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With the economic situation in Greece becoming more fraught by the day, The Wall Street Journal reports that Greek depositors withdrew 700 million euros from the country’s banks on Monday, with fears growing of a widespread bank run. The chart below (courtesy of The Big Picture blog) shows the huge draw down in domestic deposits ...
Several weeks ago in this column I commented on the release of Federal Reserve minutes and the likelihood of further quantitative easing in the United States. While some of the Fed governors commented that further easing would not be necessary because of perceived strength in the economy, they did acknowledge that if the pace of economic ...
As funding pressures and economic distress increase in Spain, talk of a potential breakup of the eurozone has returned. There has been debate as to whether this would be a deflationary or inflationary event, and how it would affect the precious metals markets. In the event of a breakup, investors need to be prepared for a period of ...
The Dow Jones Industrial average closed at 13279.32 yesterday – the highest close since December 31 2007. It’s an old Wall Street adage that “selling in May” is a good idea, as markets tend to underperform in the summer. But given the tidal wave of “hot” money flowing around the world at the moment, it ...
European governments are collapsing left right and centre, Standard & Poor’s have just downgraded Spain’s credit rating by two notches, and new data out this morning shows that close to 1 in 4 Spaniards are unemployed. Yields on Spanish 10-year bonds are up 18 basis points to 5.989%. Another day, another round of ...
An article by Professor Lew Spellman has caught the attention of the sharp-eyed, and may indeed be important. Spellman, who in the past has been an economist at the Fed and served as an assistant to the Chairman of the President’s Council of Advisors, makes the point that gold is quietly becoming a core banking asset for collateral ...
On Saturday April 14 the People's Bank of China expanded the range that it would allow the renminbi to rise or fall each day. Previously the currency was only allowed to rise or fall by 0.5% from a determined midpoint, but now that limit is being increased to 1%. Many have long felt that the currency was undervalued and that this could be ...
We got a classic example of how “jawboning” by Federal Reserve officials can move markets yesterday, with New York Fed President William Dudley and Bernanke’s deputy Janet Yellen both sounding cautious about the US recovery –Yellen noting that “further easing could be warranted if the recovery proceeds at a ...
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