A BLOATED U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE PREPARES TO SHAPE UP / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENT & ANALYSIS

June 18, 2015 4:10 pm A bloated US Federal Reserve prepares to shape up Gillian Tett The balance sheet should shrink to a more normal...

GREECE AND THE EURO: DOWN BUT NOT YET OUT / THE ECONOMIST

Greece and the euro Down but not yet out The costs of Grexit still outweigh the benefits for both Greece and the euro área Jun 20th 2...

THE NEW KINGDOM: SAUDI ARABIA´S CONTRADICTORY TRANSFORMATION / DER SPIEGEL

0 6/19/2015 10:46 AM The New Kingdom Saudi Arabia's Contradictory Transformation By Bernhard Zand During his reign, King Sal...

CHINA SHAKES OFF DEEP SLUMP AS CREDIT SOARS AGAIN / THE TELEGRAPH

China shakes off deep slump as credit soars again Forward-looking gauges of consumer confidence are rising at the fastest rate since 2007 ...

FED RATE LIFTOFF UNLIKELY TO GAIN MUCH ALTITUDE / BARRON´S MAGAZINE

Up and Down Wall Street Fed Rate Liftoff Unlikely to Gain Much Altitude Downshift in “dot plot” shows FOMC is getting closer to market v...

THE BLOOM IS OFF THE BRICS / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Bloom Is off the BRICS     Michael J. Boskin .       JUN 17, 2015 STANFORD – A few years ago, pundits and policymakers were predicti...

LIQUIDITY PITFALLS THREATEN PARCHED MARKETS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

June 18, 2015 7:53 am Liquidity pitfalls threaten parched markets Robin Wigglesworth in New York Concerns exacerbated by widening mis...

VOODOO, JEB! STYLE / THE NEW YORK TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Op-Ed Columnist Voodoo, Jeb! Style Paul Krugman JUNE 19, 2015   On Monday Jeb Bush — or I guess that’s J...

DOLLAR DAZE NOT OVER FOR INFLATION / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Heard on the Street Dollar Daze Not Over for Inflation Low inflation levels look likely to persist, with businesses having little abil...

THE NEXT MOVE IN BONDS HAS BIG IMPLICATIONS / SAFE HAVEN

The Next Move in Bonds has Big Implications By: Trading On The Mark Thursday, June 18, 2015 This is a follow-up to our February ...