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ECB’s Constancio Says Negative-Rate Policy Has “Clear Limits”
Bloomberg, April 13, 2016. All Rights Reserved. European Central Bank Vice President Vitor Constancio on Wednesday said there was only so much that negative interest rates can do to boost the economy and defended the central bank’s strategy as positive for the euro area as a whole. It is “important to recall that there are […] -
Negative Rates Not Needed in US for Now: ECB’s Constancio
The Fiscal Times, April 13, 2016. All Rights Reserved. Negative deposit rates are not required as a monetary fix for the United States at the moment, in contrast with the euro zone, which is struggling with deflation risk, a top European Central Bank official said on Wednesday…. Read more: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/latestnews/2016/04/13/Negative-rates-not-needed-US-now-ECBs-Constancio -
BlogListen in on the Minsky Conference
Audio from the 25th Annual Minsky Conference will be broadcast live. Listen here beginning tomorrow at 9am. Tuesday, April 12 9:00−9:15 a.m. Welcome and Introduction Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, President, Levy Institute 9:15−10:30 a.m. Session 1. GLOBAL FRAGILITY AND EMERGING MARKETS OUTLOOK MODERATOR: Theo Francis, Special Writer, The Wall Street Journal SPEAKER: Jan Kregel, Director of Research, Levy [...] -
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Is There a Solution to Brazil’s Crises?
This is the first of a series of blog posts on the Brazilian crisis by Felipe Rezende. There are two major crises Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff is facing: one is a political crisis and the other is Brazil’s sharpest recession in 25 years. Brazil’s Political Crisis The political crisis has two main pillars: a) [...] -
Policy Notes No. 2The Narrow Path for Brazil
Brazil is mired in a joint economic and political crisis, and the way out is unclear. In 2015 the country experienced a steep contraction of output alongside elevated inflation, all while the fallout from a series of corruption scandals left the policymaking apparatus paralyzed. Looking ahead, implementing a policy strategy that has any hope of […] -
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Tcherneva on the “Growth Lobby” and the Sanders Plan
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Working Paper No. 863The Empirics of Long-Term US Interest Rates
US government indebtedness and fiscal deficits increased notably following the global financial crisis. Yet long-term interest rates and US Treasury yields have remained remarkably low. Why have long-term interest rates stayed low despite the elevated government indebtedness? What are the drivers of long-term interest rates in the United States? John Maynard Keynes holds that the […] -
Summary No. 2Summary Spring 2016
This issue includes two strategic analyses: one for the United States and one for Greece. The first reports that the US recovery continues to be hampered by structural weaknesses—rising income inequality, weak demand for US exports, and fiscal conservatism—while external risks include sluggish growth in US trading partners, dollar appreciation, and asset price declines. Turning […] -
Public Policy Brief No. 141What We Could Have Learned from the New Deal in Confronting the Recent Global Recession
To the extent that policymakers have learned anything at all from the Great Depression and the policy responses of the 1930s, the lessons appear to have been the wrong ones. In this public policy brief, Director of Research Jan Kregel explains why there is still a great deal we have to learn from the New […] -
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Preliminary Program for the 25th Minsky Conference
The preliminary program has been posted for the 25th Annual Hyman Minsky Conference, being held April 12-13 here at Blithewood on the Bard College campus. The deadline for registration is April 1st. Tuesday, April 12 8:30−9:00 a.m. Registration 9:00−9:15 a.m. Welcome and Introduction Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, President, Levy Institute 9:15−10:30 a.m. Session 1. GLOBAL FRAGILITY AND EMERGING MARKETS [...] -
MME, March 20, 2016
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Αποψη: Τα ημίμετρα συμβάλλουν στη συνέχιση της ανθρωπιστικής κρίσης
Kathimerini, 20 Μάρτιος 2016. Με επιφύλαξη παντός δικαιώματος. Ολοι –με πρώτη την κυβέρνηση– αναμένουμε με ανυπομονησία την ολοκλήρωση της αναφοράς του κουαρτέτου για την πρόοδο της αξιολόγησης των μέτρων που η κυβέρνηση συμφώνησε να ψηφίσει και να εφαρμόσει…. Διαβάστε περισσότερα κάνοντας ΚΛΙΚ ΕΔΩ: http://www.kathimerini.gr/853677/article/oikonomia/ellhnikh-oikonomia/apoyh-ta-hmimetra-symvalloyn-sth-synexish-ths-an8rwpistikhs-krishs