Could a tighter monetary stance undo the effects from an easy monetary stance?
By Dr Frank Shostak By a popular way of thinking, it is the role of the central bank to make sure that economy follows…
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Relax, Rotate, Reflate
With US elections over and a vaccine in sight, financial market uncertainty has declined Rotation has seen a resurgence in those stocks battered by…
Read MoreWhy We Need a Free Market in Money
What is fiat money and what does it do? This is essential to understand since today’s worldwide unbacked paper, or “fiat,” money regime is an…
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Japan’s innovation struggle
By Urs Schoettli Recently the English language daily The Japan Times carried the headline “Kono declares war on the fax machine.” In the recent reshuffle of…
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Are governments’ efforts to reduce unemployment a cost-free solution?
Once an economy falls into an economic slump and the level of unemployment begins to rise most commentators are of the view that it…
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Do Not Trust Governments with the Control of Money
If there one thing that is fairly certain in this life – besides the seeming inescapability of death and taxes – is that once…
Read MoreThe IMF chief economist sees a threat to world economies from a liquidity trap
In the Financial Times from November 2 2020, the IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath suggested that world economies at present are likely to be…
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The prospects for Emerging and Frontier Markets in the post-Covid environment
The Covid pandemic has accelerated several economic trends Technology industries will benefit Less developed countries will suffer This crisis could see ‘The African Century’…
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The consequences of budget deficits for international trade
In all the economic mayhem ahead, no one is yet thinking of the consequences for trade imbalances. The twin deficit hypothesis informs us that…
Read MoreCan economic data help to clarify the state of the business cycle?
According to the popular way of thinking, various economic data can provide an analyst with the necessary information regarding the state of the economy….
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