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• Global Interest Rate Movements: Half-Year Review
• The Week Ahead: Central Bank Rate Decisions – BoE, ECB, RBA; US Employment Report – Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate, Euro-zone GDP
• Philippine National Bank (PNB) To Make Some Noise?
• Where Can A NON Fed Stimulus Come From To Get Dow 20000
• How State Income Tax Rates Affect NBA Outcomes

Global Interest Rate Movements: Half-Year Review Posted: 01 Jul 2011 09:45 PM PDT This article reviews the monetary policy interest rate activity of the world’s central banks during the first half of 2011.  The key takeaway is that monetary policy tightening has been the dominant game for most emerging market central banks in the first half of the year, however the majority of central banks are still in the no-change camp.  Indeed of the 79 central banks that Central Bank News monitors, 33 made net increases to their interest rates, while 40 held their rates net … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

The Week Ahead: Central Bank Rate Decisions – BoE, ECB, RBA; US Employment Report – Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate, Euro-zone GDP Posted: 01 Jul 2011 09:00 PM PDT 07/02/11 The stories, data, and stocks that may have the greatest impact during the next trading … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

Philippine National Bank (PNB) To Make Some Noise? Posted: 01 Jul 2011 07:51 PM PDT Rumors of a possible merger by Lucio Tan-led Philippine National Bank (PNB) and Allied Bank once created market interest in the stock, causing it to reach a high of PHP 68.60 from just around PHP 50.00. However, market interest appears to have fizzled down after reaching the said high. Since then, PNB has gradually slipped to around PHP57.50. After being out of the sidelines for awhile, I believe that PNB will once again move higher given its price action last July 1. As you can see from its … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

Where Can A NON Fed Stimulus Come From To Get Dow 20000 Posted: 01 Jul 2011 07:03 PM PDT Since March 2009 till June 2011 the US Federal Reserve has stimulated the economy buy buying mortgage back securities for real money. This amounted to about $2.7 trillion dollars. Where else can this sort of stimulus come from. The Dow 20000 is a call made by James Altucher on CNBC 1) From US corporates Balance Sheets: They have about $2 triillion of cash on the books, so far they are not spending it, if they did YES that would be a huge stimulus. 2) Banks release hordered cash: Alan … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

How State Income Tax Rates Affect NBA Outcomes Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:12 PM PDT Drew Johnson of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance has a great post about how state and local income tax rates determine winners and losers in the NBA.  Here are some key excerpts: “The NBA operates under a salary cap that not only limits the total amount a team can spend on the combined salaries of all players, but also places a ceiling on the amount that individual players can earn.  As a result, top players with similar years of service in the league make roughly the same salary … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Balance Transfer Credit Cards

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