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- Submitted Dec 17, 2011|From econgrapher.blogspot.com
The global financial crisis of 2008/9 has left a significant economic dent, with the global economy slow to rebound, and with a banking crisis transitioning to a sovereign debt crisis in some countries. Indeed many people have felt the impact on ...
- Submitted Dec 16, 2011|From centralbanknews.info
The past week in monetary policy saw interest rate decisions announced by 11 central banks. Of those adjusting interest rates, all were reductions; Mozambique -100bps to 15.00%, Mauritius -10bps to 5.40%, Norway -50bps to 1.75%, and Denmark -10bps ...
- Submitted Dec 9, 2011|From centralbanknews.info
The past week in monetary policy saw interest rate decisions announced by 14 central banks around the world. Those changing interest rates were: Australia -25bps to 4.25%, EU -25bps to 1.00%, and Serbia -25bps to 9.75%. Meanwhile those holding rates ...
- Submitted Nov 26, 2011|From centralbanknews.info
The past week in monetary policy saw interest rate decisions announced by 6 central banks around the world. Of those changing rates, Georgia dropped -25bps to 7.00%, Egypt increased +100bps to 9.25%, and Colombia increased +25bps to 4.75%. Meanwhile ...
- Submitted Nov 18, 2011|From centralbanknews.info
The past week in monetary policy saw just 6 central banks announcing interest rate decisions. Of those to change interest rates, Rwanda increased 50bps to 7.00%, while Belarus added 500bps to 40.00% as the country deals with hyperinflation. Those ...
- Cbn commented Nov 12, 2011
Technically, index tracking funds have their stocks picked by the company that runs the index... so outfits like S&P, FTSE, Dow Jones, etc are actually some of the largest stock picking outfits. Oh and, technically, when you refer to a machine ...
Who should pick your stocks: man or machine?
- Cbn commented Nov 11, 2011
"computers are evil" .... lol
Floored - Documentary on the shift from trading pits to electronic markets
- Submitted Nov 11, 2011|From financedocumentaries.com|3 comments
Floored is a documentary movie about the Chicago futures trading pits. This is a brilliantly done documentary that focuses on the lives of traders who go in daily to do battle on the trading floor, risking their personal wealth, making or losing ...
- Submitted Nov 4, 2011|From centralbanknews.info
The past week in monetary policy saw 8 interest rate changes announced among the 12 central banks that met to review policy settings. Of those changing interest rates, those that increased rates were: Uganda +300bps to 23.00%, Kenya +550bps to ...
- Submitted Oct 29, 2011|From centralbanknews.info
The past week in monetary policy saw 15 central banks announce interest rate decisions. Those that increased interest rates were: India +25bps to 8.50%, and Mongolia +50bps to 12.25%, while those that decreased interest rates were: The Gambia ...
- Submitted Oct 23, 2011|From financedocumentaries.com|4 comments
This is the trailer for the upcoming movie, "Margin Call". The movie dramatically portrays the events during the 2008 financial crisis. Zero Hedge have said that the trailer promises to offer a much more interesting, engaging, and accurate portrayal ...
- Submitted Oct 21, 2011|From centralbanknews.info
The past week in monetary policy saw interest rate decisions announced by 7 central banks. The only bank to announce a change to its main monetary policy interest rate was the Banco Central do Brasil, which cut its interest rate by another 50 basis ...
- Submitted Oct 14, 2011|From centralbanknews.info
The past week in monetary policy featured monetary policy decisions from 12 central banks around the world. Those that increased interest rates were: Nigeria +275bps to 12.00% and Belarus +500bps to 35.00%. Meanwhile those that reduced interest ...
- Submitted Oct 1, 2011|From centralbanknews.info
The past week in monetary policy was relatively quiet with just 4 central banks announcing interest rate decisions. Israel cut its rate by 25bps to 3.00%, while Romania held at 6.25%, Taiwan held at 1.875%, and Colombia held at 4.50%. Also making ...
- Submitted Sep 25, 2011|From centralbanknews.info
Here's a listing of the top ten most extreme monetary policy moves in the year to date of 2011 (as judged by Central Bank News). To be sure, there's still another quarter of the year to go, and with heightened concerns about global growth and the ...
- Cbn commented Sep 25, 2011
Words from a man at the forefront of the US banking collapse of 2008... words which are hard to argue against...
Geithner Urges End to ‘Cascading Default’ Threat Arising From Europe Woes
- Cbn commented Sep 25, 2011
So which will be the most interesting of the scheduled meetings in the week ahead? (Israel, Taiwan, Romania, Mongolia, Colombia)
Monetary Policy Week in Review - 24 September 2011
- Submitted Sep 24, 2011|From centralbanknews.info|1 comment
The past week in monetary policy saw 10 central banks reviewing monetary policy settings, with just 1 (Nigeria +50bps to 9.25%) changing interest rates. Those that held rates unchanged were: Morocco 3.25%, Turkey 5.75%, Hungary 6.00%, Norway 2.25%, ...
- Submitted Sep 16, 2011|From centralbanknews.info
The past week in monetary policy saw 13 central banks review interest rate levels and monetary policy settings. Those that changed rates were: Belarus +300bps to 30.00%, Kenya +75bps to 7.00%, and India +25bps to 8.25%. Russia and Denmark also ...
- Submitted Sep 10, 2011|From centralbanknews.info
The past week in central banking saw interest rate announcements from 17 central banks around the world. Just 4 of those central banks announced changes to interest rates: Armenia cut by -50bps to 8.00%, Tunisia cut by -50bps to 3.50%, and Serbia ...