2010

by Win Thin China took more efforts aimed at “further curbing inflows” with measures designed to “maintain China’s economic and financial security.”  The measures appear to be relatively mild, but like Brazil, China may end up…

The reason: QE. The downgrade for the U.S. is to A+ from AA, with a negative outlook because of quantitative easing, according to Xinhua. According to the ratings agency, quantitative easing will further depreciate the U.S. dollar and…

Below are two good videos outlining the Irish situation. For relevant background info see CW posts below (the last one is most hopeful): Ireland: Next stop – IMF, October 2009 How Does Irish Banking Play Out? Chart of the day:…

Highlights The US dollar was largely up in Asian session as concerns about debt in the European periphery continued to weigh on markets but sharply reversed course. EUR/USD dropped from $1.3920 to $1.3823 where it subsequently climbed…

from earlier in the day by Win Thin Brazil press is reporting that President-elect Rousseff may replace central bank chief Meirelles after she takes office January so that she can exercise greater control over monetary policy.  We…

Here's a re-post of mine from New Deal 2.0 on the Germans and their political rhetoric on QE. Okay, I did a few years of German language study, so I know that the real word for hypocrite is “Heuchler”. But when I read the latest guff from…

Here are Andrew Ross Sorkin and Joe Nocera of the New York Times having a video debate about the foreclosure crisis.  Nocera thinks this is a key economic issue. Sorkin thinks the issue is overblown. My take: For political reasons,…

This is something that we were talking about last November: Bond insurer Ambac Financial has warned bankruptcy is a distinct possibility, sending its shares plummeting more than 30% today. What is intriguing about this pending…

I was on RT TV America last Friday talking about the jobs report. The video from that discussion is below (it runs about 5 minutes).  Here's the deal: The US is in the midst of a technical recovery that has been on-going for about…

In the fall of 2008, when the government took extreme steps to avoid a financial collapse, it created, what might be described as a partial liquidity trap. At the time, this was not a problem. The policymakers were not trying to assist…