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Slowing growth magnifies social unrest

The eruption of anger from thousands of protesters in Turkey and Brazil this past month are the byproduct of a perfect storm of social and economic factors, Michael Casey reports. Here is a direct video link.

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Fed’s mother of all asset bubbles: billowing now in markets near you

Bloomberg’s Scarlet Fu displays the gap between GDP and the Fed fund rate that suggests a coming bubble. Here is a direct video link.

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Fed’s Lacker on why its time to taper

Bloomberg chief Washington correspondent Peter Cook recaps his interview with Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeff Lacker on tapering of the Bank’s bond-buying program and the recent flood of comments from bank presidents.Here is a direct video link. I … Continue reading →

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