Interesting look at countries at the top of the latest world happiness rankings and their home price appreciations. Makes you wonder if...
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Interesting: From Torsten Sløk: 40% of government bonds in Europe now trade with negative interest rates, see chart below. With...
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The New York Times headline read “Negative 0.5% Interest Rate: Why People Are Paying to Save.” Here is the link to a story...
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Confusion About the Financial Crisis Won’t Die Explanations driven by ideology muddle rather than clarify. Bloomberg, January 28,...
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Americans traditionally look at interest rates as the guide for monetary policy and have done so for half a century. We debate over...
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The Effect of Fed Funds Rate Hikes on Consumer Borrowing Costs Nina Boyarchenko, Sooji Kim, and Matthew Plosser The target federal funds...
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The Federal Reserve’s liftoff day is here, and truth be told, I find almost all of the commentary on the subject to be overwrought...
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In the bond market, you can get liquidity or safety or yield — but not all three at the same time. Sometimes, even two out of three...
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