Mase: Economics and Finance

The world goes on.  Whereas the news has tended to be dominated by what is happening in Europe, with some attention going to the United Stat...

On May 24, my post stated that debt ultimately leaves you with no good options. ( http://seekingalpha.com/article/271651-debt-ultimately-...

I know that not all of these facts that I present below are new, but reading about the following five in the morning papers just reconfirmed...

On Thursday, three-month forward contracts put the yield spread between Brazilian and United States rates at 8.75 percentage points. And, yo...

It seems like all Ben Bernanke can do is blow bubbles. He joined the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in September 2002 and...

With the IMF annual meeting taking place this weekend in Washington, D. C., it is hard to pick on any other topic than what is happening in ...

It is remarkable to see the accolades being heaped on retiring Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Who would have believed this ...

Earlier, on March 25, I raised the question “Why Should China Change?” in my post, “Why Should China Change?” ( http://seekingalpha.com/art...

This may sound like a ridiculous headline, but it appeared in the Wall Street Journal today. (See http://online.wsj.com/article/SB2000142405...

There is an interesting article inside the Wall Street Journal this morning comparing the fortunes of Brazil and Argentina. (See “Argentina ...

The discussion continues for one more post. I ended the last post with these words: “The hope is that as the banking system works through i...

In the midst of the current economic and financial crisis the world is radically changing. Comparisons are constantly being made between th...

Over the past several months I have written regularly that the value of the United States dollar will decline over an extended period of tim...