Euromoney (March Issue)
“Investors, bankers and policymakers were caught off-guard in early 2014 as new depths of pessimism about emerging markets were plumbed.”
Tags: Bankers, Emerging markets, Investors, Off-guard, Pessimism, Policymakers
Los Angeles Times (October 28)
“Policymakers are clear about their bond-buying goal, but the Street isn’t listening.” Current Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke stated publicly that quantitative easing would continue until unemployment falls to 6.5%. “If we generate 200,000 new jobs every month, tapering starts in November 2016. If we see an average of only 148,000 new jobs each month, we won’t ever see Fed tapering…. Tapering is still a long way off.”
Tags: Bernanke, Bond-buying, Fed, Jobs, Policymakers, Quantitative easing, Tapering, Unemployment, Wall Street
Los Angeles Times (July 8)Los Angeles Times (July 8)
“Life expectancy is 5.5 years lower in northern China than in the south because of heavy air pollution, a study examining 20 years of data concludes…. The specificity of the study published Monday may provide a jolt to policymakers and the public as debate intensifies over how much China has sacrificed to achieve rapid economic growth.” Due to a tradition of coal burning, suspended particulate matter north of the Huai River was on average 55% higher than in the south, lowering life expectancy for those in the north where the researches estimate that in the 1990s alone, the half billion residents “collectively lost 2.5 billion years from their lives.”“Life expectancy is 5.5 years lower in northern China than in the south because of heavy air pollution, a study examining 20 years of data concludes…. The specificity of the study published Monday may provide a jolt to policymakers and the public as debate intensifies over how much China has sacrificed to achieve rapid economic growth.” Due to a tradition of coal burning, suspended particulate matter north of the Huai River was on average 55% higher than in the south, lowering life expectancy for those in the north where the researches estimate that in the 1990s alone, the half billion residents “collectively lost 2.5 billion years from their lives.”
Tags: China, Coal burning, Economic growth, Huai River, Life expectancy, Particulate matter, Policymakers, Pollution, Sacrificed
Institutional Investor (March Issue)
“The European Central Bank’s recent moves have helped lighten the mood for investors in the euro zone.” It is true the dark cloud is rising, yet “Europe’s economic situation is still precarious, and any number of potential shocks could widen spreads and dampen returns. Moreover, policymakers have yet to address the region’s long-term growth prospects.”
Tags: Dark cloud, ECB, Euro zone, Growth, Policymakers, Returns, Shocks, Spreads
The Independent (July 13)
“The nightmare of full eurozone contagion appears to have moved a step closer.” Yet policymakers remain in denial. Until they leave this denial behind, attempts to tackle collapse will remain elusive. European leaders must realize the debt crisis essentially renders many European banks insolvent, it is nearly impossible for indebted countries on the periphery to grow themselves out of crisis while hedged in by the common currency and, lastly, that the eurozone could indeed crumble.
Tags: Banks, Contagion, eurozone, Policymakers
