Bloombergadded this to BloombergRecession Recession Forecasts Are So Bad, They're GoodBloomberg - Stephen Mihm It’s no secret that economists are terrible at predicting recessions: a host of studies, along with a raft of anecdotal evidence, reveals a track …
Investing.com Indiaadded this to India News BRIEF-Grasim Industries Says Unit Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank To Wind Upinvesting.com * BOARD OF UNIT ADITYA BIRLA IDEA PAYMENTS BANK APPROVED VOLUNTARY WINDING UP OF ABIPBL * UNIT TO WIND UP AS UNANTICIPATED DEVELOPMENTS IN BUSINESS …
the i paperadded this to Top storiesHouse Prices How St Ives’ crackdown on rich Londoners buying second homes has removed demand and sent house prices plunginginews.co.uk - The Economist Out-of-towners have long flocked to St Ives. Artists such as JMW Turner and Barbara Hepworth were drawn to the town’s clear light. Others come for the …
Politics Climate Change Requires Big Solutions. But Baby Steps Are the Only Way to Go.foreignpolicy.com - Ted Nordhaus Dramatic projects to mitigate climate change often don’t work. Slow, quiet, incremental policies are the planet’s best hope. Recent months have seen …
Bloombergadded this to BloombergJerome Powell The Fed Cherry-Picked Its Way to a Rate Cut. Here’s Proof.Bloomberg - Brian Chappatta After the central bank’s June meeting, policy makers indicated that the case for easing monetary policy had grown but that they wanted to wait to see …
USA TODAYadded this to MoneyCredit Cards After a decade of expanding economy, are you better off?USA TODAY Money - Russ WilesNow that the economy has been growing for more than 10 years, it raises the invariable question: Are your finances better off? Chances are good that you are more prosperous today than in mid-2009, when
CJBadded this to #China general newsPeople's Bank of China China to implement more economic stimulus despite growing debt and weak yuan, experts agreescmp.com - Amanda Lee,Karen Yeung China is likely to implement more economic stimulus policies in the second half of the year to steady growth even though this will further increase …
Monetary Policy Allison Schrager Discusses Monetary Policy — Masters in Businessovercast.fm Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Allison Schrager, an economist, writer and co-founder of the risk advisory firm Lifecycle …
The GuardianNobel Prize in Economics Buzzwords and tortuous impact studies won't fix a broken aid systemThe GuardianFifteen leading economists, including three Nobel winners, argue that the many billions of dollars spent on aid can do little to alleviate poverty while we fail to tackle its root causes Development efforts
Voxadded this to Policy & PoliticsPrivate Equity Elizabeth Warren’s latest Wall Street enemy: private equityVox - Emily StewartElizabeth Warren has a plan for the private equity industry — and they’re probably not going to like it. For workers at the now-defunct Toys R Us, Payless, and Shopko, had her plan already been enacted,
Forbesadded this to TechnologyU.S. Economy U.S. Economy Is Stable: The Great Moderation ReturnsForbes - Bill ConerlyThe economy has been extremely stable since the recession ended ten years ago. By historical standards, the volatility of quarter-to-quarter changes in GDP is unusually low. This seems to be a repeat the
Investing.com UKadded this to UK NewsFederal Reserve Fed's Bullard says rate cut would 'ratify' expectationsinvesting.com - By Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK (Reuters) - An interest rate cut may be necessary at this point, but that does not mean the Federal Reserve is on a path to dramatically …
Bloombergadded this to MarketsInvesting Fed's Rosengren Warns of Perils of Political InterferenceBloomberg - Christopher Condon Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said the country’s last painful bout with high inflation was caused by White House meddling …
Michigan State University MSU teams with state’s top universities to provide economic forecasting for Detroitmsu.edu - Michigan State University Michigan State University joins the University of Michigan and Wayne State University in a collaboration that will provide Detroit-specific economic …
The Washington PostRepublicans Let’s drive a stake through the heart of the debt ceilingThe Washington Post - By Paul WaldmanAs the parties try to work out a budget for the next year or two, President Trump is appalled, outraged, gobsmacked that we might even consider not raising the debt ceiling and thereby defaulting on the
ReutersNashville, TN Nashville's boom may be a hard act to followReuters - Thomson ReutersNashville is shrugging off it's one-note reputation as the capital of country music, attracting a major Amazon distribution hub and other investments, but economists question whether other mid-sized cities
The EconomistFacebook Messenger Youngsters are avoiding Facebook—but not the firm’s other platformsThe Economist Facebook owes its resilience to savvy acquisitions and tolerant regulators IN 2003 MARK ZUCKERBERG built Facemash.com, a website ranking the …
ToddXoXadded this to Down The Rabbit HoleAustrian Economics Yes, Parents Are Capable of Choosing How Their Children Should Be Educatedfee.org - Kerry McDonald At the heart of debates around education freedom and school choice is the subtle but sinister sentiment that parents can’t be trusted. They are too …
University of Missouri COOLEY: A New Lawsuit Reveals The Difference Between Lip Service And Dedication To Ideological Diversity On Campusdailywire.com - Lauren Cooley Hillsdale College and the University of Missouri (Mizzou) are in the midst of a legal showdown over donor dollars — or more specifically, over a …
Carbon How should economics shape policy?chicagobooth.edu - review.chicagobooth.edu Lars Peter Hansen David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Statistics, University of Chicago and Chicago Booth Kevin M. …
The Wall Street Journal.Boston, MA Boston Fed’s Rosengren Says Recent Economic Developments Have Been PositiveThe Wall Street Journal. - Nick TimiraosCentral banker says he doesn’t want to presume the economy will be much weaker later this year Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren offered little indication that he sees a pressing need for an interest-rate
The Hindu Groupadded this to BusinessLineFinance (India) Aditya Birla Payments Bank to wind upthehindubusinessline.com - Surabhi Less than two years after it was started, Aditya Birla Payments Bank is set to shut down shop. In a regulatory filing, the Vodafone-Idea combine said …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoGeorge Mason University Friday assorted linksmarginalrevolution.com - Tyler Cowen 1. Taking Malthus seriously.2. The most played song on UK radio? Snow Patrol, “Chasing Cars.”3. The culture that is American disability.4. Why is …
CNBCUniversity of Michigan US consumer sentiment hits 98.4 in July, vs. 98.5 estimateCNBC - Christine Wang Consumer sentiment ticked slightly higher in early July, largely unchanged from June, according to data released Friday. The University of Michigan's …
Audioburstadded this to Audioburst Business NewsInflation Listen: All Eyes on the Fed Amid Potential Rate CutAudioburst - KSFO-AM "And all eyes are on the fed reserve fed reserve that meeting the board members meeting to discuss a potential rate cut now fed reserve vice chair …
FFinancial TimesFederal Reserve Fed comes under fire from Wall Street over rate confusion | Financial TimesFinancial Times - Colby SmithThe Federal Reserve came under fire from Wall Street for sowing “confusion” in the wake of a market-moving speech by one of its top officials, highlighting the communications challenge facing the US central
Reserve Bank of India Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank shuts down operationsmoneycontrol.com - www.moneycontrol.com The 18-month old Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank, a venture between Aditya Birla Nuvo and Idea Cellular, has decided to shut down its operations. It …
essang edet essangadded this to Nigeria StoriesNigeria Sub-Saharan Africa to stay on recovery path, rate cuts on the horizonreuters.com - Vuyani NdabaJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Sub-Saharan Africa will stay on its recovery path next year provided heavyweight economies punch better, a Reuters poll found, but it will still grow below potential for a part
Mendocino County Economy healthy, no recession looming for California, economists sayukiahdailyjournal.com - Rose Meily When they presented the California Association of Realtors 2019 Mid-Year Market Forecast this month, C.A.R. senior vice president and chief economist …
BBC NewsBritish Empire Newspaper headlines: UK tanker seizures dominate front pagesBBC NewsNews that two oil tankers - one British-flagged and another British-owned - have been seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the Gulf dominates the front pages of Saturday's papers. The British-flagged
