Ratings Matter for the Euro Area
…the EA countries. S&P’s action is a harbinger of bad economic and political things to come, not lower rates. This post was originally published on my Roubini Global EconoMonitor blog,…
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EA Spreads: Why Should the Trend Change?
…spreads. EA policy makers consistently avoid the only truly credible answer: fiscal union. Appendix The table below lists the dates and associated ECB/EU announcements used in the chart above. http://www.economonitor.com/rebeccawilder/2011/12/12/ea-spreads-why-should-the-trend-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ea-spreads-why-should-the-trend-change…
European Policy Makers Don’t Understand But Markets Do
…And this involves all EA members, not just Italy. See Martin Wolf’s FT article from October 5, and Nouriel Roubini’s article today on EconoMonitor. originally published at The Wilder View…Economonitors…
This ‘Competitiveness’ Thing Is a Scam
…Spain or even Ireland (who by the way is very open but less ‘competitive’ according to this measure), I’d have a problem with that. originally published at The Wilder View…EconoMonitor…
State GDP shows a manufacturing rebound in 2012
…is the full cross-section of 2012 real GDP relative to the long-term average for the US states. Filed under: Gross Domestic Product, Growth, Uncategorized, USA – See more at: http://www.economonitor.com/rebeccawilder/2013/07/08/state-gdp-shows-a-manufacturing-rebound-in-2012/#sthash.NvqexVJ0.dpuf…
Unhealthy developments across the euro area labour market
…the new products of those in the “without enclaves”? What can they produce? I’m one of “they”. I sure can’t produce much of anything, individually. – See more at: http://www.economonitor.com/rebeccawilder/2013/06/10/unhealthy-developments-across-the-euro-area-labour-market/#sthash.x8xWG0L2.dpuf…
Follow up to yesterday’s post: Euro area consumption and Investment in Q2 2013
…retail sales are heavily revised and global liquidity conditions are tightening, making consumption growth anything but assured. Filed under: Consumption, Euro area, GDP, Growth, Uncategorized – See more at: http://www.economonitor.com/rebeccawilder/2013/07/04/follow-up-to-yesterdays-post-euro-area-consumption-and-investment-in-q2-2013/#sthash.exfNw1Kc.dpuf…
Chart for the day: Growing on Imports
…to GDP growth. Some heavy damage has been done in Europe by the austerity drive. Just thought you might want to see this. Filed under: Euro area, GDP, Growth .economonitor.com/rebeccawilder/2013/07/03/chart-for-the-day-growing-on-imports/#sthash.o78PJcfi.dpuf…
Best to own a business rather than work for one
…it before, and my colleague Ed Dolan covered it on Economonitor in June. It’s best to own a company rather than work for one Ed Dolan reports that corporate profits…
What is the story of wages and growth?
Lifted from comments: Run 75411 reacts to Daniel Alpert at Economonitor. : It appears much of the job growth has been in low wage opportunity which forces people to do…