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Ironically, house prices dropped the most in Silicon Valley.
Companies like Afterpay let shoppers buy products and pay in installments without having to go through the scrutiny of applying for a credit card or a loan.
I saw a tweet this week by Paul Krugman asserting, "What we do have is a persistent problem of weak demand; yes, we have full employment now, but only with extremely low interest rates, which means little ability to respond to the next downturn. This makes a strong case for a big government investment program."Ah yes. It's the Keynesian solution to every problem. Just spend more money!
“The financial stability environment remains challenging, as the global economic outlook has deteriorated,” Draghi told fellow policymakers...
The evolution of the Fed’s “underlying inflation gauge” confirms that inflation expectations are going in the right direction and that inflation is doomed to fall in 2020.
The failure of austerity is clearer than ever...
Oct 18, 2019 - 07:13:36 PDT
Japan's core consumer inflation slowed to near 2-1/2-year lows in September, dragged down by sliding energy prices and raising the chance the central bank will top up its already massive monetary stimulus at its review this month.
Negative rates, in other words, are a classic known unknown. We know what they are. We don't really know what they do.
From the Fed & the German Finance Ministry, to the People’s Bank of China, economic authorities have reacted with restraint to signs of spreading weakness worldwide.As officials gather in Washington...
Traders are signaling that the Fed may need to start buying more than just Treasury bills, moving further out the yield curve in order to assert greater control over its main policy rate.Treasury bills -- U.S. government securities maturing in one year or less that don’t have coupon payments
Central Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina said that if the trade war could be resolved “constructively and fast,” markets could treat the slowdown as cyclical.
The Facebook executive behind the Libra blockchain project says its developers are designing the cryptocurrency under the assumption that it could grow large enough to present risks to the economy.
News of a possible "phase 1 trade deal" and movement toward a resolution of the Brexit fiasco have buoyed stocks and put a lid on silver and gold this week. But positive vibes on these two fronts overshadowed a lot of economic data that came out this week that was less than ideal. It seems the American consumer might be getting close to being maxed out. In this episode of the SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap podcast, host Mike Maharrey digs into a big pile of debt and more.
The U.S. and China may be nearing a tentative, partial trade agreement but the IMF’s new leader has warned even a comprehensive deal won’t be enough to boost global growth.
A low interest rate environment sets limits on what the Federal Reserve can accomplish with monetary policy, making it important for the Fed to “proactively” cut rates when risks appear to provide a buffer for the economy, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said Wednesday.
Don't call it "QE", but do learn how to respond to it, and do learn what it means for gold...
Most respondents said the ECB won’t raise interest rates until late 2022...
China's Quarterly Economic Growth Sinks to 26-Year Low Amid Us Trade WarOct 18, 2019 - 05:16:41 PDT
China’s economic growth sank to a 26-year low in the latest quarter amid pressure from a trade war with Washington, adding to a deepening slump that is weighing on global growth.
The downbeat estimation could lead to calls on the government to swiftly open its purse strings and add pressure to the Bank of Japan to ease monetary policy this month.
Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) will start charging wealthy clients with large cash deposits in Swiss francs, the latest Swiss bank to pass on negative interest rates to customers.