“I’ve been very impressed with the comprehensive approach they’ve had,”
Stiglitz said in an interview on Bloomberg Television today. “There’s clearly
no risk of default. I’m very confident about it.” Greek Finance Minister George
Papaconstantinou said yesterday that he can’t
Fed Bullard has also come out on a separate matter that could help to bolster
the USD after saying that the discount rate could go up in the near future as
the Fed prepares its exit from liquidity programs. Nobel Prize economist
Stiglitz is generating some attention on the Greek crisis after
By Justin Carrigan The difference in the number of wagers by hedge funds and
other large speculators on a drop in the euro compared with those on a gain,
the net position, was 43,741 on Feb. 2, compared with 39,539 a week earlier,
data from the Washington- based Commodity Futures
Stephen Grenville, who retired from the RBA in 2001 to make way for present
governor Glenn Stevens, has broken with economic orthodoxy to call on
governments to discourage foreign speculators from parking their cash wherever
short-term returns are highest. In a paper published by the Lowy
The difference in the number of wagers by hedge funds and other large
speculators on a decline in the euro compared with those on a gain, known as
the net-short position, was 43,741 on Feb. 2, compared with 39,539 a week
earlier, figures from the Washington-based Commodity Futures Trading
By Allison Bennett The difference in the number of wagers by hedge funds and
other large speculators on a decline in the euro compared with those on a gain,
known as the net-short position, was 43,741 on Feb. 2, compared with 39,539 a
week earlier, figures from the Washington-based
A FORMER deputy governor of the Reserve Bank has urged the federal government
to consider taxing short-term capital inflows to stop them destabilising
Australia's economy. Stephen Grenville, who retired from the RBA in 2001 to
make way for present governor Glenn Stevens, has broken with
The difference in the number of wagers by hedge funds and other large
speculators on a decline in the euro compared with those on a gain, known as
the net-short position, was 43,741 on Feb. 2, compared with 39,539 a week
earlier, figures from the Washington-based Commodity Futures Trading
