Mr Draghi disagrees with the world
MADRID | Will the ECB finally U-turn or would it sit as a quiet spectator while the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan intervene with massive liquidity injections against the credit crunch?
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The Ying and Yang of Economic Policy
By David Denton | The Richter Scale | The UK QE has merely allowed the banks to off load UK government debt and replace this with other government debt, helping to keep bond prices high but having no impact on the real economy, other than to keep interest rates artificially low.
Japan is in recession
By CaixaBank researchers | The markets welcome the central bank’s expansionary policies but the latest indicators are still weak.
“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.