The record low German unemployment rate does not reflect a truly tight supply of labor.
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Draghi’s little fibs
Practically speaking, no one should expect any ECB tightening at all until some time in 2022.
China will not bow to U.S. bullying
Team Trump has set off the mother of all trade wars with China by making a series of gross miscalculations.
Webinar: Global Slowdown – Blossoming Or All But Done?
Join Carl Weinberg for a discussion of the causes of the current global economic slowdown, the prospects for recovery and the implications for financial markets.
Sometimes, you need a better plan
If the BoJ’s QQME with YCC were going to do something, it would have happened—or at least, begun—by now.
Ya gotta have a forecast
Without a forecast, the Bank of England is without a clue about whether there will be inflation on March 29, or thereafter.
How Insensitive!
Euro Zone banks are not to responding to the ECB’s generous boost to liquidity by increasing their lending.
Japan-style death spiral for China?
Will similarities with Japan’s banking practices of the 1970s and 1980s be the death knell for China’s economy?
Two tales of credit woe
The monetary data from Japan and Britain suggest that there is core weakness in the underlying economy.
Globally, industry has yet to recover
The problem with the recovery from the global financial crisis is not just lower growth rates, but still-depressed levels of activity.