>"Stephen S. Roach thinks America’s latest financial trouble will reinforce a narrative of terminal national decline."

"So far, we are not getting carried away about inflation."

>"Central banks are trying to strike a balance between curbing inflation and enabling economic growth."

This is interesting: "Official data showed that foreign central banks account for more than half of the overseas _...Read More_

"Research shows new tech announcements have a real, immediate impact on the economy. How can we apply this to economic news"

"We are at a dangerous tipping point in ‘inflationary psychology’, says the central bank for the world’s central banks."

>"Fed Governor Christopher Waller said he would support hikes that pass through exceed the "neutral" level."

"Yanis Varoufakis shows why the most popular explanations of today’s price surges are both true and miss the point."

"Kenneth Rogoff weighs the possibility of advanced economies instituting a broad-based ban on private digital currencies."

Hippolyte Fofack warns that central bankers’ belated efforts to curb price increases will carry a high economic cost. "Leading central banks are now deploying tools that should help to contain growing price pressures. But these measures _...Read More_

>"Kaushik Basu argues that closer international cooperation is crucial to tackling a little-understood economic phenomenon."

"Barclays believes that it is prudent to delay the commencement of the buyback programme until those discussions [with the SEC] have been concluded," the bank said in its earnings release Thursday."

The economic future for developed countries doesn't look bright. Cost of living pressures are hurting confidence and spending while central banks are becoming increasingly hawkish.

Weston Nakamura has recently been making the case that Bank of Japan is essentially backstopping the global financial system with its policy of yield curve control, which is indirect US yield curve control. I lay out his case _...Read More_

"Here are the threats being faced by banks, companies and investment funds."