Back to the future
“Sir, Arnaud Montebourg, the former French economy minister and the sourest note in the Hollande repertoire, dares to complain of “absurd” austerity policies ?…
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The wages-fuel-demand fallacy
In recent months talking heads, disappointed with the lack of economic recovery, have turned their attention to wages. If only wages could grow, they…
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Yield curve and the US economy
So far in August the differential between the yield on the 10-year Treasury note and the yield on the 3-month Treasury bill stood at…
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Storm warning
“When Nobel Prize-winner Joseph Stiglitz was asked in Germany this week if the country and its neighbours would suffer a lost decade, his response…
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