Japan’s inflation in January matched the highest level since 2008 as the government tries to wipe out deflation and drive a sustained recovery in the…
Month: February 2014
Daniel Tarullo, a member of the Board of Governors on the Fed until 2022, is not normally known for speaking to the press, but early…
Recent conditions in Greece concerning problems stemming from the economic nose dive in 2008 have showed how conditions continue to be shoddy and poor. Due…
GAP publicly supported and will adopt higher minimum wages after President Obama addressed minimum wage increase to $10.10 in his State of the Union address…
There were significant conclusions at this past weekend’s G20 in Sydney and now the wait to see how these conclusions play out begins. Among these…
And now for a human capital related issue. “College is a waste”, says a recent Businessweek article, “but not going is worse”. According to Bureau…
Singapore, ranked Asia’s second-most expensive luxury housing market, is witnessing a surge of property prices over 60 percent since 2009, propelled by rock-bottom global interest…
Over recent years it seems that the Iranian Government has neglected to properly handle their countries economic well-being. Outside shocks and weak economic performance have…
Today marks the first day of G-20 meeting in Sydney to discuss monetary policy, specifically tapering by the Federal Reserve. In days leading up to…
I originally wrote this as a comment to a previous blog post comment, but it turned into a monster of a comment so I’m turning…
Many people, Russians and foreigners alike are wondering what will happen to the infrastructure created to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. Over…
Today, Detroit officials laid out a plan for exiting the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. I thought this was an interesting article/event since our…
Let’s face the truth: the Fed did not know that the Great Recession was coming until it was in the thick of the crisis (as…
While data suggests that Europe is recovering (Europe Post), Japan’s economy remained stuck in first hear in the fourth quarter. Japan’s economy only grew at…
Europe is recovering. Europe’s economy returned to annual growth in the last quarter of 2013 as a recovery gradually picked up pace. Eurozone GDP rose…
Do you remember President Obama saying he will try to raise the minimum wage to 10.10 dollars per hour (from 7.25 dollars/hour) a few weeks…
A February 18th Bloomberg article Worsening U.S. Divorce Rate Points to Improving Economy reports that perhaps a sign that the economy is improving is the…
Despite the existence of different opinions, the “consensus” by 97.4% of published scientists, according to Econbrowser, is that anthropogenic climate change is happening. With increased…
2014 will be an important year for the US Treasury market. After a $5794.9 billion historic high for the US Treasury market in 2013 speculations…
I regularly read a variety of blogs that cover macroeconomic issues. This is an item I picked up from the Economist’s View [also in the…