I’ll admit that gas prices at the pump have no significant effect on me. I live close to everything I need to be in person (food, healthcare), and I drive…

…up their account holders’ assets to market. (The estimation for real-estate and private-business valuations is similar, with market-value estimated based on “comparable” or actual sales, but the markups happen more…

…and 2011 it is a very significant event for the broader economy and the markets. Coberly writes: the problems of the fixed income market are it’s own problems. the purpose…

…of the fiscal policy measures. But they will have consequences outside our borders, particularly for the emerging market economies. Forecasts for growth in the emerging markets and developing economies have…

…by the market response to its policy stance. If the country was in recession or secular stagnation and intended to recover output and employment gaps through active demand management, markets…

…to market changes. “In most cases, the agreement said that the collateral was owed only if market changes exceeded a certain value or if AIG’s credit rating fell below a…

…risk of unwelcome further weakening in labor market conditions. It’s a remarkable and appropriate commitment to the Fed’s dual mandate—stable prices and maximum employment, especially when year-over-year PCE inflation remained…

…two years. Merino and Ortiz suggest that the rise in prices above this “fundamental” price level is largely the result of speculative activity in the oil futures markets. But I…

…and volatile. Prices for far-future delivery of oil and gas have risen even more markedly than spot prices over the past year. Apparently, market participants now see little prospect of…

…faded dramatically over the past four years. Prices for delivery in 2010 of light, low-sulphur crude rose to more than $35 per barrel when spot prices touched near $49 per…