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. ...

  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...

  Volcker confirms central bank need to suppress gold to stabilize exchange rates at 'critical point'   Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker today defended government intervention in t...

  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...

  Gold Proving Safest Commodity as Goldman Forecasts Record: Riskless Return   Gold provided the best returns of all commodities in the past five years when adjusted for volatility, and Goldma...

  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...

  Japan's first trade deficit since 1980 raises debt doubts   Japan first annual trade deficit in more than 30 years calls into question how much longer the country can rely on exports to help...

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

  India to pay gold instead of dollars for Iranian oil. Oil and gold markets stunned   India is the first buyer of Iranian oil to agree to pay for its purchases in gold instead of the US dolla...

  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...

  PAGE , China and Gold: Prepare for a new world for gold and silver   China had been promoting the ownership of Gold among its citizens for the past two years. China has installed its first ...

  Central banks 2011 gold buying hits 430 tons, highest since 1964   The net purchases ofGold by central banks in the last year amounted to 430 tons - more than a fivefold increase on the prev...

  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...

  China’s Slowest GDP Growth in 2 1/2-Years Boosts Scope for Easing: Economy   China’s economy expanded at the slowest pace in 10 quarters asEurope’s debt crisis curbed export demand and...