Entries tagged "Federal Reserve"

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Central banking, economics and populism

These technical arguments tend to pass over the heads of most voters, who frankly don't know or care what the Fed does. This wouldn't matter so much except that economics is viewed as not only important, but determinative. Continue reading

Posted on May 2, 2012 11:23 AM

What should the central banks do?

Monday is central banking day. The media is alight with the latest meme, that austerity is dead, along with the prospects of Nicolas Sarkozy. Continue reading

Posted on April 30, 2012 1:06 PM

Prizes, central banking and some thoughts on equilibrium

Let's abandon all pretense of a logical argument today and offer up a bit of blogospheric tourism on au courant topics. Maybe we can make it all work in the end. Continue reading

Posted on April 27, 2012 1:03 PM

Stray thoughts on the rise of shareholders

Are we better or worse off economically, socially and politically with shareholders in that pre-eminent a role? Continue reading

Posted on April 13, 2012 12:19 PM

Dodd-Frank's SIFI designations to hit nonbank firms

Lawyers expect regulators to first name the largest, most obvious candidates this year. Continue reading

Posted on April 9, 2012 12:55 PM

John Coffee and his theory and practice of financial reform

A recent paper, John Coffee is taking a mighty cut that aims not only at the dynamics of financial reform in a democracy like ours, but, inevitably, at the root causes of the financial crisis. I'm not sure he has succeeded. Continue reading

Posted on March 13, 2012 12:52 PM

ING approval lays out Fed criteria for big-bank mergers

Regulators say risk standards will be tougher than Basel's Continue reading

Posted on February 15, 2012 4:11 PM

Volcker to industry: 'Quit stonewalling' on trading ban

Restriction is a done deal; focus should be on getting it right, he says. Continue reading

Posted on February 14, 2012 9:13 AM

How the EU economy could impact M&A and investments

If the euro crisis gets worse, the economic climate in U.S. and China will rapidly deteriorate, but some recent changes could ameliorate the situation. Continue reading

Posted on February 3, 2012 12:00 PM

Greenspan offers his view from the mountain

The Fed chief was the very embodiment of the 'government leader' who bestowed favors for political support. Does it make a difference, does it justify things, that he may well have done much of this (not all) for ideological reasons? Can he escape responsibility by taking the long view? Continue reading

Posted on January 26, 2012 1:30 PM

HSBC sells Central American operations

Colombia's Banco Davivienda agrees to pay $801 million for operations in Costa Rica, Honduras and El Salvador Continue reading

Posted on January 24, 2012 3:23 PM

Euro sensitive

Last year was a roller coaster ride in the leveraged loan market. For 2012, the situation remains the same. The reason: Europe. Continue reading

Posted on January 20, 2012 12:00 PM

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