All Posts Tagged With: "Global Economy"
ECB to Change Dollar’s Direction?…
ECB to change dollar’s direction?… BOE leaves rates unchanged… The worst is not over in US housing… Japan’s government signals expansion is over.. And Now… Today’s Pfennig!
What Has Really Changed?
What has really changed?…importing inflation…hoping to prove Friedman wrong…Can the U.S. central bank really begin fighting inflation in a serious way? Ah, dear reader - there’s a cruel twist to this story…The cure for high prices is high prices…and so the global economy lurches forward…and more!
Buy Commodities - And Oil In Particular
Apparently, there’s just no stopping stocks. They just keep on trucking higher as investors forget about the recent troubles in the financial sector and focus on Merrill Lynch’s note that ‘credit markets may be “past their worst”’.
European Growth Strong in the First Quarter, but Will it Last?
Powered by the biggest German expansion in 12 years, the European economy shrugged off the U.S. slowdown to post first-quarter growth numbers ahead of analyst estimates.
Dollar Down in Thin Trading
European interest rate decisions due today. In the currency market, the dollar eased against the euro. Late Wednesday, the euro was trading at $1.5756 vs. $1.5731 on Tuesday.
May I Remind You that You Are Under Oath, Mr. Bernanke
Last Thursday, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke went before the Senate Banking Committee and defended the decision to bailout Bear Stearns. Banking Committee members wanted to know if it was done to protect the financial system or if it was a bailout at the taxpayers’ expense.
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