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Chart of the Day: Market Share of GDP and Foreign Exchange Reserves

Annaly Salvos Dec 17, 2010

Whether or not we are witnessing the end of the debate in Europe or simply another milestone on the way to The United States of Europe is a question for a dissertation, not a blog. In the meantime, these questions lead us to consider the…

Monetary System

Wait for the next crisis for reform of the monetary system

Edward Harrison Dec 15, 2010

There has been a lot of chatter of late about countries ditching the US dollar as the primary reserve currency and moving on to something else. Robert Zoellick mentioned gold as the alternative. Nicolas Sarkozy has been talking up special…

Random Shots – 2011 Musings Edition

Claus Vistesen Dec 14, 2010

by Claus Vistesen (work in progress, but I thought that I would publish it thus far, stay tuned for more additions) I did have some plans to do a series of post to give a brief overview of my main macro and trade themes for 2011, but time…

Economy

Jon Stewart: The Big Bank Theory

Edward Harrison Dec 8, 2010

Yes, I know; there are flaws in this video but still... C'mon, is Bernanke printing money or not? In 2002, he said yes. In 2009, he said yes. Now he says no? My take: it's a lot easier to tell a story if you stick to it. And it's also nice…

Political Economy

Chart of the Day: Net Payers and Receivers of EU Money

Edward Harrison Dec 6, 2010

This chart is in German, but most of the terms should be clear. The top half of the chart are the net payers of existing fiscal transfers within the EU, Germany being the largest, followed by Italy, France, and the Netherlands. The biggest…

Economy

Is America Following the Same Path as Japan?

Comstock Partners Dec 3, 2010

Ever since the U.S. financial crisis in 2008 there have been many comparisons to Japan and their "lost decade." Most comparisons mark the start of each financial crisis as the end of 1989 for Japan and 2007 for the U.S. We believe each…

Economy

Getting Liquid

Annaly Salvos Nov 30, 2010

While this probably isn’t much proof of Keynes liquidity preference, at least in the extreme sense, it does help explain why M1 has grown significantly faster than broader measures of money supply, as cash simply shifts from M2 to M1.

Political Economy

Putin says dollar hegemony ‘dangerous’ and calls for Russian-EU economic trade zone

Edward Harrison Nov 29, 2010

The under-current from Putin's remarks has much to do with anti-US Dollar sentiment because he said specifically that having the U.S. dollar as the sole reserve currency "is definitely something negative." Putin is serious about ditching…

Economy

On Printing Money and Debasing The Currency

Edward Harrison Nov 16, 2010

“The issue of the renminbi is one that is an irritant not just to the United States, but is an irritant to a lot of China’s trading partners and those who are competing with China to sell goods around the world. It is undervalued. And…

Political Economy

Just What is Bernanke Up To?

Randall Wray Nov 11, 2010

This is a cross-post from New Deal 2.0. On the eve of President Obama’s arrival to the G20 talks in South Korea, a growing chorus of voices is questioning the direction of U.S. monetary policy. Germany’s finance minister, Wolfgang…

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