WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SECULAR STAGNATION? / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

Whatever happened to secular stagnation?       By: Gavyn Davies     A year ago, Lawrence Summers’ perceptive warnings about the possib...

A TAX ON ROBOTS? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

A Tax on Robots? Yanis Varoufakis .   ATHENS – Ken makes a decent living operating a large harvester on behalf of farmer Luke. Ken’s...

HOW WE GOT HERE IN ONE SENTENCE / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

How We Got Here In One Sentence In every annual budget debate since the 1980s, one side figures out that the way to get what it wants...

WILL GOLD PRICES FINALLY PULL BACK OR CONTINUE MARCHING AHEAD? / SAFE HAVEN

Will Gold Prices Finally Pull Back or Continue Marching Ahead? By: Stefan Gleason  .   Gold prices are up m...

TRUMPFLATION VS NEGATIVE RATES: THE BATTLE ENDURES / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Trumpflation vs Negative Rates: The Battle Endures Monetary policy continues to determine the path for bond markets By Richard Barley ...

UNPARALLELED CREDIT AND GLOBAL YIELDS / CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN

Unparalleled Credit and Global Yields Doug Nolan     New Fed Q4 Z.1 Credit and flow data was out this week. For the first ti...

GOLD AND SILVER´S DROP HAS HIT PRECIOUS METALS IN HARD -- IT TIME TO BUY? / SEEKING ALPHA

Gold And Silver's Drop Has Hit Precious Metals Investors Hard - Is It Time To Buy? by: Hebba Investments Summary   ...

THE WORLD´S MOST RADICAL EXPERIMENT IN MONETARY POLICY ISN´T WORKING / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

The World’s Most Radical Experiment in Monetary Policy Isn’t Working A generation of Japanese accustomed to falling prices have diminishe...

ERDOGAN´S PERFECT STORM: NETHERLANDS DISPUTE GIVES TURKEY PERFECT ELECTION FODDER / DER SPIEGEL

Erdogan's Perfect Storm Netherlands Dispute Gives Turkey Perfect Election Fodder By Maximilian Popp in Istanbul Ankara is pilin...

IS IT ALL ABOUT THE DONALD? / SAFE HAVEN

Is It All About The Donald? By: Captain Hook While everybody's attention is glued to The Donald on this side of the pond (for...