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Monetarists Accuse ECB of "Dangerous Game of Chicken"; The REAL Dangerous Game

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In addition to holding its benchmark rate at 0.25%, the ECB also left the rate it pays on bank deposits unchanged at zero. The eurozone is doing so by accident, letting market forces drain liquidity from the financial system for month after month. ECB president Mario Draghi said: "We have to dispense with this idea of deflation.

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BIS Slams the Fed; Ridiculous Question of the Day: "Is The Fed Going To Attempt A Controlled Collapse?"

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The BIS slam, coupled with a recent stock market selloff, brought up debate on a " controlled collapse ". Over the past few years, non-financial corporations in a number of EMEs have borrowed heavily through their foreign affiliates in the capital markets, with the debt denominated mainly in foreign currency.