Tag Archives: interest rates
Constructive Simplicity for China’s Communist Party Plenum
The People’s Bank of China cut benchmark interest rates by 0.25 percent on Friday. This was the sixth time they’ve lowered interest rates within a year. Bank reserve requirements were also reduced by 0.5 percent. Economic growth has gradually declined … Continue reading
More Monetary Policy Madness
Something extraordinarily uncommon is happening. Something that hasn’t happened since 1988…back when the U.S. federal debt was just $2.6 trillion. According to the Institute of International Finance, wealth is not flowing into emerging markets for the first time in 27 … Continue reading
Amplified Losses
Federal Open Market Committee meetings are always a spectacle. The forthcoming FOMC meeting, scheduled for September 16 and 17, should be particularly endearing. For despite the Fed’s claim to provide transparency the upcoming policy announcement is cloudier than pollywog stew. … Continue reading
The Economic Motherboard is Now Fried
Economics is a boring and tedious trade to the casual observer. All the monthly report outs on GDP, employment, manufacturing, inflation, among other indexes, are a dull waste of time. What decisions could one possibly make to improve their lot … Continue reading
