Argentina is perhaps the only example of a country that, while it was among the 10 richest at the beginning of the 20th century, was driven into poverty by the populist state diet economic model of the Peronists. A country rich in natural resources followed a failed development model based on industrialization behind a wall …
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The FED Won’t Help ‘Bidenomics’ – Interest Rates and the 2024 Elections
In recent years, Jerome Powell stood firm on the monetary principles he espoused: The Fed was prepared to do whatever it took until inflation returned to its 2% target. On Tuesday, December 12, 2023, Powell showed signs of a change in attitude. The reasons are obvious and it is certainly beyond any economic logic. At …
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 …
The Defense Plans that companies will have to implement in the interest rate increases
With the… “cloud” of uncertainty over the future of interest rates looming thick, the business world is scrambling to build ramparts in order to cope with the pressure on financial costs and beyond. The messages sent by the central bankers in Europe, the UK, and the USA, with none of them categorically rejecting the possibility …
Why High Investment Grade Bonds remain the preferred choice?
Bonds and especially those characterized as high investment grade remain the preferred choice for Trust Economics. With yields trading at multi-year highs – a result of interest rate hikes by central banks – government bonds offer returns far better than any deposit account (even term deposits) while missing the risk of equity investments and commodities. …
Recession will solve the problem because anti-inflationary policies have reached their limits
Central banks insist they are not done raising interest rates yet, with inflation still well below the 2% target. The result is that the EKT is currently at the highest interest rates in its history and the FED is at the highest interest rates in 22 years. At the same time, various side effects of …
The Real-estate market in turmoil and how the EU & USA is hitting Growth
Investments in real estate are traditionally made with loans, the vast majority of which have a variable interest rate. Rising interest rates increase the cost of servicing loans and consequently reduce or eliminate the profit of the companies that own the properties. Already, internationally, the first effects are being observed, with many large companies that …
Loans: When is it beneficial to change the interest rate from floating to fixed?
The answer depends mostly on how close it is to expiration. Important factors are the rate of rise in interest rates, the margins on new loans and how much risk a borrower can bear. Since July, the ECB has raised interest rates by three percentage points, putting corresponding upward pressure on the benchmark floating rate, …
FED: Raised interest rates to 15-year highs
In a new increase in interest rates, this time by 50 basis points, the US Federal Reserve proceeded in an attempt to contain inflation that “runs” at a multiple rate of the 2% target. The Fed’s key dollar lending rate is now in the range of 4.25% to 4.50%, the highest since 2007. Federal Reserve …
The “relationship” between unemployment and inflation that traps the strategy of Central Banks
This scheme argues that what causes inflation is basically an increase in demand, that is, when there is more demand in the market for goods and services which in turn increases prices and therefore inflation. A key aspect of this pattern of increased demand is that it has to do with the ability of workers …