Recessions vs de-leveraging
The current recovery is playing out differently than past ones because a de-leveraging cycle is at its heart different than a typical Central Bank-controlled cycle. A typical recession is an[…]
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The current recovery is playing out differently than past ones because a de-leveraging cycle is at its heart different than a typical Central Bank-controlled cycle. A typical recession is an[…]
Next week, we’re due Final GDP data for France (due Tuesday), which looks likely to remain unchanged from its provisional estimates of 1.6% YoY. Euroland money supply figures for November[…]
Prime Rate Capital Management LLP announced today that, subject to the relevant regulatory approvals, it is to be acquired by Federated Investors, Inc, one of the world’s largest cash managers[…]
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David Rothon is Senior Vice President, Director of Cash & Fixed Income Product Management at Northern Trust Global Investments. Room151: How have the positions in your money market fund changed[…]
The first of the ECB’s two 36-month long-term repo operations (LTRO) take place today, Wednesday, December 21st. This ultra-long-term refinancing operation (the next will be held on February 29th 2012)[…]
The European situation deteriorated steadily and seriously through the course of 2011. The failure of policymakers to stem contagion effectively from haircuts on Greek government debt, as well as the[…]
Simon Parker is director of New Local Government Network. He started his career in journalism and has since worked in management consultancy, lobbying and research, most recently as a fellow[…]
A new fund providing £3 million of loans for new and existing social enterprises in Kent will be launched by Kent County Council in partnership with the Kent Community Foundation.[…]
We should be reluctant to ascribe either recessions or even recoveries to changes in the level of the nebulous concept of “confidence” because consumer confidence indices only have a weak[…]
UK growth slowed rapidly in 2011 as last year’s fiscal and monetary tightenings flowed through and the over-indebted private sector was unable to offset the impact. We have had essentially[…]