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Via Email, Michael Pettis author of " The Great Rebalancing " (see "Great Rebalancing" Book Review: Two Thumbs Up ) dispels the myth that Spain and peripheral Europe are on a sustainable rebalancing path relative to Germany. Pettis writes …
Haruhiko Kuroda (Abe’s nominee to head Japan’s central bank) pledges to do Whatever Needed to Combat Japan Deflation .
Please consider China well-prepared for currency war: official . China is fully prepared for a looming currency war should it, though "avoidable," really happen, said China’s central bank deputy governor Yi Gang late Friday. A currency war could be avoided, Yi said, if policymakers in major countries observed the consensus, reached at the recent G20 meeting, that monetary policy should primarily serve as a tool for domestic economy.
Jed Graham at Investor’s Business Daily has an interesting chart showing Wage Recession Hits 5 Years; Worse Than Jobs Drought . I can show it’s even worse, but first let’s consider a chart and commentary by Graham. As bad as the current job recovery has been — and it’s by far the weakest since World War II — the recovery in wages has been far worse
Think Greece has been “saved” by the Troika? A quick look at some loan repayment stats may help you think clearly.
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