Mase: Economics and Finance

This is the age of the “New” liquidity.   This new liquidity is driven by two things: first, information technology; and sec...

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

The Federal Reserve just doesn’t seem to get it! Monetary ease can cause bubbles and not just in the United States. Bubble Ben at the Fed st...

We have been told for at least two years now that the problems in the banking sector are liquidity problems. But, liquidity problems are ...

In Bloomberg Businessweek, Nouriel Roubini is quoted as saying “Zero interest rates are leading to an asset bubble globally…” What is an “as...

The front page of the New York Times reads, “Why So Glum? Numbers Point to a Recovery.” ( http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/business/09norri...

There were quite a few articles in the newspapers this morning concerning inflation and how governments should set their policy targets with...

“I cannot help thinking that the central bankers are escaping very lightly in the post-crisis dust-up. For while incentive structures in ba...

Bloomberg put up a headline this morning that I found eye-catching: “Stock Market ‘Bubble’ to End, Morgan Stanley Says”, http://www.bloomber...

Questions are now being asked about the nature of the rise in the stock market. These questions have to do with the reality of the rise, how...