MADRID | By Francisco López | Everyday, more and more analysts warn about the risk of a “Japanization” of the Eurozone, and they even foresee the possibility to watch a long period of low growth in an environment of high indebtedness and reduction in prices. But, what exactly are those risks?
LONDON | By Terry Macalister at The Guardian via Presseurop | UK’s green plans dealt blow by shelving of Atlantic Array, which would have powered 1m homes and created thousands of jobs.
LONDON | By Jim McCormick at Barclays | Let’s explore how the start of Fed policy withdrawal will affect asset allocation. From Braclays, we do not see an early start to Fed tapering being especially disruptive for broader risk assets, and we’d expect US equity markets to be more vulnerable than most other risk assets.
BEIJING | By Pu Jun via Caixin | China and several Chinese firms have great interest in exploiting the natural resources of the North American country, but have run into a host of obstacles
SAO PAULO | By Marcus Nunes | Recently, both Simon Wren-Lewis and Paul Krugman have singled Sweden as a country where the central bank has moved from targeting inflation to worrying about ‘deflating’ bubbles.
SAO PAULO | By Marcus Nunes | John Taylor talks vaguely about “policy”. To MMs, it´s very much about inadequate monetary policy.
NEW YORK | By Ana Fuentes | Those six seconds that ended the life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy that November 22, 1963, still resonate fifty years later. The death of the telegenic U.S. President, broadcast live on television, marked a tragic decade including the political assassination of his own brother Bob, the murder of black activist Martin Luther King and the end of Henry Kissinger’s career. Since then, baby boomers have embraced sort of a JKF mania, idolizing Camelot, while their younger peers seem to be more fascinated about conspiracy theories surrounding his death.
SAO PAULO | By Marcus Nunes | Larry Summer made a splash with his closing speech at the IMF Conference. That was probably his intention following him being denied the Fed Chair. Several people have taken turns both critiquing and asserting his “secular stagnation” thesis.
NEW YORK | By Ana Fuentes | Remember when Spain’s sovereign debt was smashing to a euro-era record high? Just 18 months ago Wall Street market makers as well as their favorite media expressed their suspicious about non-performing loans, the Spanish banks’ health, and government reforms. Pundits even talked about a Spain leaving the euro after the “Grexit”. Goldman Sachs was sure that “the worst” was yet to come and claimed that the country “should ask for a “Spailout.” But things have changed and now it’s time for the ‘mea culpa’ and the “may be it wasn’t that bad.” Investors are showing interest in Spain and headlines talk about growth, exports boom and the country getting back on its feet bank’s bailout.