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- Alpha.Sources blog - The Global Credit Channel and Monetary Policy
The folks over at Danske Bank's analytical department are really clever people. Too bad then that they don't have an external RSS feed so that you can follow more easily what they have to say; and yes (!), this was a hint. Luckily, I managed to pick up on chief economist Carsten Valgreen's ...
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clausvistesen.squarespace.com — Even when liars tell the truth, they are never believed. The liar will lie once, twice, and... then perish when he tells the truth. One thing which is certain at the moment is that the rumour mill is grinding hard and that it is very difficult to get a ... (more) - Alpha.Sources blog
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The Carry Trade and the Global Monetary Credit Transmission
Global Economy Matters — ... as well as my own account of said paper. The point is simply the extent to which economies can loose control over monetary policy and what this means. There is ample evidence I think that in a world where interest rate differentials of the current magnitude represent an inbuilt part of the edifice, there exist notable externalities from monetary policy. One aspect of this is created by the fact that some central banks basically have committed to a prolonged period of quantitative easing and another aspect is created by the fact that as the crisis ripples through, the world will ...

The Carry Trade and Global Monetary Credit Transmission (Wonkish)
A Fistful Of Euros » A Fistful Of Euros — ... as well as my own account of said paper. The point is simply the extent to which economies can loose control over monetary policy and what this means. There is ample evidence I think that in a world where interest rate differentials of the current magnitude represent an inbuilt part of the edifice, there exist notable externalities from monetary policy. One aspect of this is created by the fact that some central banks basically have committed to a prolonged period of quantitative easing and another aspect is created by the fact that as the crisis ripples through, the world will ...

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