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[...] years to predict subsequent exchange rate changes as well as in the past, especially for interest rates near the zero lower bound. Those are two topics taken up in a recent paper by myself and Yi [...]

[...] just joined the Negative Yield Club to the tune of “Another Bites The Dust.” Sweden has cut interest rates below zero and launched quantitative easing to fight deflation, becoming the latest [...]

[...] fact that equity holders require a higher return on their capital than debt-holders. Because interest rates around the globe a ... [...]

[...] the balance sheets of households and businesses are tapped out—–then artificially suppressing interest rates cannot induce… [...]

[...] Existing home sales rose in December … to pre-housing bubble levels (1999, 2000). According to the National [...]

More on the ECB from Neil Irwin at the NY Times: Mario Draghi’s Bombshell Is Europe’s Last, Best Hope to Return to GrowthAt first glance, Mr. Drag [...]

[...] The NAR reports: Existing-Home Sales Rebound in December, 2014 Total Sales Finish 3 Percent Below 2013Total existing-home sales, [...]

[...] Atlanta Fed GDPNow: The GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the fourth quarter of 2014 was 3.5 percent on January 21, up from 3.4 percent on [...]

[...] :• The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reports real GDP growth on a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) basis. So this is adjusted for inflation (real), seasonally adjusted, and [...]

[...] homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, rose 2.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.04 million in December from a downwardly-revised 4.92 million in November. From a [...]

[...] homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, rose 2.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.04 million in December from a downwardly-revised 4.92 million in November. From a [...]

[...] The key reports this week are the advance estimate of Q4 GDP, December New Home sales, and November Case-Shiller house prices.For manufacturing, the January [...]

[...] The advance estimate for Q4 GDP will be released next Thursday. The consensus is for GDP to 3.0% annualized in Q4. Here are [...]

[...] The advance estimate for Q4 GDP will be released this week. The consensus forecast is that real GDP increased 3.2% annualized in [...]

[...] The advance estimate for Q4 GDP will be released next Thursday. The consensus is for GDP to 3.0% annualized in Q4. [...]

[...] The key reports this week are the advance estimate of Q4 GDP, December New Home sales, and November Case-Shiller house prices.For manufacturing, [...]

[...] The advance estimate for Q4 GDP will be released this week. The consensus forecast is that real GDP increased 3.2% [...]