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MoneyNews, April 30, 2014. All Rights Reserved. Jason Furman, the brilliant economist who chairs the Council of Economic Advisers, spoke recently at the 23rd Annual Hyman Minsky Conference, sponsored by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.  The title of Furman’s presentation was "Whatever Happened to the Great Moderation?" He argued that with the right […]

MoneyNews, April 28, 2014. All Rights Reserved. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., spoke at the 23rd Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference, held in Washington at the National Press Club recently. The conference was sponsored by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, an independent group that “encourages diversity of opinion in the examination of economic policy […]

MoneyNews, April 22, 2014. All Rights Reserved. Charles Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and a leading dove of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), delivered a speech April 9 titled "Monetary Goals and Strategy" to the 23rd annual Hyman Minsky Conference, which is sponsored by the Levy Institute of Bard College […]

Forbes, April 14, 2014. All Rights Reserved. For years, China has been enjoying robust economic growth that has turned it into the world’s second largest economy. The problem is, however, that China’s growth is in part driven by over investment in construction and manufacturing sectors, fueling asset bubbles that parallel those of Japan in the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]