Fed Rate Hike: Mysterious Political Theater


By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com

By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com

During Alan Greenspan’s long tenure as head of the Federal Reserve, people were used to not understanding his arcanely-worded, mystically Delphic, pronouncements on interest-rate policy –

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Geopolitics: 10 Global Geopolitical Predictions


25 February 2010. These 10 Global Geopolitical Predictions and the Strategic Outlook summary that preceeds them have been provided by our partners over at OilPrice.com, publishers of the Market Intelligence Report. Previously only available to certain Governments, Military and Intelligence Agencies, OilPrice.com analysts are now providing ‘open-source’ geopolitical intelligence to help focus on macro issues facing the world’s political economy.

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Eurozone Crisis: Will PIGS Get A Blanket ???


By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist

, Economy Watch.com The current crisis in the Eurozone is not particularly easy to understand, but not impossible either.

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Of Davos, Doodles and Double-Down Indians


2 February 2009. By Keith Timimi, EconomyWatch.com. Reading through the reports from Davos (I was too busy running EconomyWatch.com to attend – oh yes, and my invite was strangely lost in the mail) there were a few trends the struck me that I think inform us of some of the key issues of the year ahead. [br]

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US Q4 2009 GDP: Should Growth Numbers Be Believed???


31 January 2009.

31 January 2009. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist.  It was big news when the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis announced the US economy supposedly grew at a robust 5.7% during the fourth quarter – October through December –  2009. [br]

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2010 Crash: The March 2009 Lows Will Not Hold


28 January 2010. Juan Abdel Nasser, EconomyWatch.com. Just over 3 months ago, on the 26th October 2009, I said that stock markets were experiencing a sucker’s rally. I predicted that a new bear market would set in during the first quarter of 2010.

28 January 2010. Juan Abdel Nasser, EconomyWatch.com.

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US Supreme Court: No Campaign Finance Limits


25 January 2010.

US Housing Market: Pending Home Resales Rocket 6.7 Per Cent


San Diego, California, 4 June 2009. The green shots of recovery seem to be taking hold with increasing numbers of data points showing either slowing declines or bottom-of-the-cycle increases. Since the USHousing Market dragged the whole world into recession, it needs to turn around to support a recovery, however tepid that might be.

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The Media and the Market Place III: Burying Bad News in Plain Sight


19 January, 2010. David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com

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Global New Year’s Resolution Should Be To Decrease Income Inequality Everywhere


6 January 2010. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com. The obvious temptation at this time of year is to a) look backwards – especially given the “end” of a decade [depending on how you count it], and b) go with the “Top Ten” theme – especially given tha

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