BlogSpot - Grexit and QE talks... again!
That Grexit talk again Noise around Greece continues to be loud—with an upcoming visit of the Greek prime minister to Germany (DW),...
BlogSpot - Negative yields and the zero-lower bound
The Anomaly of Negative yields? Negative yields are increasingly prominent in Europe. Jeremie Cohen-Setton (Bruegel) reflects in a...
BlogSpot - September 8th, 2014
Economic weakness in Europe remains pervasive, from Germany, France, and Italy. GDP (0 percent), PMI (50.7 percent), and inflation (0.4...
BlogSpot - June 16th, 2014
A few days pass, and analysts become more critical of the ECB monetary action The ECB announced (see the ECB’s web site or the transcript...
BlogSpot - June 3rd, 2014
An Election Reader Akin to Krugman, RealTime Brussels provide a summary of the general thinking after the elections: earthquakes and...
BlogSpot - May 12th, 2014
The ECB: all talk and no action, but wait until June! EuroIntelligence looks at the latest data on the recovery and writes that they...
Article - If the U.S. pulls the blanket over itself, will emerging markets get a cold?
Policy mistakes pave economic history. In recent times, some blame Alan Greenspan’s low interest rates policy for causing the housing...
BlogSpot - March 28th, 2014
The travails of monetary policy Exits and spillovers… Adair Turner (Project Syndicate) looks at how central banks will achieve a final...
BlogSpot - February 24th, 2014
European programs in the spotlight, and Greece in a special light A report by André Sapir et al. (Bruegel) provides a critical analysis...
BlogSpot - January 24th, 2014
Is the World getting better? The world economy seems to be turning a corner, and the mood at Davos was definitely more positive, as...
