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Antídoto
Fracasos Múltiples Internacionales está regresando al escenario político y económico argentino. La moción de censura y la amenaza de iniciar el camino de la expulsión del país de esa institución por la calidad de las estadísticas públicas colocó al Gobierno en una situación incómoda. La opción era romper con ese organismo internacional, convirtiéndose en el […] -
Research Project Report
Federal Reserve Bank Governance and Independence during Financial Crisis
This monograph is part of the Levy Institute’s Research and Policy Dialogue Project on Improving Governance of the Government Safety Net in Financial Crisis, a two-year project funded by the Ford Foundation. This is the third in a series of reports examining the Federal Reserve Bank’s response to the global financial crisis, with particular emphasis […] -
Tarullo Says Fed Shouldn’t Rush to Avert Any Wage Pressures
The Bond Buyer, April 11, 2014. All Rights Reserved. Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo said the central bank shouldn’t raise interest rates "preemptively" on a belief the recession cut the supply of ready labor in the economy. "We should remain attentive to evidence that labor markets have actually tightened to the point that there is […] -
BCE: Constancio, faremo qualcosa perche’ inflazione troppo bassa
Class Editori, April 11, 2014. All Rights Reserved. MILANO (MF-DJ)–La Banca centrale europea e’ pronta a intervenire per affrontare il problema della bassa inflazione che continua a rimanere sotto il target ufficiale della Bce. Lo ha dichiarato il vice presidente della Bce Vitor Constancio, aggiungendo che i policy maker stanno ancora cercando di capire quali […] -
Evans’s Prescription: Wage Hikes and Small Dose of Inflation
The OMFIF Commentary, April 11, 2014. All Rights Reserved. The normal duty of central bankers (especially in Europe) is to denounce inflation as the work of the devil and call for labour market flexibility as a barely disguised code for reducing wages. But a gathering of academic economists at the annual Minsky Conference this week […] -
Real Time Economics
The Wall Street Journal, April 11, 2014. All Rights Reserved. ECB’s Constancio: “We Will Do Something” About Low Inflation. The ECB is poised to take action to tackle the problem of low inflation that continues to consistently undershoot its official target, ECB Vice President Vitor Constancio said Thursday. He said policy makers are still trying to […] -
Obama Economic Adviser: The Great Moderation Is Over, if It Ever Existed
Washington Examiner, April 11, 2014. All Rights Reserved. The so-called "Great Moderation" of low economic volatility between the mid-1980s and the financial crisis of 2008 was not as great as it seemed, and the future likely won’t be as pleasant, according to President Obama’s top economic adviser. Jason Furman, the chairman of the Council of Economic […] -
At Least Six Months between End of QE and Rate Rise: Fed’s Evans (Update)
NDTV, April 10, 2014. All Rights Reserved. Washington (Reuters | Update): The Federal Reserve will likely wait at least six months after ending a bond-buying program before raising interest rates, and will only act that quickly "if things really go well," a top US central banker said on Wednesday. "It could be six, it could […] -
At Least Six Months between End of QE and Rate Rise – Fed’s Evans
Manorama Online, April 10, 2014. All Rights Reserved. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve will likely wait at least six months after ending a bond-buying program before raising interest rates, and will only act that quickly "if things really go well," a top U.S. central banker said on Wednesday. "It could be six, it could […] -
ECB Constancio: Fully Healthy Bank Sector Won’t Guarantee Quick Economic Rebound
By Todd Buell and Christopher Lawton The Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2014. All Rights Reserved. The euro zone faces problems that are more profound than just weakness in the banking sector and that are harder to address, European Central Bank Vice President Vitor Constancio said Thursday. In remarks prepared for delivery in Washington, Mr. […] -
Fed’s Tarullo Says Economy Looking Stronger
Morningstar Advisor, April 10, 2014. All Rights Reserved. WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The U.S. economy, aided by the Federal Reserve’s easy monetary-policy stance, is beginning to look healthier, Federal Reserve Gov. Daniel Tarullo said Wednesday. "While we’ve not had certainly the pace and pervasiveness of the recovery that we wanted, the unconventional monetary policy have been […] -
ECB’s Peter Praet Says Euro-Zone Economies “Will See Economic Slack until 2017”
The Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2014. All Rights Reserved. WASHINGTON—The euro zone economy will see economic slack persist until 2017 at least, European Central Bank executive board member Peter Praet said Thursday, suggesting that the ECB will maintain its easy-money policies well into the future. Still, Mr. Praet signaled that the ECB is in […]