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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 ...
Euro hits 3-month high on Friday
June 5th, 2020
The euro jumped to a three-month high on Friday after the European Central Bank expanded its stimulus more than expected to prop up an economy dealing with its worst recession since World War Two. The ECB’s move supported appetite ...
Statistics, lies and the reservoir effect
June 4th, 2020
This article debunks the misconception that GDP represents economic health. It explains how monetary flows have led to markets in financial assets inflating while non-financials in the GDP bucket are in deep distress. And why, at a time of ...
iSignthis increases stake in NSX Limited via placement
May 28th, 2020
iSignthis Ltd (ASX : ISX) “the Company” discloses that: As foreshadowed in the announcement of 20th February 2020, the Company’s subsidiary Probanx Holdings Ltd has taken up the option to participate in the NSX Limited (ASX: NSX) capital raise. ...
Unintended consequences of monetary inflation
May 15th, 2020
“In short, the Fed is committed to rescue businesses from the greatest economic catastrophe since the great depression and probably even greater than that, to fund the US Government’s rocketing budget deficits, fund the maintenance of domestic consumption ...
Time to learn about money
May 14th, 2020
An unexpected destruction of fiat currency has been advanced by the monetary and fiscal response to the coronavirus. Financial markets have yet to discount the possibility of such an outcome, but in the coming months they are likely ...
European Central Bank digital currency – a flight of fancy?
May 13th, 2020
Speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the Consensus 2020 virtual conference, 11 May 2020 11 May 2020 A recent survey among 66 central ...
Geopolitics post COVID-19
May 7th, 2020
Before the coronavirus caused governments to impose lockdowns, whole economies, markets and even currencies were already on course to be destroyed by a vicious downturn in bank lending at a time of contracting trade and record debt. The ...
FCA secures orders for victims of unauthorised share scheme; Nearly £3.62m in restitution
May 7th, 2020
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, has issued today a press release to inform that the High Court today ordered four individuals and one company to pay ...
A primer for gold newbies
April 7th, 2020
The purpose of this article is purely educational. Increasingly, the wider public is turning to gold in a spontaneous reaction to financial and economic problems that have become suddenly apparent, hastened by the spread of the coronavirus. For ...