Posted on: April 2, 2011
Why buy low-return government bonds? One not-so-surprising answer: Government manipulation. Government rules are so pervasive you could say that government manipulation is everwhere, so why should the financial sector be any different? And you’d be right. For example, just by requiring banks to retain a bigger and safer capital reserves buffer helps
Tags: debt, deflation, government bonds, government debt, government regualtions, Inflation, us debt
Category: Bond and Treasury Market | Washington News
Posted on: March 28, 2011
Shame on the Globe and Mail for asking if deflation could be making a comeback. Let’s get real. The Fed has been printing money as if it’s going out of style. You simply cannot do that and NOT have inflation. Look at the modern economic history of the US and you’ll see
Tags: ben bernanke, deflation, Inflation, US economy
Category: Bond and Treasury Market | Personal Finance | The Federal Reserve | Top Stories | U.S. Investing | US Dollar and Forex | US Economy
Posted on: December 22, 2010
Japan has had twenty years of deflation and negligible growth. Shall we make it 21?
Tags: deflation, Japan, Japanese economy, Japanese exports, Japanese trade
Category: Asia Investing | International Markets
Victims of “Financial Repression”
