THE ROCHE RECORD by Frank Roche May 16, 2011 IMF AND STRAUSS-KAHN ARE NOT INDISPENSIBLE As you may have heard, the leader of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was arrested Sunday night in New York City on rape and sexual abuse charges stemming from a sexual romp he attempted with a maid at the Sofitel in midtown Manhattan. […]
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May 11, 2011 By Desmond Lachman The European sovereign debt crisis is now entering a critical phase, which U.S. economic policymakers would be ignoring at their peril. For this crisis has the real potential for delivering the severest of body blows to an already enfeebled European banking system. And if there is one thing that
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THE ROCHE RECORD by Frank Roche HEADLINE THE EXTERNAL VALUE OF THE DOLLAR VS. DOMESTIC PURCHASING POWER Financial market economics can be very complex involving many correlations between differing financial products, economic data, and differing national interest rates levels and economic performances. Layer over that the complexities of the foreign exchange…READ MORE THE WEEK AHEAD
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April 28, 2011 By Larry Kudlow Fed head Ben Bernanke, at his first-ever news conference on Wednesday, slammed the door shut on any new QE3 pump-priming. The $600 billion QE2 program to purchase bonds will end on target at the end of June, and that will be that. Bernanke also suggested that the Fed’s “extended
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APRIL 23, 2011 By TOM LAURICELLA The U.S. dollar’s downward slide is accelerating as low interest rates, inflation concerns and the massive federal budget deficit undermine the currency. With no relief in sight for the dollar on any of those fronts, the downward pressure on the dollar is widely expected to continue. The dollar fell
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APRIL 21, 2011 The world tries to protect itself from U.S. monetary policy. Members of the International Monetary Fund emerged from their huddle in Washington last weekend resolved to keep every option open to slow the flood of dollars pouring into their countries, including capital controls. That’s a dangerous game, given the need for investment
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SeekingAlpha.com | by: Ananthan Thangavel April 19, 2011 | about: GLD Over the weekend, an announcement was made that the University of Texas endowment fund had decided to take delivery of $1 billion worth of gold. This was an absolutely huge development on multiple fronts. First, the UT endowment fund’s gold purchase was a radical deviation
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APRIL 15, 2011 When thousands of Chicago property owners went on a tax strike, the mayor threatened to cut off their water. By DAVID BEITO Many historians depict the Great Depression as a turning point when bitter economic realities finally led the middle class to break from laissez-faire tradition and demand bigger government. This is
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APRIL 14, 2011 The president demonstrated again yesterday that he’s not serious about cutting spending. By KARL ROVE President Obama’s wild rhetorical gyrations have become familiar. Earlier this year, for example, he called budget cuts proposed by House Republicans “extreme,” suggesting they hurt “our most vulnerable citizens.” Yet after agreeing to many of them last
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