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US policy failure

Although lending to businesses is reaching record levels in the US, that should not be taken as evidence of strength in economic recovery, bankers are now warning privately … [Read more...]

Attacking Tax Havens

US President Barack Obama has indulged in another of the politicians’ crusades against foreign tax havens, which always conveniently ignore the smelly stuff on the politicians’ own doorsteps. … [Read more...]

Fake Debt and Funny Money

The US Federal Reserve’s policy of buying debt instruments with money it’s creating out of thin air – currently at the extraordinary rate of more than a trillion dollars’ worth every year – is the right thing to do, … [Read more...]

Outlook After the Election

Now the uncertainty of the US presidential contest has been removed, investment markets have shifted their focus to other major uncertainties – the “fiscal cliff,” the European comic opera, the China slowdown. … [Read more...]