The past week has been full of economic events, such as: 1. The report of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the budget outlook. 2. The president’s State of the Union address. 3. The defeat in the...
Since everyone else is throwing in their two cents about 1) whether Ben Bernanke should be reappointed to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman; 2) what moves the FOMC will (or should) make next; and, 3) the...
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that although recovery rates for creditors of defaulted banks in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine (KRU) have historically been muted, they could improve with support from the...
Jednak jego zdaniem jest to decyzja nieodwracalna. I Europa musi sobie poradzić z nierównowagą, jaką wytworzyła wspólna waluta. Bo jego zdaniem Europa odniosła wielki sukces i powinny z niej wziąć przykład USA. Nie...
One of the most enduring economic fallacies is that destruction is an economic blessing. It cries out for a response. Who can forget the awesome scenes of devastation from some of the worst earthquakes of recent decades...
I zdaniem kilku najchętniej czytanych blogerów może stanowić niebezpieczeństwo dla amerykańskiej gospodarki w tym roku. Wywiad z nimi publikuje Bespoke. A część ekonomistów dzieli opinia na temat podatku spadkowego,...
Booms and busts in the economy occur with enough frequency that many people think they are both inevitable and inexplicable. They are almost always neither. Each adventure on the economic roller coaster has a cause (or...
While policymakers, pundits, and economists such as Paul Krugman are apparently relaxed about our nation’s fast growing debt load, more and more people are beginning to have their doubts, including government officials...