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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. At a press conference to explain the ECB''s latest decision, Mr Draghi said: "There is going to be a low level of inflation for a protracted period of time, but deflation? The question is - is there deflation?

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

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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. 2013 My Best Year Ever In April, I sponsored " Wine Country Conference " for ALS research, the disease that took Joanne''s life. Here we are. The broad U.S.