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According to analysts and economists who watch these things, Germany's IFO Business Climate Index was expected to continue its rise. Having purportedly bottomed out back in September, like other sentiment indicators, this one had been on the rebound, too, if, though, much less than those other...
Evaluating monetary tools available to central banks, why the Fed still has some ammunition, and why the ECB should adopt a review of its monetary policy framework Joseph Gagnon is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and formerly, a senior staffer at the F...
Where the financial market is concerned, complacency is one of the biggest mistakes that both investors and policymakers can commit. For when everyone becomes comfortable with a prevailing trend, an untimely piece of bad news can have a significantly adverse impact upon the market. The refer...
Rick Rieder, Russ Brownback and Trevor Slaven contend that eight major market influences are likely to dominate the investment environment in the year ahead and that the proper portfolio mix will be instrumental in delivering a successful outcome. In our industry, we can safely rely on the...
I appreciate the invitation to join once again in Seeking Alpha’s annual program of looks at the year ahead. It is a change from my regular “week ahead” articles! The SA series is quite valuable, and I always learn a lot. This year is especially important. What do you ex...
By J. Kyle deVries (Sing along to the theme song from the Flintstones.) Spendthrifts, meet the Spendthrifts, They're the modern wasteful family. From the town of DC, The most reckless house in history. Their massive outlays are so darn carefree, They have no concept of reality. Wh...
The benefits of a deflation of prices brought about by a combination of sound money and markets free from government intervention have been demonstrated to be the best economic environment, the denial of which in favour of inflationary financing has led to repeated monetary and systemic failur...
By Sonal Desai, Ph.D., Chief Investment Officer, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income The US Federal Reserve (Fed) has gone back to expanding its balance sheet. Some claim that quantitative easing (QE) is back; the Fed denies it. What we call it isn't the point, says Sonal Desai, Franklin Temp...
Those counting on the Fed’s endless “Not-QE” or whatever to inflate the market might be disappointed. The Fed had doused the market with $410 billion in liquidity between September and January 1 through its repo operations and its T-bill purchases. Market hype had expe...
Sam Goldfarb announces in the Wall Street Journal U.S. government bond yields fell toward the bottom of their recent range Tuesday, highlighting a search for safer assets amid worries about a deadly virus outbreak in China.” One also notices in the news today , A far-left go...