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Understanding crude oil prices

posted by AlbertPipstein 1354 days ago in USD, Special, Oil made popular 1354 days ago

How would one go about explaining what oil prices have been doing and predicting where they might be headed next? This paper explores three broad ways one might approach this.

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Meltzer on the Fed, Money, and Gold

posted by AlbertPipstein 1354 days ago in USD, Gold, Inflation made popular 1354 days ago

Allan Meltzer of Carnegie Mellon University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about what the Fed really does and the political pressures facing the Chair of the Fed. He describes and analyzes some fascinating episodes in U.S. monetary history

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Q1-08 Eurozone GDP - A Last Salute from Germany?

posted by AlbertPipstein 1354 days ago in EUR, GDP made popular 1354 days ago

The preliminary and 'non-broken up' GDP figures for the Eurozone economy are now out for the first quarter of 2008.

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Economic growth forecast reduced for 2009

posted by AlbertPipstein 1355 days ago in NZD, Fundamental, GDP made popular 1355 days ago

Real economic growth is forecast to be 1.9 per cent in the year to March 2009, down from 2.9 per cent in the previous year, according to the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER).

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Carry trade's influence on our currency set to continue

posted by AlbertPipstein 1355 days ago in JPY, Special made popular 1355 days ago

The New Zealand dollar may continue to be propped up by Japanese traders.

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Sluggish business confidence 'a concern'

posted by AlbertPipstein 1355 days ago in NZD, Fundamental made popular 1355 days ago

Business confidence remains low in New Zealand in May, depressed by slowing economic growth and rising costs, the National Bank said today

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Consumers can't save the economy

posted by AlbertPipstein 1356 days ago in USD, Fundamental, Special made popular 1356 days ago

Americans are too deep in debt to lead the economy into a recovery, according to a new forecast. The result: The recovery will be a bit slower.

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Is $130 oil a bubble?

posted by AlbertPipstein 1356 days ago in Oil made popular 1356 days ago

Some say no. They say unlike the tech and real estate bubbles, there's no overabundance of supply. Others say these high prices are not sustainable.

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Salary and wage rates increase by record amount

posted by AlbertPipstein 1377 days ago in NZD, Fundamental, Employment made popular 1376 days ago

Wage and salary increases continue to put pressure on inflation, figures out today from Statistics New Zealand (SNZ) show

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Four mega-dangers international financial markets face

posted by AlbertPipstein 1381 days ago in Fundamental, Special made popular 1380 days ago

The financial turmoil has been worsening as lagged adjustment processes play out. This column outlines economic dangers that may arise as they unwind, including a scenario in which the United States suffers extended stagflation.

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Oil Bears Outnumber Bulls

posted by AlbertPipstein 1383 days ago in USD, Oil made popular 1382 days ago

Last Thursday we polled readers for their thoughts on oil and gas prices. We provide the results of our two polls.

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Bernanke May Have to Follow Volcker

posted by AlbertPipstein 1384 days ago in USD, Special, Inflation made popular 1384 days ago

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke may have to start talking and acting more like Paul Volcker if he wants to avoid being remembered as another Arthur Burns.

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