Article today on whether it matters if dis-inversion occurs because short rates fall, or long rates rise.
Category Archives: financial markets
Guest Contribution: “Lessons from 85 Years of Movies about Finance”
Today, we present a guest post written by Jeffrey Frankel, Harpel Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and formerly a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. An earlier version appeared at Project Syndicate.
Bitcoin as Store of Value
Bitcoin vs. VIX:
Fed Funds Path as of Noon ET
From CME:
Guest Contribution: “Why have US shares, gold and the dollar been soaring?”
Today, we present a guest post written by Jeffrey Frankel, Harpel Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and formerly a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. An earlier version appeared in The Guardian.
Vote Trump for Higher Inflation, Bigger Deficits, Higher Interest Rates
Messages from the WSJ July Survey:
News Impact Illustrated: Jobs, CPI, PPI Releases
Following up on the PPI release (discussed along with other core measures) discussed here, how have markets responded, in terms of Fed funds futures, the ten year rate?
“Do Foreign Yield Curves Predict U.S. Recessions and GDP Growth?”
Yes! From Rashed Ahmed and Menzie Chinn, just published in the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking.
Guest Contribution: “Market participants versus rate-setters: a forecasting horse race”
Today, we are pleased to present a guest contribution written by Luisa Carpinelli, Filippo Natoli, Kevin Pallara, Luca Rossi, Sergio Santoro and Massimiliano Sfregola; Bank of Italy, DG-Economics, Statistics and Research, Advanced Economies and Macroeconomic Policies Division. The views presented in this column represent those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Bank of Italy or the ESCB.
How Are Households Holding Up, Debtwise?
CNN published an article today, entitled “What’s really happening in America’s economy”. Most points are conventional, but one graph was interesting – credit card debt: