Russia Archive
Re: change of govt = change of practice
China, Fed, Financial Times, Inflation, Interest Rates, Russia
Dec 06, 2007
(Email) On Dec 5, 2007 11:50 PM, Wray, Randall wrote: > Bill: thanks. Yes I think the data are overwhelming for very serious problems, for deep recession, and for rate cuts. the problems to the real economy aren’t showing up yet exports have been more than filling the housing gap- as long
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Saudis are Necessarily in Position of Price-Setter
Financial Times, Oil, Russia
Dec 03, 2007
Published November 16, 2007 in the Financial Times From Mr Warren Mosler. Sir, Adrian Binks’ letter “Oil price conspiracy theories get in the way of factsâ€ÂÂ(November 14) is precisely the response indicated in my letter (November 12); in this case from an energy information service. While Mr Binks’ statements are indeed factual,
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Oil Price Conspiracy Theories Get in the Way of Facts
China, Financial Times, India, Oil, Russia
Dec 03, 2007
Published November 14, 2007 in the Financial Times From Mr Adrian Binks. Sir, Warren Mosler (Letters, November 12), reveals the level of hysteria that affects even intelligent western economists when it comes to oil prices. First, economists need to understand the facts. Saudi Arabian crude oil is sold at prices directly linked
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Saudis Do Set World Oil Prices – Despite Bold Denials
Financial Times, Oil, Russia
Dec 03, 2007
Published November 12, 2007 in the Financial Times From Mr Warren Mosler. Sir, As crude oil prices continue to rise, the media continue to assume that competitive market forces are behind the increase, including political tensions, weather, supply disruptions and demand pressures. Completely overlooked, however, is the fact that the Saudis post
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Re: U.S. $ and oil prices; the T-bill and the fed target rate
(email from Tom @ Laffer Investments) > Looking at this chart of the 91-day T-bill…don’t think > the Fed’s not going to cut rates on December 11th. We > expect .50 bps and more cuts early next year…unless > something changes. The low t-bill rate is due to money funds switching asset
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Review of Evans Speech
Fed, Financial Times, Inflation, Russia
Nov 30, 2007
November 27, 2007 Financial Disruptions and the Role of Monetary Policy* Skipped the first part. It’s very good history and analysis. With regard to shocks to the financial system, our concern is about the ability of financial markets to carry out their core functions of efficiently allocating capital to its most productive
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