Reuters (August 24)
The U.S. Federal Reserve “must determine how quickly to get to what they deem a neutral rate, neither depressing nor stimulating economic activity. Investors clearly hope that they prioritize speed.” Chairman Powell has now arrived at “the endgame, when the prospect of success is near at hand but the possibility of failure is at its most dangerous. To save the labor market, the cuts can’t come soon enough.”
Tags: Depressing, Economic activity, Endgame, Failure, Fed, Investors, Labor market, Neutral rate, Powell, Prioritize, Speed, Stimulating, Success, U.S.
The Guardian (November 1)
“Here we are again. Once more, England will enter lockdown on Thursday…. Once more, the government has been far too slow to act….. What is truly depressing for many people is not lockdown in itself, but the growing conviction that this government has no exit plan, and no ability to execute one even if they stumble across it.”
Tags: Ability, Act, Conviction, Depressing, England, Exit plan, Government, Lockdown, Slow
Washington Post (November 4)
In Nicaragua, there is “an even more depressing election than our own.” Daniel Ortega will on Sunday, “following gross manipulation of the constitution and electoral system… preside over his reelection as president, as well as the installation of his wife, Rosario Murillo, as vice president.” Struggling with failing health, his wife can serve as a placeholder to “ensure that the presidency remains in his family; his children are waiting in the wings.”
Tags: Constitution, Depressing, Election, Health, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/an-even-more-depressing-election-than-our-own/2016/11/03/9c2b1f7e-a05d-11e6-8832-23a007c77bb4_story.html, Manipulation, Murillo, Nicaragua, Ortega, Reelection
