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All items tagged Federal ReserveGlobal Must Read ArticlesOctober 4, 2012 | The United States' Wrong Economic MedicinePolicymakers have misdiagnosed the ailment of America’s financial problems. ++ The prescribed medicine can result in unwanted side effects. ++ The American consumer, the patient, has been spending far less, due to the disease, the protracted balance-sheet recession. ++ The problem is that the Fed is treating the disease by deploying monetary accommodation to compensate for the shortfall in ... MoreDecember 20, 2010 | More Sovereign Debt Shocks Coming Down the LineThe issue of rising sovereign bond yields, not just in the euro zone, but across the Western world, will be one to watch in the New Year. ++ However, governments are in a position to minimize this volatility. ++ The United States should complement its short-term tax cuts with an agreement on medium-term deficit reduction. ++ Japan needs to overhaul its taxation system and kick-start growth. ++ ... MoreAugust 3, 2010 | Embracing the Myth of Structural UnemploymentThe American governing elite has begun to define high levels of economic distress as the new normal for workers. ++ Politicians are in the process of repudiating their responsibility to create jobs by labeling high unemployment as “structural” and permanent. ++ The Federal Reserve is complicit in defining success down, which will quickly become a self-fulfilling prophecy. ++ “A ... MoreAugust 27, 2009 | The Fed: Obama's Good ChoiceThe US President’s decision, to nominate Ben Bernanke for another term as head of the Federal Reserve Bank was right. ++ Bernanke remains the most qualified for the position, as the Princeton Professor is an expert in theory and praxis. ++ Although, Bernanke’s decision to let the Lehman Brothers crash proved to be a serious mistake, he accurately reacted in the immediate aftermath. ++ If there ... MoreDecember 3, 2008 | Long-term Solvency of US Government EndangeredA downward spiral of stagnation and deflation - “stag-deflation” - is threatening the US and the world. ++ Central banks are no longer lenders of last resort, having to give direct loans, or even becoming the sole lenders on the market. ++ Governments are thus absorbing private sector losses, endangering their long-term solvency. ++ “2009 will be a painful year.” ++ “’Crazy’ policy ... MoreNovember 4, 2008 | Old System of Finance is KaputtGermans now lament eschewing the “glorious era” of state ownership of banks. ++ They are missing a cardinal fact, though: The European Central Bank’s independence “enabled it to serve as a corrective to governmental policies and powers,” whereas the US Federal Reserve implemented “interest rate and money supply strategies configured to meet the needs of the US ... MoreSeptember 25, 2008 | No Blank Check for PaulsonThe Bush administration’s financial bailout package is not well received by Congress – and rightly so. ++ There should be no “blank check,” given Henry Paulson’s maladroit leadership. ++ Obama has outlined four cardinal conditions that are imperative to any effective bailout; “these are the right principles.” ++ Moreover, the government should give ... MoreSeptember 23, 2008 | US Bailouts: Socialism is Not the AnswerWashington is bankrupt, fiscally and morally. ++ Socialism is in full swing, proving the free-market Republicans hypocrites. ++ Paulson wants Congress to grant the Fed $700 billion to buy private assets. ++ Such a move will only create more financial turmoil for the US and Europe in the future. ++ Moreover, the entire G8 is a financially “spent force.” ++ Yet, ironically the political landscape ... MoreCommentsNovember 12, 2009 | Hans, Ira, I would be curious to know your... |
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