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Monetary Policy Week: Cuts Continue
May 19th, 2013
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by Peter Nielsen, Central Bank Newsp> This week eight central banks took policy decisions with three banks cutting rates (Israel, Serbia and Turkey) and five leaving rates on hold (Indonesia, Iceland, Russia, Latvia and Chile) as the Bank of Japan’s (B… more »
Global Central Bank Rate 'Massacre'
May 8th, 2013
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Global central bank rates tumble 350 bps in 24 hoursby Peter Nielsen, Central Bank News Global Monetary Policy Rates (GMPR) tumbled by 350 basis points in 24 hours as the central banks of Kenya, Australia, Belarus, Poland and Georgia cut key rates.… more »
Infographic of the Day: America's Health (Dis)advantage
May 1st, 2013
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According to this infographic, the USA finished last in deaths from disease and injury, infant morality and life expectancy. Additionally, out of 57 health indicators (i.e. diabetes, BMI, cholesterol, BP, etc.) divided into four age groups, the U.S. s… more »
Michael Pettis: Europe Still Has a Liquidity Delusion
March 27th, 2013
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Econintersect: Global Economic Intersection contributor Michael Pettis says that Europe is still in the early stages of resolving their portion of the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) because they are still treating a solvency crisis as a liquidity crisis. … more »
Sunday Economic Comedy: Economic Advise from Oz
March 10th, 2013
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Eileen, an ecommunist from Oz offers insights and tips about the economy.[live video follows after the "read more" [video:youtube:AS16xslAX90] more »
