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 ...

  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, ...

  Getting back to the gold standard   The legendary Wall Street writer, publisher of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, has been mentioned by two of the rivals for the Republican presidential n...

  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...

  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...

  Kronen skal til himmels?   Global valutastrategsjef David Bloom i HSBC klinker til med ny råsterk kroneprognose. I en fersk analyse spår Bloom kronekursen både på kort og lang sikt. Se t...

  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...

  Europe’s $39 Trillion Pension Threat Grows as Regional Economies Sputter   Even before the euro crisis, people were worried about Europe’s pension bomb. State-funded pension obligations...

  BOE Stimulus Expansion May Not Be Enough for Recovery, BCC Says   More Bank of England stimulus may not be enough to revive U.K. economic growth and the government must improve companies’ ...

  'Vital' that Fed use all its tools, FED's Williams says   The Federal Reserve must be prepared to use all of its policy tools, especially now that Congress is cutting spending, said John Wil...

  Italy Is Biggest Risk to Euro, Says Fitch   Fitch Ratings on Tuesday pointed to Italy as the euro-zone member that poses the greatest threat to the currency bloc's future, as the lack of a r...