Full Text: G7 Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors Statement on Financial Markets
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The Strong Case for Global Investing
If we have learned anything from the current financial mess, it’s that building wealth is dependent on rational analysis, careful decision making, and risk management. That’s why sticking close to home at a time when our markets are more…
Chart of the day: tax burden in the US and globally
Despite the widespread view in the US that taxes are high, taxes in the US are relatively low both in the global and historical context. These two charts from the Globe & Mail make that plain.
From cautious optimism to caution
I am more cautious than optimistic on risk assets and the global economy. From where I sit global growth prospects are not improving; they are weakening.
Global Manufacturing Slips Back Slightly In March
By Edward Hugh
Evidence which would enable us to assess the full economic impact of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami is still hard to come by. There is a lot of talk of supply chain disruptions, but little in the way of detailed…
Economic Facts of Life about Global Energy
Oil spills, coal mining disasters, concerns over Middle East revolutions and now nuclear meltdowns. What do all these events have in common? As I have written earlier, they are energy-related. They all have to do with desperate efforts to…
Kyle Bass on Japanese Insolvency and Systemic Risk in the Global Economy
Here's more from the CNBC session with Kyle Bass, Managing Partner of Hayman Capital Management. David Faber introduced the topic as a discussion about tail risk and the "end of the world" trade. Bass took exception to that…
Davos leaves Nouriel Roubini downbeat about policy coordination and Egypt contagion risks
Piggybacking off of my last post highlighting Nouriel Roubini's talk with Simon Constable, I wanted to present three videos from Roubini's appearance on NBC Europe this morning. In the earlier pre-Davos Wall Street Journal interview,…
Why our Fundamental Approach to Banking Regulation is Inherently Unsound
By William K. Black (cross-posted from Benzinga.com) Greetings from the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) annual enforcement conference in Charleston, S.C. I’m giving the keynote address Monday. I’ll…
Economic Themes at the Start of 2011
BBH's currency strategy team reviews the major economic issues in the four investing regions of note: the US, Europe, China and other Emerging Markets. In the US growth is accelerating. In Europe, the economy struggles with a sovereign debt…