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"The fed didn't cause the housing bubble"

Alan Greenspan has written a remarkable column in the Wall Street Journa l, entitled : The Fed Didn't Cause the Housing Bubble - Any new regulations should help direct savings toward productive investments. Greenspan makes the subtle difference between 'low interest rates' (fixed by his ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  March 11, 2009
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Shumpeter (bis)

Shumpeter (bis) The Belgian government has decided not to develop a second recovery plan. The first one was already a very light menu of candy for consumers and companies. In my opinion, the best measure is in what the government is not doing. No budgetary stimulus for unnecessary projects or increases of replacement wages and ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  March 13, 2009
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China wants an alternative for the dollar

China wants an alternative for the dollar China is stepping up its efforts to show its unease with the US dollar. The Chinese reserves are predominantly invested in USD. The US are pursuing an unconventional policy to fight against deflation, buying US Treasuries, toxic debt and almost everything in between. China smells the risk of devaluation, and this explains ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  March 25, 2009
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The G20 will not save the world economy

The G20 will not save the world economy ...but they can try to gain some time! Let's first remind what the G20 stands for. The G-20 is made up of 19 countries: Argentina, Australia , Brazil, Canada , China, France , Germany , India, Indonesia, Italy , Japan , Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  March 30, 2009
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De economische motor is opgeblazen

De economische motor is opgeblazen De groei in de VS bedroeg in de periode 1997-2007 ongeveer 3% per jaar. Maar dat groeiritme was gedopeerd. Het kon alleen maar worden bereikt met kredietstimuli, iets wat onhoudbaar is gebleken. Dat wil zeggen dat we nu een stap terugzetten.Als je het effect van de kredietbubbel uit de groei wegneemt, dan kom je op een groei die ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  March 31, 2009
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De Belgische begroting is een horrorshow

De Belgische begroting is een horrorshow - image Wat doet u op een mooie lenteavond ? Het laatste dat ik u zou aanraden, is het rapport van de Hoge Raad voor Financiën ter hand te nemen. Het is pure horror, en jammer genoeg staat het niet in de categorie fictie. Hoe vaker ik het rapport lees, hoe meer ik twijfel aan het behoud van onze welvaart. De Belgische ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  April 01, 2009
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G-20 will be about S2B

G-20 will be about S2B - image For those who have read "Econoshock", S2B should ring a bell. S2B stands for "Siamese Twin Bubbles". It is about China and the US, and their close symbiosis. Now that things are turning sour, the G-20 has to think about orderly seperating the Twins. Any measure for the US will have consequences for China and vice versa. This ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  April 02, 2009
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Om ter meest pessimistisch

Om ter meest pessimistisch Het is even slikken als je vandaag de kranten en tijdschriften opendoet. Ik stond vanmiddag in de krantenwinkel en ze stonden naast elkaar: "De mensen weten niet wat hen te wachten staat", "Het ergste moet nog komen" etc. Ik schrok er zelf van. En ik sta toch elke dag tussen al dat slechte nieuws. Toen dacht ik eraan of ik de ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  April 04, 2009
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Fighting the Black Swan

Fighting the Black Swan - image "My major hobby is teasing people who take themselves & the quality of their knowledge too seriously & those who don’t have the courage to sometimes say: I don’t know. That's the opening sentence of Nassim Taleb's website . It undescores the cynical character of this Lybian born ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  April 08, 2009
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België is Ierland niet...

België is Ierland niet... Professor Wim Moesen zegt in Trends dat de Belgische begroting niet moet worden aangepakt tijdens de crisis: Om de benarde situatie van de federale begroting aan te pakken, wordt links en rechts gepleit voor een nieuw stabiliteitspact. Maar volgens hoogleraar overheidsfinanciën Wim Moesen (KU Leuven) is ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  April 10, 2009
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US debt and growth bubble

US debt and growth bubble - image This is a chart I made to illustrate that US GDP growth has been inflated by credit growth. It shows that the US was on an unsustainable growth path, fuelled by credit. 2000-2003 could have been a balancing period, but the Fed aborted this healing process by lowering interest rates, and encouraging cheap money.I have included a ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  April 16, 2009
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Onze schuld of niet?

Onze schuld of niet? Voor mij ligt het boekje van Paul De Grauwe uit 1994 'Onze Schuld, ontstaan en toekomst van werkloosheid en staatsschuld' . Dit weekend staat er een column van de Leuvense professor in De Morgen getiteld : ' De overheidsschuld is onze schuld niet' . Centrale gedachte in het opiniestuk is dat de stijging ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  April 19, 2009
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Not too much stress in the stress test

Not too much stress in the stress test - image The Fed release d the assumptions that served for the bank's stress tests. These tests are used to assess the robustness of the banks in view of the 2009-2010 adverse economic scenario. An impressive 150 highly-skilled (at least they are supposed to be) people participated. And guess what? The results show that we can ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  April 24, 2009
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"Inflatie lost alles op"

De Vlaamse Federatie van Beleggingsclubs en Beleggers (VFB) is een fenomeen in onze regio. Een professionele organisatie die voor haar leden presentaties en kwalitatieve informatie levert. De happening is een begrip. Het is alweer enkele jaren geleden dat ik op deze happening heb gesproken, en dat is volledig mijn fout. Zaterdagen ...

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  April 25, 2009
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Martin Wolferine

Martin Wolferine - image If Martin Wolf writes something in the FT, economists around the world raise their attention. It will not be different this time.In his comment today, Wolf argues that monetary policy completely failed, and that their narrow focus on inflation was one of the errors.

  • Written by Geert Noels
  • On  May 06, 2009
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