Markets chose to take a negative view on the extended period of near zero interest rates signalled by the Fed, says NAB’s Gavin Friend. It’s a reminder that it’s the virus that determines the extent of the recovery, everywhere.
Even now, central banks cling to the idea of NAIRU – a point at which unemployment gets so low inflation kicks off. But, with the US fed now expecting interest rates to remain close to zero for three years at least, Phil Dobbie asks Prof Steve Keen whether they have they abandoned the idea of NAIRU?
In the Thirties the Chicago Plan proposed that banks had no part in money creation. Good idea or bad? Me and @profstevekeen on this week’s Debunking Economics podcast https://podfollow.com/debunking-economics-the-podcast
A quiet session, with no bad news giving a refocus on the Fed and other central banks. JBWere’s Sally Auld says we shouldn’t discount further systematic uncertainty as rates rise. https://podfollow.com/nab-morning-call
