Short-term salve for long term's cancer

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Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan coordinated a $3.5 bil rescue of Long Term Capital Management (LTCM), but the underlying problems have not been solved and could cause further instability in financial markets. Japan's banking system also is in crisis because their low growth, deflation, and inadequate responses to market changes have caused many to go bankrupt.

Economic aspects, Japan, Finance, Long-Term Capital Management L.P.

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The trouble with bubbles

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An analysis is presented on financial bubbles, which occur when asset prices rise to an ultimately unsustainable level. The components that mark the formation of financial bubbles, reviews of past financial bubbles, and an analysis of the economic growth of the 1990s are discussed.

International, Analysis, Forecasts and trends, Economic research, Financial markets, Economic forecasting, Economic history, Business cycles

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Keep your eyes on the road

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The author explores how the growing pressure on traditional early-warning signals of increasing inflation used by the US Federal Reserve and why these methods are ineffective. Examples of how these warning signs are flawed and possible solutions are highlighted.

Australia, History, Markets (Economics), United States. Federal Reserve Board, Inflation accounting

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