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Is the global saving glut to blame for global imbalances? This column argues that the role played by loose monetary policy from the US Federal Reserve should not be overlooked. The prolonged decline in long-term interest rates in the…

Below, INET's Rob Johnson interviews Richard Koo, Chief Economist at Nomura and author of the 2009 book "The Holy Grail of Macroeconomics, Revised Edition: Lessons from Japans Great Recession" on how his theory on the Japanese…

Paul Kedrosky told Bloomberg's Pimm Fox that he doesn't believe we are in a social media bubble yet and that Facebook's valuation could go even higher in coming months. Revenue is doubling year-on-year at Facebook and that has Kedrosky…

By Comstock Partners It seems incredible that the Fed is creating the third bubble within 11 years, but that is what is underway. In the late 1990s the Fed kept the pedal on the gas and helped engender the dot-com bubble that collapsed…

You have to watch this video to believe it. The speculation in the commodities market is well out of hand. Cotton futures are at a record high on speculation that demand in China will continue to increase, as China is the world’s largest…

AOL is buying Internet News site Huffington Post for $315 million. Here's what you need to know about the deal and what it says about the tech world, investing and the economy. Mergers are tough Most mergers fail because the 'synergies'…

By Claus Vistesen As the proverbial line seems to be running out for Greece, I thought that I would look at a slightly longer, although no less important, issue in the context of Spain; more specifically the trend in net migration. While…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was on Saturday Night Live last night with guest host Jesse Eisenberg, the actor who played Zuckerberg in the acclaimed movie "The Social Network" and it was all hugs. Zuck came on the show to show he…

Frederick J. Sheehan is the author of Panderer to Power: The Untold Story of How Alan Greenspan Enriched Wall Street and Left a Legacy of Recession (McGraw-Hill, 2009) and "The Coming Collapse of the Municipal Bond…

On the back of 10+% growth in 2010, it is now apparent that China has a burgeoning inflation problem. A whole confluence of factors may come into play here. A labour shortage in China, food price inflation, and out of control money supply…