Central Banks Under Market Pressure To Cut Rates
The Federal Reserve faces market pressure to cut rates in September, while the ECB is expected to cut rates shortly before the Fed’s meeting.
The Federal Reserve faces market pressure to cut rates in September, while the ECB is expected to cut rates shortly before the Fed’s meeting.
Not even Spain, the growth leader, is building anything for the future. How much worse can this get?
Economic theory does not recognize ‘structural inflation.’ This is too bad, because it is very likely the main reason why European inflation remains higher than it should be.
Economic stability benefits as interest rates outpace inflation in the U.S. and the euro zone.
Structural spending reform replaces today’s welfare state with basic but dignified benefits to those who by no fault of their own are unemployed.
Inflation varies wildly across the euro zone. Economists have not yet been able to explain why; here is my hypothesis.
With inflation and the business cycle moving in very different directions across the euro zone, the ECB’s expected rate cut may end up being of no real economic consequence.
The Swedish Riksbank stands out in international comparison—and not to the advantage of the Swedes.
The ones who get to enjoy lower rates are the ones who live on the right side of the euro-zone border. But not in the way we usually think of the euro zone.
Since 2004, ten countries in Eastern Europe have proven that EU membership does not guarantee economic success.
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