Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer
5 insightful op-eds or articles to help make sense of today’s world Daniel Altman, “Get Ready for the Perma-Slump” (Foreign Policy, June 27, 2014) One of today’s key questions for economists is whether slower growth reflects a structural shift or simply a long...The Devolutionary Disease of Conceit: Two Hundred and Thirty Eight Years Later
According to the latest employment data the average pace of job gains in the US has accelerated and now stands at the highest level in the last few years, as can been seen below. I would call the reader’s attention to the black line which reflects the six month...Weekly Selections from Monthly Barometer
5 insightful op-eds or articles to help make sense of today’s world Heather Timmons, “China’s growing food demands stoke fears of a global factory farming boom” (Quartz, June 25, 2014) It is estimated that by 2030, China will import almost one-third of all food...A Review of the Most Important Global Events in June by Monthly Barometer
The fate of the Eurozone lies to a considerable degree in the hands of the European Central Bank (ECB). But can it do enough? Earlier this month, the ECB announced a set of measures to prevent deflation, ranging from negative deposit rates to a package of cheap loans...Wholesale Funding, Rehypothecation, Precious Metals and Pricing: Are We Counting the Cost?
In a recent article Bloomberg reported the following pertaining to the gold market in China: “China’s chief auditor discovered 94.4 billion yuan ($15.2 billion) of loans backed by falsified gold transactions, adding to signs of possible fraud in commodities financing...Sign Up for Our Publications
