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The crisis goes up a gear
June 22nd, 2020
Dollar-denominated financial markets appeared to suffer a dramatic change on or about the 23 March. This article examines the possibility that it marks the beginning of the end for the Fed’s dollar. At this stage of an evolving economic ...
MMT —it’s just neo-Keynesian macroeconomics
June 12th, 2020
The doyenne of MMT, Stephanie Kelton, has published a book this week explaining modern monetary theory. This article examines the foundations of MMT which Kelton explained in an earlier video released last year. Introduction Macroeconomics has become so ...
European Data Protection Board adopts further COVID-19 guidance
April 22nd, 2020
During its 23rd plenary session, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted guidelines on the processing of health data for research purposes in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak and guidelines on geolocation and other tracing tools in the ...
Our costly dalliance with Lord Keynes
August 28th, 2019
In “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money”, Keynes virtually created macroeconomics. But Keynes was a mathematician, not an economist, and did not fully understand free markets, so he was hardly qualified to emerge as the most ...
Beware: Emergency Order against Ponzi scheme targeting hundreds of investors
May 23rd, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an announcement to inform that it has obtained a court order halting an ongoing $30 million Ponzi scheme targeting more than 300 investors in the U.S. and Canada. The SEC complaint ...
Review: European stocks were slightly lower Monday; Europe’s autos stocks led the losses
February 5th, 2019
European stocks were slightly lower Monday, as market participants monitored another flurry of corporate earnings results. The pan-European Stoxx 600 edged 0.2 percent lower during afternoon trade, with most sectors and major bourses in negative territory. Europe’s autos stocks, ...
UPDATE: European shares edge up
February 1st, 2019
European shares edged up on Friday as a fresh batch of earnings for the fourth quarter and signs the China/U.S. trade talks were successful helped keep investors risk-on despite a dismal survey on Chinese factory activity. At 0824 GMT, ...
Brexit draft deal: The key points explained
November 15th, 2018
Theresa May’s draft Brexit agreement has been agreed by her cabinet after more than 18 months of negotiations with the EU. It took five hours of discussions inside Downing Street before the prime minister was able to hail the ...
British pound is facing continued pressure on Friday morning
October 12th, 2018
The British pound is facing continued pressure on Friday morning after Liam Fox, Michael Gove and Dominic Raab spoke out against the UK PM at a senior ministers Brexit meeting in Downing Street last night. The Pound to Euro ...
Early Stocks Review: Shares in Europe moved higher on Wednesday
October 4th, 2018
The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 0.3 percent higher with almost every sector in positive territory. In Italy, the FTSE MIB, jumped 1.2 percent in early deals. The Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported Wednesday that the government is planning ...