International

In a release late Sunday night, the Fed announced that it has agreed with other major central banks to reopen foreign currency swap lines in order to...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The Chicago Tribune criticized both parties for reckless spending...

The EU and IMF just recently agreed to provide a nearly $1 trillion rescue fund for European countries facing troubled fiscal waters. Meetings over...

From Sophisticated to Sophocles – The untangling of the complex web of financial manipulation and deceit arising from the “hidden debts” controversy...

European leaders are meeting tonight to talk about Greece and the eurozone crisis. According to press reports, they will likely agree upon and...

It wasn’t enough that we had a lot of impressive economic news this week (including today’s solidly positive employment numbers – even though...

As of mid-day Friday, April 30, the government bond market was on track to have a good week, with prices up (and therefore yields down, because they...

In previous blogs, we have discussed how the three credit rating agencies have hinted that the United States needs to get its debt under control (see...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The Wall Street Journal criticized plans by Democrats to introduce...

Airline traffic may not be the only thing slowed by Iceland’s volcanic eruptions. The slow-moving, fragile economic recovery may take a hit as well...

According to the IMF, we are entering a new phase of the economic and financial crisis: the world has averted a depression, a recovery is taking hold...

Japan is considering legislation to impose deficit-targets, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal. With their debt nearing 200% of GDP...