13 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on If Washington Were Serious About Defeating Terrorism, It Would Have An Entirely Different Playbook
If Washington Were Serious About Defeating Terrorism, It Would Have An Entirely Different Playbook
Excerpted from Stephen Walt’s “The Unbearable Lightness of America’s War Against the Islamic State” originally published in FP
If Washington were really serious about defeating terrorism, it would have an entirely different playbook.
13 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Who bought Nevada’s biggest paper? It’s a mystery
Who bought Nevada’s biggest paper? It’s a mystery
Nevada political reporter Jon Ralston says the new owners of the Las Vegas Review Journal are “refusing to reveal themselves.”
13 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on New Zealand services PMI for November: 59.8 (prior 56.2)
New Zealand services PMI for November: 59.8 (prior 56.2)
New Zealand – Performance of Services Index (services PMI) for November, 59.8
– Prior 56.5, revised from 56.2
Hits its highest since November of 2007
This is very much a lower tier data release from NZ, but its another solid piece of data for the NZ economy
13 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Hilsenrath on the Fed: "Their big worry is they’ll end up right back at zero"
Hilsenrath on the Fed: "Their big worry is they’ll end up right back at zero"
A weekend article in the Wall Street Journal from Jon Hilsenrath:
What Hilsenrath is saying in the piece is nothing new or shocking. But its attracting a bit of interest as markets begin to open for the week, a minor negative for the USD.
The Journal is gated:
13 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Third Avenue dumps CEO Barse amid turmoil: Report
Third Avenue dumps CEO Barse amid turmoil: Report
Third Avenue has parted ways with its CEO, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
13 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Hilsenrath Just Reset Market Expectations: "Fed Is Worried Rates Will End Up Right Back At Zero"
Hilsenrath Just Reset Market Expectations: "Fed Is Worried Rates Will End Up Right Back At Zero"
Two weeks ago, we predicted that if the same September storm clouds return, and if December, which is increasingly looking as shaky as August as a result of a return of China deval fears, soaring dollar concerns and – the cherry on top – the collapse in junk bonds, forcing the Fed to have some literally last minute concerns about a rate hike, then the Fed’s official mouthpiece, Jon Hilsenrath will be very busy…
If Fed has any doubts about December, Hilsenrath will soon be very busy
13 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Goldman Sachs December FOMC meeting preview
Goldman Sachs December FOMC meeting preview
Goldman Sachs Economics Research note with a preview of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week.
The key points from Goldman’s note:
We expect the FOMC to raise its target range for the federal
funds rate to 0.25-0.50%