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• Shared Views
• Monetary Policy Week In Review – 23 April 2011
• Today Is Earth Day: What About A Capitalism Day?
• The Global Economy’s Remarkable Recovery

Shared Views Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:42 PM PDT In “Recovery, Redefined,” I noted that certain individuals and groups have a much different understanding of what constitutes an economic rebound than I do. If the results of a recent New York Times/CBS News poll are any guide, it would appear that the majority of Americans share my views on the subject. Of course, if you are a stock trader, I guess you’ll just add this to the long and growing list of negative data you are … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

Monetary Policy Week In Review – 23 April 2011 Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:07 PM PDT Global monetary policy tightening continued through the past week.  Central Banks that increased interest rates included those of: Thailand +25bps to 2.75%, Sweden +25bps to 1.75%, and Brazil +25bps to 12.00%.  Meanwhile those that opted to hold interest rates unchanged were: Hungary at 6.00%, Iceland at 4.25%, and Turkey at 6.25%.  Aside from interest rate changes the week also saw another 50 basis point increase in China’s required reserve ratio, bringing the average ratio for … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

Today Is Earth Day: What About A Capitalism Day? Posted: 22 Apr 2011 01:00 PM PDT From an Investor’s Business Daily editorial on Earth Day in 2009, featured on Carpe Diem here (the IBD link no longer works): “Of the estimated 1 billion people who will observe Earth Day worldwide this year, few will know about the progress that has been made. Fewer still will know how it was made. The media, uninterested in looking at the real story, will simply credit the environmental movement for the improvements. Buried beneath all the badgering and fear-mongering about lavish Western … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

The Global Economy’s Remarkable Recovery Posted: 22 Apr 2011 12:28 PM PDT The CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis released its monthly report today on world trade and world industrial production for the month of February.  Here are some of the highlights: 1. World trade volume increased in February for the seventh consecutive month, bringing global trade to a new all-time record high (see chart).   This was also the third month in a row that world trade was above the previous peaks during early 2008 when the U.S. recession and … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

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