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Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?

MishTalk

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

MishTalk

Monetary policy is testing its outer limits. The normalisation of the policy stance has hardly started. Historical evidence shows that this rarely happens following a balance sheet recession. Accommodative monetary policy has had an ambiguous impact on the adjustment to lower debt ratios.

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The Globalization Backlash Is Reverberating Through Boardrooms

Harvard Business

As a practical matter, for example, these changes in the global policy regime are forcing multinational corporations to scale back and sell parts of their international operations. Imports among the world’s 20 largest economies have fallen as a share of their gross domestic product for four consecutive years. at the forefront.

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Descent of the Global Monetary System

Tom Spencer

For example, if the US government spends more than it collects in taxes, it can finance the budget deficit by selling bonds. This is a problem because it forces households and businesses to divert energy away from productive activity and towards managing and avoiding the cost of inflation. USA: Fed inflation target is 2%.

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China Cash Crunch Eases, For How Long? Three Things China Needs to Avoid; When can Beijing Truly move to Market-Determined Interest Rates?

MishTalk

China''s Quandary George Magnus writing for the Financial Times says China cash crunch symbolises central bank policy quandary China’s financial markets are in the crosshairs of much bigger issues – the credit cycle and economic reforms. China’s credit boom is still in full swing.

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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

MishTalk

Third-quarter Gross Domestic Product grew at a 1.5 My personal belief is the trucking industry needs to realize production of goods will have ups and downs,” Satish Jindel, principal of SJ Consulting , which closely tracks industry pricing, told Logistics Management. in October from 50.2 in September.

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Pettis on Strains in China's Banking System; Avoiding the Fall

MishTalk

In either case they reduce consumption demand relative to production. They lower mortgage and consumer financing costs for households, who represent a substantial portion of total borrowing, allowing them greater spending power. Why is it so hard to implement policies that rebalance an unbalanced economy?

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