Asset Bubbles

Inflation Could Jump Into Double Digits: Mobius

Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Brics, India, Russian, Institute of International Finance, Mark-Mobius, Asset Bubbles, Inflation, Brazil, Africa, Gdp Growth, Asia, China, Emerging Markets, Video, Business News

MONACO (Cecilia Valente) - Inflation in emerging markets could reach double digits, while economic growth this year will average 6 percent, accord...

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Fed Needs To Raise Rates To Avoid Bubble, Fed Official Says

Bloomberg | Posted 07.29.2011

Read More: Interest Rates, Asset Bubbles, Economic Crisis, Business News, Financial Crisis, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Kansas City Fed, Thomas Hoenig, Savings, Business News

May 29 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Thomas Hoenig, the central bank’s longest-serving policy maker, said the U.S. ne...

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Fed Official: High Unemployment Isn't Inevitable After Bubbles Collapse

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Monetary Policy, High Unemployment, Unemployment Benefits, Central Bank, Narayana Kocherlakota, Asset Bubbles, Minneapolis Federal Reserve, Interest Rate, Business News

The collapse of an asset bubble will not necessarily lead to higher unemployment as long as monetary policy is loose enough, a top Federal Reserve...

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Top Fed Official: We Can't Speed Up Labor Market Recovery

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charles Plosser, Charles Plosser Speeches, Qe2, Asset Bubbles, Fed Unemployment, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve Philadelphia, Fed Labor Market, Business News

WASHINGTON (By Emily Kaiser): Monetary policy cannot speed up labor market healing or prevent asset price bubbles, and counting on it to do so may do ...

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China Needs to Hit the Brakes; US Needs to Step on the Gas

Robert Lenzner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US China Relations, Economic Stimulus Package, People's Bank of China, Deflation, Asset Bubbles, Quantitative Easing, Ben Bernanke, Zhou Xiaochuan, China Economy, China, Business News
Robert Lenzner

The dichotomy between the world's two greatest economies is the tension most impacting the financial markets and geopolitics today.

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Krugman: What's Missing In Financial Reform

nytimes.com | PAUL KRUGMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mortgages, Asset Bubbles, Financial Reform, Krugman, Financial Crisis, Consumer Protection Agency, Banks, Paul Krugman, Bonuses, Financial Bubbles, Risk, Business News

Reform, in other words, probably can't prevent either bad loans or bubbles. But it can do a great deal to ensure that bubbles don't collapse the finan...

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Federal Reserve Debates A Bubble-Popping Strategy

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, Financial Bubbles, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Leverage, Asset Bubbles, Business News

Amidst calls to bring greater transparency to the Federal Reserve, the central bank's leaders are torn over one key issue: can the Fed pop financial b...

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How "The Beanie Babies Bubble" Explains The Housing Crisis

wsj.com | KAREN BLUMENTHAL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Beanie Babies, Asset Bubbles, Bubbles, Housing Bubble, Business News

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