Author: Thierry Malleret

By: Thierry Malleret | On: March 1, 2015 |

Monthly Barometer’s Forward-Looking Monthly Review: An Interdisciplinary View of our Complex Global Economy

Although there are multiple takes on the global economic outlook, there is a single determining factor upon which that outlook hinges: the world suffers from over-indebtedness and needs to cure […]

By: Thierry Malleret | On: January 30, 2015 |

A Review of the Most Important Global Events in January by Monthly Barometer

   Yet again and despite the fillip of collapsing oil prices, projections for global growth have been revised downwards – to 3.5% this year and 3.7% in 2016, down from […]

By: Thierry Malleret | On: January 2, 2015 |

A Review of the Most Important Global Events in December by Monthly Barometer

  The combat against lowflation, or possibly deflation, will be by far the greatest economic challenge of 2015. The world economy is now deflation-prone, and in almost all developed economies, […]

By: Thierry Malleret | On: December 1, 2014 |

A Review of the Most Important Global Events in November by Monthly Barometer

  The global economy seems to be afflicted by a sort of languor. The bottom line is this: extraordinarily aggressive monetary policies have failed to deliver robust and sustainable economic […]

By: Thierry Malleret | On: November 3, 2014 |

A Review of the Most Important Global Events in October by Monthly Barometer

  The IMF meeting earlier this month was in somber mood. In the words of its managing director, Christine Lagarde, the global economic recovery is “brittle, uneven and beset by […]

By: Thierry Malleret | On: September 30, 2014 |

A Review of the Most Important Global Events in September by Monthly Barometer

  The global economic outlook is best summed up in the word “precarious”. Why? (1) Projections for global growth are being lowered – to marginally above 3% for this year […]

By: Thierry Malleret | On: September 2, 2014 |

A Review of the Most Important Global Events in August by Monthly Barometer

Recent economic developments give credence to the idea that the world has entered an era of slower growth and higher unemployment. Surprisingly, this remains a minority view at a time […]

By: Thierry Malleret | On: August 20, 2014 |

Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer

5 insightful op-eds or articles to help make sense of today’s world Mohamed El-Erian, “Markets Are Making a Sucker’s Bet on Europe” (Bloomberg View, August 14, 2013) Or why bad […]

By: Thierry Malleret | On: August 13, 2014 |

Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer

5 insightful op-eds or articles to help make sense of today’s world Mark Gilbert, “Sausages, Cats and the ECB” (Bloomberg View, August 8, 2014) In the words of a former […]

By: Thierry Malleret | On: August 6, 2014 |

Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer

5 insightful op-eds or articles to help make sense of today’s world David Bowers, “Treasury Yields – The Only Way is Up” (Financial Times, July 30, 2014 – paywall) The […]