Money Matters: The Failure of Inflation Targeting and the Implications for the Cost of Capital.
Advocates of inflation targeting claim that central banks can control prices through monetary policy and that by targeting a relatively low and...
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Money Matters: Deutschland Über Alles?
Eurozone inflation announced today came in "on target" at 2% for the first time in 4 years!! To give credit where credit is due, between 2001 and...
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Money Matters: Ready for Lift-Off?
The Personal consumption expenditure numbers in the US were released today. Income grew 0.4% MoM, an annualised rate of nearly 5% but the deflator...
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AIA Delivered Strong Growth but Faces Higher Near-Term Uncertainty
AIA’s 2016 annual results delivered 25% and 10% respective increases in new business value and embedded value. The year-on-year growth came in...
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U.S. Asset Managers Still Facing a Difficult Future
Since the presidential election, the prospects of easing regulation and lower corporate taxes have lifted the shares of the U.S.-based asset...
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