical times and therefore it won't. A rising rate at current market c...
Thursday, 13 August 2015

UK Competitiveness Outlook is Gloomy!

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In its first budget, the new Government of Prime Minister David Cameron has eased markedly its intended austerity measures that had been pe...
Sunday, 2 August 2015

Alpha, Beta, and Beyond -- A comment on "smart beta'

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  In a recent Project Syndicate article Dr. Roubini argues:  [M]y economic research firm has a quantitative model, updated every ...
Thursday, 30 July 2015

In Defense of Varoufakis -- A comment

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Mr El Erian’s defence of Yanis Varoufakis is accurate, elegant and powerfully articulated. Yet I wish he would provide an answer to the ...
Monday, 27 July 2015

How should the Greek debt crisis be resolved?

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On July 29th, two days from now, Greece will begin her deferred discussions over a third bailout of €85bn when prime minister Alexis Ts...