Japan

The US and UK report their first estimates of Q1 11 GDP this week. While the US economic data, like ISM readings suggest the US economy is enjoying reasonably good momentum, the GDP components are distinctly softer and suggest a…

Below is a video of Richard Koo from this past weekend's INET conference in Bretton Woods giving us his latest thoughts on policy responses to a balance sheet recession. He believes that Europe, the U.S. and China have much to learn from…

By Marc Chandler The BOJ's rep office in NY invited a number of analysts to meet the Deputy Director of the stats office and hear a presentation about the economic impact from the recent disaster. The key take away points from the…

By Niels Jensen The Absolute Return Letter, April 2011 “When models turn on, brains turn off.” Til Schulman I have been thinking a great deal about risk over the past couple of years. The depth of the financial crisis…

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…

You normally don't see these two phrases in a single headline, but they are very much connecting. I thought of this this morning when I read a post called Retirement in the Liquidity Trap by Tim Duy. Commenting on a Wall Street Journal…

By Claus Vistesen The past week has shown the dark side of media coverage and the analysis of current events. It is a test on just how much information you stuff down the public's throat. In the narrowness of my own world, the financial…

BBH CurrencyView US dollar weaker as risk appetite rallies worldwide: yen and swiss the exceptions Coordinated G7 intervention Friday allows yen to consolidate Euro remains strong on hawkish comments and this week’s upcoming…

By Edward Hugh As Japanese officials continue to toil away in what we all hope will be a successful bid to avert a worst case nuclear meltdown, even while thousands of Japanese remain missing and unaccounted for, financial market…

The dollar is mostly weaker except against the yen and Swiss as risk appetite has increased today. The talk regarding the nuclear situation in Japan leads to hopes of stabilizing the situation, and G7 leaders agree to intervene to weaken…