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Inequality Isn’t Just Due to Market Forces — It’s Caused by Decisions the Boss Makes, Too

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Related Video. In such a system, employers protect workers from many of the vagaries of market forces; they take a longer-term perspective on firm performance, and favor corporate strategies that necessitate a stable, well-trained, and loyal workforce. Consideration must also be given to the decisions made by executives in those firms.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: FHA Swamped By Defaults.

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According to Ligon, the only way the FHA can avoid a bailout is to reduce its market share by lowering maximum loan limits to $325,000 over the next four years, raise credit requirements for borrowers, and institute “burden sharing” with loan originators by reducing insurance coverage from the current 100 percent to 50 percent by 2016.

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FOMC Minutes and Economic Projections: Dissent in Both Directions

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Participants also described their views regarding the appropriate path of the Federal Reserves balance sheet. Participants anticipated a gradual decline in the unemployment rate over the forecast period; a large majority projected that the unemployment rate would not reach their estimates of its longer-run level before 2016.

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

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But he added that fresh declines in oil prices suggest that the annual rate of inflation in 2016 is likely to be “significantly” below forecasts released last month. I position the video at that spot. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.

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

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The Alternative Bank Schweiz wrote to customers telling them they would face a -0.125 per cent rate on their money from 2016 – and a -0.75 With its balance sheet totalling nearly 1.6 Either way, it’s an unorthodox choice that has distorted financial markets and triggered warnings that the strategy could backfire.

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