by Andrew Moran | Sep 21, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Economic Affairs News, International
It was a busy week for three of the world’s biggest central banks: the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England (BoE), and the Bank of Japan (BoJ). Despite these institutions presiding in three different continents, they showed their love for low interest rates. So,...
by Andrew Moran | Jan 9, 2020 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, International
In 2015, Sweden’s central bank – the Riksbank – announced that it would introduce subzero interest rates to stimulate the economy and boost inflation. Other jurisdictions followed suit, including Switzerland, Denmark, and the eurozone. After five years of running a...
by Andrew Moran | Sep 17, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Politics
Author Lewis Carroll wrote in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: “If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it...
by Andrew Moran | Sep 12, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Politics
Central bankers worldwide seem to consider themselves omnipotent beings with the power and wisdom to dictate economies, socially engineer consumers to do their bidding, and make or break governments. The latest tool at their disposal is a negative interest rate policy...
by Andrew Moran | Oct 2, 2018 | Articles, Economic Affairs News
Professional and consumer traders are always looking for the next big thing in the stock market. They salivate over the next Facebook, clamor for another Amazon, and yearn for a second chance at a Netflix stock. It was March 2017 when investors thought they had it....