Washington - US lawmakers and the White House braced for a long government-shutdown fight on Wednesday, with President Barack Obama planning events to stress its repercussions. … [Read more...]
Sub-Saharan Africa-US exports boom
September 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Pretoria – Exports from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United States have been on the rise due to a trade partnership between the two. Following a recent visit to the United States, Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob … [Read more...]
The Global Mountain of Debt
September 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Global Mountain of Debt By Michael Zuber John Exter was a remarkable man in US economics and finance. His colourful career included positions as Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, as Vice … [Read more...]
Economic Impact of Chicago Marathon
September 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
CHICAGO - The Bank of America Chicago Marathon contributes an estimated $243.46 million in total business activity to the Chicago economy, according to a new economic impact report. The independent study was conducted by … [Read more...]
View on US, Emerging Markets
August 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Worldwide, the average investment manager is extremely underweight in the energy, commodities and emerging-market sectors, according to the latest Merrill Lynch survey. This suggests most fund managers “believe the low … [Read more...]
Quantitative Easing Madness
August 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Mysterious Madness Called QE Quantitative Easing (“money printing”). Investors love it. It’s an avalanche of liquidity that drives up the value of interest-sensitive investments. Everybody gets richer. Or … [Read more...]
Risk of an Attack of Nerves
June 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
April is the month when stock markets usually fall out of bed, starting major corrections that last sometimes till just July, other times dragging on into the foothills of Christmas. There’s good reason to think the same … [Read more...]
Fake Debt and Funny Money
March 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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...]
Multi-asset strategies essential
February 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Multi-asset strategies essential as volatility continues, say Barings - Barings’ annual study of best and worst performing asset classes shows sharp swings in performance - While European equities top the 2012 … [Read more...]
Profligate money creation in Europe
February 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Japan’s central bank is under pressure from the newly-elected government to step up its easy-money policies. At the European Central Bank, president Mario Draghi has charted his way to unlimited freedom to create money … [Read more...]
