Japan is in recession
By CaixaBank researchers | The markets welcome the central bank’s expansionary policies but the latest indicators are still weak.
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“Now it’s time the European Central Bank showed how independent it is”
MADRID | By Tania Suárez | Profim EAFI’s head of financial analysis José María Luna said in an interview for consensodelmercado.com that the ECB should cut interest rates the sooner the better.
The entire eurozone watches you: what Draghi said to Spain’s MPs
MADRID | Highlights of the speech by Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, meeting Tuesday with members of the Spanish Parliament.
Special Japan: A Sinking Economy In The Land Of The Rising Sun
After two decades of relative decline, decision makers in Tokyo need to tackle serious reforms to boost Japan’s economic system. This is the first part of a series published by The Fair Observer perusing the country’s economic challenges.
Japan: the cost of the nuclear switch-off
Japan is slowing down and faces a second half of 2012 with weak activity, CaixaBank research shows. The fact that the nuclear switch-off will increase the cost of energy imports doesn’t help.
The Japanese liquidity trap
Economist Luis Arroyo peeks at Japan’s monetary policy with some sense of vertigo. Deflation has become a real threat for the country’s recovery and should be fought sooner than later.
An inopportune trade deficit for Japan
Japan has lost exports steam. Its current account surplus has fallen from 20.7 trillion yen to 4.4 trillion yen in five years since 2007.
Bernanke despises inflation horror tales
Will inflation rise in the US? That is the expectation of investors. Is it due to the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy? You bet. But, economist Luis Arroyo concludes, eggs end up broken when making an omelette. Or when a central bank stimulates employment.
Japan’s recovery needs sustainability
By CaixaBank research team, in Barcelona | The upswing exceeded expectations with a first quarter GDP that grew by 1.0% quarter-on-quarter and 2.6% year-on-year. This momentarily places Japan at the head of advanced economies in terms of growth. However, the forecast for the whole of 2012 hardly reaches 2.5%, as the composition of the national accounts raises doubts regarding the sustainability of the upswing. Unusually, the growth of the first…
Thursday’s charts: dumb bets
Luis Arroyo, in Madrid | Greece was in free fall mode when at the European Central Bank they had the funny idea of pushing the country …downwards. The ECB said it had frozen all operations with Greek banks, which already are suffering a killing capital drain: “Central bank head George Provopoulos told Papoulias that Greeks have withdrawn as much as €700 million ($891 million) and the situation could worsen, according to the transcript…