July 1, 2015 | By Benjamin Cole via Marcus Nunes‘ Historinhas | The central banker’s club known as the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), suitably HQ’ed in Basel, Switzerland, this past weekend released its annual report, and advocated the globe’s major central banks raise interest rates to combat the chronic lack of aggregate demand and low inflation-deflation dogging the world’s developed economies.
The US is not investing in their underground infrastructure, often dating back to the 19th century. An estimated 240,000 water main breaks per year in the country.
The Corner | June 29, 2015 | Greece, Greece and more Greece… But in fact, it is Puerto Rico which is closer to default. The island’s governor admitted their debts are not “payable” without a reestructuring, so creditors must now “share sacrifices”.
BEIJING | June 27, 2015 | By Wu Hongyuran via Caixin | Loan levels would no longer be limited to three-quarters of deposits if legislature approves amendment approved by cabinet.
The Corner | June 26, 2015 | Three key issues are capturing market players’ attention this quarter: Greece, the next Fed moves and domestic policies. Once we overcome those uncertainties we’ll see a global expansionary cycle that could last for 3-5 years, Bankinter analysts believe.
The Corner | June 25, 2015 | The U.S. Federal Reserve is adapting its stress-testing framework to cover the three global insurance companies that it supervises, since their failure could seriously jeopardize the economy.
June 24, 2015 | By Jean Pisani-Ferry via Caixin | As the pace of action looks set to rumble on, countries should seek to make progress on resolving several key issues including the free-rider problem.
BEIJING | June 23, 2015 | By Ye Xiang via Caixin | The country may be facing the end of cheap labor, but these changes are being driven by a more fundamental shift in the economic model rather than family planning policies.
SAO PAULO | June 20, 2015 | By Marcus Nunes via Historinhas | US 2016 Republican Presidential Candidate Jeb Bush has set his presidential goal at 4 percent growth and 19 million new jobs. To do that, he would first have to “recruit” the Fed. Unfortunately, if the Fed acquiesced bad things would happen.
LONDON | June 19, 2015 | UBS | There are some striking similarities currently between the US and UK labour markets. The unemployment rates are broadly the same, employment growth is similar, and the level of vacancies suggests continued jobs growth in both countries. Moreover, there are solid signs that pay growth has picked up in both the UK and US.