How Sweden's negative interest rates experiment has turned economics on its head
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/financeNordic experimentation with sub-zero interest rates has changed the way central bankers think about fighting recessions
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Nordic experimentation with sub-zero interest rates has changed the way central bankers think about fighting recessions
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." - James Madison
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The central bank is facing a communications problem.
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US stock futures got crushed overnight after some ugly economic data out of China. But they have since recovered those losses and then some.
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The world economy appears to be stalling…
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As financial markets in Asia recover from the Fed's decision to keep rates unchanged, other risk events will likely serve up fresh volatility this week.
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Andy Haldane, one of the Bank's nine interest rate setters, made the case for the "radical" option of supporting the economy with negative interest rates, and even suggested that cash could have to be abolished.
Interestingly, rates aren't just low within the context of American history. They also happen to be at the lowest levels in the 5,000 years of civilization.
Despite months of expectations that it would finally raise rates for the first time since 2006, the Fed continued to sit on its hands
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The Fed has as much as promised to make the blind see and the lame walk. It claims that it – and it alone – is capable of improving the U.S. economy and, by extension, the world economy.
The Pope has commented more than once on the ongoing refugee / migrant situation that is consuming the news. In a recent interview, he suggests that the underlying cause is an unjust economic system:
If the Federal Reserve raises interest rates on Thursday, it will be doing so in an economy that is radically different from the past.
World stocks inched to a three-week high and the dollar drifted lower on Thursday as markets waited to see if the Federal Reserve would raise U.S. interest rates for the first time in almost a decade, or opt to wait a little longer.
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I can't help but be reminded of the truism of this week's article title, watching Chinese stock prices drop, day after day. In response, Chinese securities regulators have banned most short selling.
China's stocks slumped for a second day in thin turnover amid concern government measures to support the world's second-largest equity market and economy are failing.
We are a tax haven for wealthy foreigners with a low corporate tax rate and huge business subsidies. So why increase income taxes on working class residents?
Market turmoil means moving from the zero bound gets even trickier.
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Or just taking the fall for one?