As Europe’s economies cannot withstand a wave of subsidies and aid, such as that during the Covid 19 pandemic, which amounted to approximately 1.2 trillion euros, due to the deterioration of the fiscal position of states threatened by over-indebtedness, the priority now is – as one will see below the lines of the International Monetary …
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Excessive Public Debt is killing the Middle Income class – the “lifeblood” of Consumption
Every promise by politicians to increase public spending – and especially those concerning social transfers – resonates positively with voters. These promises may win elections, but what voters themselves should be asking is: Who pays the bill? The common narrative in the US that the debt is unsustainable which has a life of 40 years …
The digital dollar and the collapse in the “fake” wealth of the markets
Why did the decoupling of production from consumption through the operation of financial markets and the leverage of values become the greatest historical economic experiment? The financial “bubble” that began in the late 1980s is expected to burst with a wave sweeping away the forms of economies we know. “Bad currency” had long driven out …
FED: Vicious economic cycle with interest rate hikes leads to a crisis-crash like 1930s
The Fed’s “medicine” of lowering interest rates appears to be killing the sick American economy. The credit crunch due to unprecedented tight monetary policy has led to a surge in bankruptcy filings, portending a vicious recession and soaring unemployment. The flow of money supply (the dollars the Fed prints) fell again in October, remaining deep …
Why does GDP growth equal population growth and productivity growth?
Even before the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, the world had entered a strange phase, where the demographic pyramid after many generations was being reversed, as the world is getting older. The effects of this aging were first seen in Japan (the first post-development economy) and then in the E.U. and China which are the …
Persistent High Inflation Prices Reflect Changes in the Real Economy
The inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment has been shown to be temporary-short-term and does not stem from inflation per se, but from unexpected inflation, which contributes to maintaining inflation. By the fact that inflation can contribute to the development of an economy, we mean the positive relationship between rising inflation, that is, the increase …
The greater the proportion of the population in an economy that does not have a bank account, the more difficult it is to achieve sustainable growth and social well-being
The economies that are underdeveloped and cannot optimise the development of their economy while disseminating economic growth to their entire population are those in which a large part of the population does not have a bank account and access to bank transactions. According to World Bank (data.worldbank.org/indicator) data in most Latin and Central American countries …