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The Ides of March will coincide with one or two changes to the financial system that could cause problems for banks and the economy.
Traditional capitalists are still flourishing, but according to Yanis Varoufakis they are not driving the economy like they used to.
The deeper causes of inflation will make it very difficult to bring price rises down to more manageable levels.
And don’t be surprised if a sovereign downgrade makes the problem even worse.
How could a central bank even make a loss, when its job is printing money? The answer is that during the COVID crisis it turned traditional investment advice on its head – and here’s why.
Many central bankers and economists are forecasting a return to low inflation within a couple of years, but that’s wishful thinking.
Normally investors view the future as more uncertain than the present. When that turns on its head, it’s often a bad omen.
A market crash may be more likely than at any time in a generation.
Will we now see a proper pandemic recovery?
Until recently the Federal Reserve had been purchasing roughly $120 billion of assets every month to support the US economy. The Fed began scaling back those purchases in November and doubled the pace on Dec. 15.
To understand the euro’s weakness, you have to look at the US as well as Europe.
The Federal Reserve decided to slow its pace of bond-buying, potentially the beginning of the end of a program that’s been supporting the economy since March 2020.
Inflation in the UK in August rose at the highest rate in a decade.
If insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, what does that say about the EU?
The Reserve Bank of Australia is ready to taper off the ‘unconventional’ monetary policy measures introduced in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Debate is raging about whether the recent burst of inflation is temporary or here to stay.
Unconventional policies can be used to alleviate — instead of exacerbate — inequality, something Canadians are clamouring for. The Bank of Canada needs to rediscover its former innovation zeal.
When you study the money supply, it shows that the inflation risk is different than in the 2010s.
With the global financial system on permanent life support, even trillion-dollar stimulus packages can only do so much to restore equality.
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