Is the criteria for the model selection its predictive power?
In order to make the data “talk,” economists utilize a range of statistical methods that vary from highly complex models to a simple display…
Read MoreIn order to make the data “talk,” economists utilize a range of statistical methods that vary from highly complex models to a simple display…
Read MoreSince the Great depression (the 2007/8 one not the 1929 one!) the political and economic mantra chimed from every group be they political, economic…
Read MoreWhatever economic freedom we enjoy in the world today is due, to a great extent, to the ideas and efforts of the classical liberals…
Read MoreThe Fed Rate Hike and Gold, Report 18 June, 2017 The big news this week comes from the Fed, which announced two things….
Read MoreThe BIS 87th Annual Report, 2016/17 was just released. As we might expect, it implicitly provides some criticism of monetary policy over the previous years….
Read MoreEffect of changes in money supply on economic activity and prices is a velocity of money. It is alleged that when the velocity…
Read MoreBen Bernanke’s creativity inspired a generation of economists and central bankers. QE, ZIRP and NIRP established a new class of economics that is mathematically…
Read Moreby Jeffrey P. Snider US Household Net Worth rose to a record $94.8 trillion in Q1 2017. According to the Federal Reserve’s Financial Accounts…
Read MoreCentral Bank balance sheet adjustment – a path to enlightenment? The balance sheets of the big four Central Banks reached $18.4bln last month The…
Read MoreThe Fed hiked interest rates for the second time this year, in a widely expected move on Wednesday June 14. The Federal Reserve’s Open Market…
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