US Economist Kenneth Rogoff - 'Germany Has Been the Winner in the Globalization Process'   In an interview with SPIEGEL, Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff, 58, says it was a mistake to bring ...

  S&P 500 Cheapest to Bonds on Zero Fed Rates   The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is approaching the cheapest level ever compared with bonds as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's zero-pe...

  Fed Should Heed Lessons of 1920 Recession Response, Grant Says: Tom Keene   The U.S. has been “overmedicated” by public policy and should consider the government’s 1920’s response to...

  BOJ Adds to Monetary Easing After Contraction   The Bank of Japan added to monetary easing after exports tumbled and the economy contracted by more than forecast in the fourth quarter. Gov...

  Britain's extreme QE is dangerously counter-productive   Members of the Monetary Policy Committee agreed to expand the UK’s “quantitative easing” program by another £50bn, taking the ...

  BOE Adds 50 Billion Pounds to Stimulus on Euro ‘Concerns’   Bank of England officials pumped another 50 billion pounds ($79 billion) into the U.K. economy to protect a nascent recovery f...

  Bernanke: 8.3% Unemployment Understates Job Market Weakness   Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the 8.3 percent rate of unemployment in January understates weakness in the U.S. ...

  Skagenfondene ser større gjeldsproblemer i USA og Japan enn Italia og Spania   Mens rentene på tiårige statsobligasjoner i Italia, Spania og Frankrike igår var henholdsvis 5,63 prosent, ...

Negative bulkrater impliserer sterkt negative tendenser i verdensøkonomien Rederiet Global Maritime har inngått et charter med kunden Glencore om frakt av korn for negativ dagrate på 2.000 US$ -...

  Kyle Bass Urges Texas Fund to Hold Gold Hedge   Kyle Bass, the Dallas hedge-fund manager, urged overseers of Texas (STOTX1)’s state university endowment, the second-largest U.S. college f...

  BlackRock’s Doll Says QE3 Unlikely in Contrast to Gross   BlackRock Inc., the world’s biggest asset manager, says the Federal Reserve will refrain from conducting a third round of debt p...

  US Home prices drop more than expected in November: S&P Case-Shiller   Single-family home prices fell more than expected in November, highlighting the struggle for a sector yet to make a mea...

  Fed's Dudley warns inflation may fall further   Inflation is likely to remain below the Federal Reserve's objective for several years, said New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley ...

  Bernanke has "finger on trigger" for new bond buys   The Federal Reserve has moved closer to embarking on a new round of its controversial money-pumping after the central bank and its chairm...

  Fed: Benchmark Rate Will Stay Low Until Late 2014   Federal Reserve officials said their benchmark interest rate will stay low until at least late 2014 and anticipate that unemployment will...

  Soros Warns of ‘Riots,‘ ’Brutal’ Clampdowns & Possible Total Economic Collapse   George Soros is no stranger to Blaze readers. The billionaire currency speculator and philanthropist...

  Draghi Makes Euro Favorite for Most-Profitable Carry Trades With Rate Cuts   Betting against the euro may be the most profitable trade in the foreign-exchange market as policy efforts to sta...

  KWN intervjuer JM Eveillard, fondsforvalter av First Eagle fondene med 50 milliarder US$ under forvaltning   With advancing to the $1,680 level and silver firmly above $32, today King World ...

  IMF chief urges action to avoid ‘1930s moment’   The chief of the International Monetary Fund warned on Monday that the global economy could slide into a “1930s moment” unless Europe...

  China’s Manufacturing Contraction Boosts Case for Monetary Easing: Economy   A Chinese purchasing managers’ index signaled manufacturing may contract for a third month as a slowing econo...

  World Bank Cuts Global Growth Forecast   The World Bank cut its global growth forecast by the most in three years, saying that a recession in the euro region threatens to exacerbate a slowd...

  Spain jobless figure hit 'astronomical' 5.4 mn   The number of people unemployed in Spain hit an "astronomical" level of 5.4 million at the end of 2011, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on ...

  China Gold Hoarding Turns More Traders Bullish   Gold traders are the most bullish in two months after mainland Chinaimported the most metal ever from Hong Kong and investors bought U.S. bul...

  Looming S&P downgrade hits euro zone markets   Standard & Poor's was poised to downgrade the credit ratings of several euro zone countries on Friday, including France and Austria but not Ger...