An Asymmetrical Diaspora of Credit and Capital: Market Upswing and Policies’ Lags
The argument of this commentary is as follows: The market experiences an upswing (which we anticipated and started commenting on December 21, 2011) due to two basic facts: First, the policies’ implemented needed time to work and hence the lag in growth, employment,...An Exercise in Futility: Can we Add by Subtracting?
Today the EU leaders are gathering again for another summit! More than two years into their crisis, they cannot get their act together while continuing on the same path of an absurd austerity that has only produced higher debts, lower government revenues, lower...On Capital Flight and Balance Sheets: Capital Accounts in the Era of Black Holes
The news from the United Kingdom this week implied that more quantitative easing and money printing is coming to the U.K. economy soon. When we take into account that high debt of households in the U.K., (see graph below) we could only come to one conclusion:...Before the Dawn of the Waste Land: Expected Returns, and Economic Performance
The macroeconomic picture – globally – does not look that promising. Trends need to be reversed in order to avoid the dawn of the waste land. However, for the near term measures taken have the effect of addressing some symptoms and provide short-term relief and...The Hypothecation of the Merconti Hypothesis: Banks’ Deleveraging and Currencies Trajectories
Mer(kel) has lately been enjoying one of her highest favorable ratings in her political career in Germany. (Sar)ko(zy) is up in the polls but still behind his main opponent (Francois Hollande) in the upcoming presidential elections in France. (Mo)nti, the caretaker...Sign Up for Our Publications
