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James Grant Conference Video: Inflation Expectations, Growth, Policy Problems; Europe Has Become Japan

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Here''s an interesting video from the recent James Grant Conference. Note: you may have to click on the play arrow twice to start the video. Note: you may have to click on the play arrow twice to start the video. It is that money that has no counterpart on the balance sheet of a central bank indicating that it''s a liability.

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

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Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > Tackle the balance sheet. “Take an interest in the balance sheet and then do the due diligence to understand it,” he says. “Take an interest in the balance sheet and then do the due diligence to understand it,” he says.

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FOMC Minutes and Economic Projections: Dissent in Both Directions

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percent for 2014, and 2.9 Participants also described their views regarding the appropriate path of the Federal Reserves balance sheet. Many other participants anticipated that it likely would be appropriate to continue purchases into 2014. percent at the end of 2014, and 5.8 The Outlook for Economic Activity.

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Midsize Cities Are Entrepreneurship’s Real Test

Harvard Business

200 video clips on growth-related topics have attracted over 22,000 views and many thousands more people are following Scaling Up Manizales on Facebook and Twitter. President Santos even made a video touting Scaling Up Manizales’ impact. 3 – Training stakeholders to support growth.

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China's Forex Reserves Drop Most On Record: What Does It Mean? Inflation Tsunami?

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China's Forex Reserves Note that China's Forex reserves are down about $500 billion from the 2014 peak. If China isn't going to expand its balance sheet anymore, that means it has to stop buying treasuries. That's what's going to happen in 2014. But there it is, in video form. So what's it mean?

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Is Mario Draghi a Bare-Assed Emperor With No Clothes?

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Speaking in a news conference, Mr. Draghi said the stimulus measures undertaken by the central bank since June 2014—and topped up most recently in December—had “strengthened the euro area’s resilience to recent, global economic shocks.” I position the video at that spot. The euro fell against the U.S.

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Swiss Bank Hits Customers With Negative Interest Rates; Crazy? What About Velocity?

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With its balance sheet totalling nearly 1.6 The ECB became the first major central bank to venture below zero in June 2014, and it now charges banks 0.2 Link if video does not play: Crazy - Patsy Cline. The big Swiss banks passed on some of the pain from the Swiss central bank’s -0.75 percent to hold their cash overnight.

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