"We had historically said: distributional outcomes, monetary policy has no role to play. That was kind of the standard view at the Fed, and I came in assuming that. I now think that’s wrong."
"In cases where debt is dangerous - take Zambia - we do say, you need to really get a handle on your debt. In other cases, like Ethiopia, we say you do need to renegotiate some of your debt."
"Enjoy it while it lasts, but think of how artificial it all really is and how to prepare yourself, at these lofty price levels, for the reversal that is as inevitable as night following day..."
Yield-starved banks expanded lending to “relatively high-risk businesses” and to the property sector, as the Bundesbank considers house prices in many cities overvalued by 15% to 30%...
If Corbyn goes down hard, and he should on such a radically nonsensical platform, he will be forced out and Labour will also split hard... US Democrats should take note...
The critics of President Trump's Iran policy have been proven wrong: the US sanctions are imposing significant pressure on the ruling mullahs of Iran and the ability to fund their terror groups.
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