Daily Markets - The “stimulus Debate” And The Golden Rule Of Mountain Climbing VoxEu
Daily Markets - The “stimulus Debate” And The Golden Rule Of Mountain Climbing VoxEu |
- The “stimulus Debate” And The Golden Rule Of Mountain Climbing VoxEu
- Sen. John Kerry Skips Town On Sails Tax
- EU’s Bank Stress Tests Ignore Sovereign Default Scenario
- Oil Prices Show Little Momentum For Breaking Through $80 Barrier
The “stimulus Debate” And The Golden Rule Of Mountain Climbing VoxEu Posted: 24 Jul 2010 09:06 AM PDT Francesco Giavazzi By Francesco Giavazzi, Professor of Economics at Bocconi University and author (with Alberto Alesina) of "The Future of Europe: Reform or Decline". CEPR Research Fellow |
Sen. John Kerry Skips Town On Sails Tax Posted: 24 Jul 2010 08:48 AM PDT Boston Herald — “Sen. John Kerry, who has repeatedly voted to raise taxes while in Congress, dodged a whopping six-figure state tax bill on his new multimillion-dollar yacht by mooring her in Newport, Rhode Island, instead of in Nantucket, MA, where the senator summers. Cash-strapped Massachusetts still collects a 6.25% sales tax and an annual excise tax on yachts. Sources say Isabel sold for something in the neighborhood of $7 million, meaning Kerry saved approximately $437,500 in sales tax … [visit site to read more] |
EU’s Bank Stress Tests Ignore Sovereign Default Scenario Posted: 24 Jul 2010 08:36 AM PDT The European Union (EU) bank stress tests failed to account for a sovereign default, meaning results show a healthier banking sector than actually exists. The tests results were released Friday with seven banks failing, but analysts say many more institutions could have failed if the tests simulated a sovereign default. Testing regulators from the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) decided against testing securities held in lenders’ banking books, where sovereign debt is … [visit site to read more] |
Oil Prices Show Little Momentum For Breaking Through $80 Barrier Posted: 24 Jul 2010 08:26 AM PDT Prices of crude oil futures slumped below $79 a barrel on Friday despite a stock market rally and the rise of Tropical Storm Bonnie in the Gulf of Mexico. The downward turn on Friday followed a sharp gain Thursday amid positive corporate earnings reports that some saw as a signal of economic recovery and the brewing tropical storm. Technical analysts noted that oil prices have encountered resistance as they approach the $80 a barrel threshold. There appears to be little momentum for … [visit site to read more] |
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