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10 Flaws with Mainstream Economics

Tom Spencer

The justification for the status quo is usually that “all models are wrong, but some are useful” While simplistic assumptions do make for easier math, and can help to predict market outcomes in stylised scenarios, the real world is both complex and dynamic. Factors of production. Willingness to pay. Equilibrium.

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Nothing Magical About 2% Inflation Target Says Bernanke

MishTalk

I don’t see anything magical about targeting 2 percent inflation ,” Bernanke told a conference in Washington sponsored by the International Monetary Fund. I don’t see anything magical about targeting 2 percent inflation,” he told a conference in Washington sponsored by the International Monetary Fund.

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6 Reasons Inflation is Higher than You Think

Tom Spencer

Some market commentators saw this coming, and those same players predict that higher inflation will persist. Due to improved technology and rising productivity, the Federal Reserve has been able to juice the money supply for more than 70 years without it showing up too much in the price level. in October , its highest level since 1990.

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Pettis on Debt, Malinvestments, Hidden Losses, and China's GDP

MishTalk

Heading into 2014, Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets remains adamant that growth estimates for China are too high and that rebalancing (while necessary), implies lower growth than most expect. In theory these conditions can be counterbalanced by an explosion in productivity unleashed by the reforms.

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Back in the Saddle, Just in the Nick of Time

MishTalk

financial conference in New York. Ally isn’t expected to start offering risky products the way GMAC did, according to Jeff Davis at Mercer Capital. Today, Ally has a pristine balance sheet and is focused on its strengths with its leading domestic automotive services and direct banking franchises.”

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Reflections on 2013; What's Important, What's Not? What's Ahead?

MishTalk

Had I suggested in 2007 that the Fed balance sheet expansion of $75 billion a month would have been considered "tightening" people would have thought I was nuts. A similar crash in public opinion awaits Bernanke for fueling one of the biggest, if not the biggest stock and bond market bubbles in history. Here we are.

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Right on Cue: Fed's Dudley Delivers Dovish Speech

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Futures were negative following Friday''s dismal job showing but that lasted only as long as the the market open. If I am correct, then this would lead to a further reduction of labor market slack, with the unemployment rate approaching 5 percent by the second half of the year. oil production almost certainly will fade away.