quantitative easing

From David Rosenberg's Breakfast with Dave missive: Dallas Fed President Fisher, who is an FOMC voter this year, told Bloomberg News yesterday that there is not going to be any more stimulus after June. This is going to leave Mr.…

By Warren Mosler (as posted on the 10th) Also see other similar arguments from Credit Writedowns' on how quantitative easing really works. Background information first, answer later- The Fed sets the fed funds target at their…

In January, Jeff Clark of Casey Research’s BIG GOLD advisory set out to get opinions from some of the smartest, most accomplished investors in the gold industry – where is the gold price going to go, how volatile will the markets be, what’s…

By Marc Chandler The FOMC tweaked their economic assessment and recognized the sharp rise in commodity prices in recent months, but believes that longer-term inflation expectations remain anchored. It specifically says that it expects…

Ray Dalio spoke to Barron's in an interview that appeared in the weekly this past weekend. The themes of the conversation were the following: The world is on a dual track with emerging markets doing much better than developed…

Last Wednesday, BNN's Howard Green spoke to Rob Cox of Reuters and me about two issues: the monster rally from March 2009 and the ongoing European debt crisis. On the markets, yes, I foresaw a rally two years ago because stock prices…

If you want an accurate explanation of quantitative easing, here it is. I am going to describe the basic mechanics and the transmission mechanism to the rest of the economy. To the degree there is official documentation on the mechanics, I…

By Claus Vistesen I recently asked my readers whether the global economy is in for inflation, deflation, or stagflation. Given that it may well be all three at different points in time, it seems as if recent market action suggests that…

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…

The financial climate has changed radically from when Norway’s Oil Fund was established in 1990. Norway has built up its savings since then by selling enormous quantities of oil and gas, and employing many thousands of workers. By…