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Antipodeans Sink, While USD Treads Water
Article By:
Marc Chandler
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 6:53 AM EDT
The US dollar remains within recent ranges against the euro, yen and sterling.
Global Business Confidence Collapses To Post-Lehman Lows
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 6:34 AM EDT
Optimism falling sharply in October, dropping to the lowest seen since the survey began five years ago. Hiring and investment plans were also at or near post-crisis lows, while price expectations deteriorated further.
Why Crony Capitalism Will Be Hard To Uproot: Interview Of David Stockman
Article By:
David Stockman
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 5:48 AM EDT
The problem today is that we have reached ‘peak debt.’
EU Mandarins Want To “Break Up Google” – Commissar Oettinger Strikes Again
Article By:
Acting-Man
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 5:35 AM EDT
The idea to break up Google is moreover based on the utterly absurd notion that EU companies that don’t even exist need to be “protected”.
Ferguson – What Did You Expect? A Real Jury Decision? The System Is Not Designed That Way
Article By:
Martin Armstrong
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 4:59 AM EDT
Unfortunately, this is as expected as the Missouri grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager in August.
Monetary Policy When The Spyglass Is Smudged: A Look At Gauging Economic Slack
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Global Economic Intersection
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 4:51 AM EDT
An accurate measure of economic slack is key to properly calibrating monetary policy. Two traditional gauges of slack have become harder to interpret since the Great Recession...
Nothing Has Changed-And That's The Problem
Article By:
Charles Hugh Smith
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 3:42 AM EDT
Playing monetary games has done nothing to eliminate moral hazard.
Euro Inches Higher On IFO
Article By:
Daily Forex
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 3:13 AM EDT
Investors are all but convinced that the European Central Bank is on the verge of additional easing.
In this article: FXE
Test Results Are In
Article By:
Marvin R Clark
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Monday, November 24, 2014 9:54 PM EDT
So, the markets are betting on global stimulus, or if you prefer, free money from the central bankers, but does that really help? Well, it certainly helps the financial markets, but the economy? … Not so much.
Deutsche Bank's Modest Proposal To Central Banks: "Purchase The Gold Held By Private Households"
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Monday, November 24, 2014 7:57 PM EDT
From the bank that a few days ago informed us that "People Are Talking About Helicopter Money And Debt Cancellation Being The End Game," comes the logical next step.
Another Keynesian Debt Boondoggle: How Brussels Plans To Turn $26 Billion Into $390 Billion
Article By:
David Stockman
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Monday, November 24, 2014 5:33 PM EDT
The desperation and fraud of the Keynesian policy apparatus gets more stunning by the day. Apparently, the pettifoggers in Brussels will soon be announcing a new $400 billion bazooka to blast the euro-economy out of its lethargy.
You Thought QE Was Over
Article By:
Lance Roberts
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Monday, November 24, 2014 4:03 PM EDT
As discussed previously, the correlation between the Fed's balance sheet expansion program and the subsequent changes in the S&P 500.
In this article: SPX
The Clock Is Ticking In Switzerland
Article By:
Peter Schiff
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Monday, November 24, 2014 3:47 PM EDT
For most of my career in international investing, I had always placed a great deal of faith in Switzerland's financial markets.
In this article: GLD
Global Investing Update
Article By:
Vivian Lewis
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Monday, November 24, 2014 3:02 PM EDT
China caused waves across our portfolio. First of all, in an admission that something was needed to set GNP growth back on track, China cut interest rates in a new stimulus initiative.
Why College Is Necessary But Gets You Nowhere
Article By:
Robert Reich
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Monday, November 24, 2014 2:57 PM EDT
People with college degrees continue to earn far more than people without them. And that college “premium” keeps rising.
Russia Moves Toward Increasing Economic Freedom
Article By:
Acting-Man
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Monday, November 24, 2014 2:41 PM EDT
Well, isn’t that a shocker. With Russia’s economy under serious threat from Western economic sanctions and falling oil prices, a major Kremlin faction has quite unexpectedly gotten some wind behind its sails.