Economic Education
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“Foreigners Shun Europe’s Bonds, and Debt Piles Up” – NYT
“Greece. Ireland. And now, it seems, Portugal. While the circumstances that have driven these debt-ridden members ofthe euro zone to the brink differ, they share one common characteristic: all three […]
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“M&S Warns of Rising Inflation” – WSJ
“Marks & Spencer Group PLC is facing the specter of rising inflation as it fights for market share in the fiercely competitive U.K. grocery and clothing market, just as the […]
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“ECB Intervenes As Debt Crisis Deepens” – Financial Times
“The European Central Bank intervened to prop up the eurozone bond markets on Monday as political leaders and bankers warned the debt crisis was deepening amid fears Portugal was edging […]
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“Cameron Sees Threat From Rising Inflation” – Financial Times
“David Cameron has warned that rising inflation poses a threat to Britain amid warnings from economists that the Bank of England has failed to tackle the worrying trend. The prime […]
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Is QE2 Good for CRE?
“In spite of their security purchase plans, the Fed has not been successful in keeping long-term Treasury yields low. As the yield chart above indicates, 10-year prices have been falling […]
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“Rising Rates Reveal Debt Reality” – Pento
“The Fed’s lucky streak of luring bond investors with low interest rates may be drawing to a close. Nevertheless, the extended period of low borrowing costs has bred a new […]
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“Inflation and Interest Rate Trends Look Positively for Gold in 2011”
“Gold prices generally rise during times of actual or projected inflation because of gold’s traditional status as a “safe haven” asset. Gold buyers seeking an asset which reacts favorable to […]
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“China’s Coming Inflation Nightmare”
“It is our suspicion that China likes declining commodities. Soaring prices over the past several months have made it much more expensive for China to squelch its never-ending thirst for […]
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“Inflation, Here is Thy Sting”
“The sting of inflation is showing up in the emerging market economies, where rising food prices are stinging the consumer. (Oh sorry I forgot, food inflation isn’t inflation!) China has […]
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Ben Bernanke’s Bond Bunk
“Here’s the problem in the main: Bernanke’s only tool to “tighten” monetary policy means selling bonds into the market and taking in cash from the system. But what happens if […]
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“Leading Chinese credit rating agency downgrades USA government bonds”
“One of China’s leading credit rating agencies has downgraded United States of America government debt in response to what it sees as deliberate devaluation of the dollar by quantitative easing […]
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A Return to the Gold Standard? – Richard Ebeling
“Monetary central planning has worked no better than any other form of central planning over the last one hundred years. The world’s central bankers – just like the central planners […]