7 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Hedge Funds Add $7.2 Billion in February
Hedge Funds Add $7.2 Billion in February
The sector rebounded from outflow of $11.2 Billion in January, returning the industry to a two-year high
7 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Project Syndicate: Secret to corporate survival: Creative self-disruption
Project Syndicate: Secret to corporate survival: Creative self-disruption
If existing companies hope to compete, they will to have to figure out how to disrupt themselves, writes Mohamed El-Erian.
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7 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on IMF sees low potential economic growth around world
IMF sees low potential economic growth around world
The world’s growth potential took a big hit after the 2007-2009 financial crisis and is likely to lag for years, implying that interest rates should likely stay low for quite a while, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday.
7 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Fed’s timidity on rates poses this risk: El-Erian
Fed’s timidity on rates poses this risk: El-Erian
What the Federal Reserve is likely to do with interest rates is not what it should do, former Pimco co-CEO Mohamed El-Erian tells CNBC.
7 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Fed’s Kocherlakota: Talk of rate hikes acts like policy tightening
Fed’s Kocherlakota: Talk of rate hikes acts like policy tightening
Even talking about possible interest-rate hikes is problematic because it slows economic and jobs growth, a top Fed official said on Tuesday. “That conversation in and of itself is a tightening of policy,” Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota told reporters after a speech to the Bismarck-Mandan Chamber of Commerce.
7 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on You can donate bitcoin to Rand Paul’s presidential campaign
You can donate bitcoin to Rand Paul’s presidential campaign
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7 April, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Big Fed balance sheet could become new norm: Kocherlakota
Big Fed balance sheet could become new norm: Kocherlakota
The Federal Reserve does not need to trim its very large balance sheet to be able to raise rates, and indeed a large balance sheet could be the new norm for the U.S. central bank in the future, a top Fed official said on Tuesday. Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota, who wants to wait until the second half of next year before raising rates, also told the Bismarck-Mandan Chamber of Commerce that the Fed will be able to start hiking rates as fear and uncertainty ebb from the “psyche” of U.S. consumers and businesses.