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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India's Lending Is Still Painfully Low in January
The collapse of lending in India remains well in place in January where annual growth is running at an anemic 3.3%. This is the same as in December...
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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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Anecdotes from India Mirror Poor Optimism: Bank Risk Remains
Since India’s demonetization, the government has lowered GDP forecasts, the Reserve Bank of India has signaled a less accommodative stance, and the...
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