interest rates

As you know, I have been back pedalling on my support for fiscal stimulus since late in 2009. I still think fiscal policy is effective – more so than monetary policy; quantitative easing is a bust because we are in a liquidity trap. But the…

Bill White, formerly of the BIS and now with the OECD spoke to Bloomberg News during the KC Fed's annual meeting in Jackson Hole, WY. He gave some rather pointed answers to questions about the Federal Reserve's monetary policy. I reviewed…

By Comstock Partners. Five years ago on the eve of another of the Fed's annual financial symposiums at Jackson Hole, we wrote the following: "Since 1999 when the financial bubble was in full bloom (due in large part to the Fed) we…

My friend Rob Parenteau says "most professional investors are high frequency macro data and short run asset price driven."  He basically means they have no real macro analytical framework to use when making investment…

Perhaps it would be a good time for investors and analysts alike to lean back and have a good bottle of Pinot Noir and let markets be markets. Surely, with the likes of Hindenburg Omens still getting its share of the tape and with the macro…

By Claus Vistesen. I know this is a cheap shot, but still. Team Macro Man picks up an all time favorite over at MM and asks 20 questions (check this out for other answers) to which I have offered 20 answers., Will the 10yr Treasury…

While the US and the UK are contemplating double dip, the export oriented economy in Sweden seems to be doing quite well.

The central bank of Indonesia meets tomorrow and although pressure is building for a rate hike, officials still appear willing to resist for a bit longer. The economy is growing robustly and Q2 GDP will be out early Thurs local time and is…

A lot of people have asked me to write about the recently “leaked” CBRC report on dodgy local government debt.  Here is what the article in Monday’s Bloomberg had to say about it (and note especially that delicious second paragraph):…

From the BBH Currency Strategy Team Highlights US dollar is softer vs. the majors, as sentiment remains positive and risk on trading picks up.  Dollar is up only against JPY and CHF, which are both weaker today and finally succumbing…