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Prepare for More Money Printing: Analyst Jessica Hartogs CNBC 1 Jun 2011 Investors should prepare themselves for a third round of quantitative easing, Simon Maughn, co-head of European equities at MF Global, told CNBC Wednesday. “The bond market is going in one direction which is up-falling yields which is telling you quite clearly the direction […] June 1st, 2011 | Tags: Ben Bernanke, bond markets, commodities, debt ceiling, Inflation, quantitative easing, Rep. John Boehner | Category: Banking and finance, Economy, Federal Reserve, Treasury Department | Comments are closed
RT.com 19 May 2011 Economic and finance ministers from the G-20 nations are meeting in Argentina to discuss the increasing volatility among food and commodity prices. The goal is to discuss and create policies aimed at increasing the global supply of commodities to keep up with increasingly demand. However, discussion may be tense as both […] May 18th, 2011 | Tags: commodities, G-20, interest rates, Peter Schiff, quantitative easing | Category: Banking and finance, Goldman Sachs | Comments are closed
Clifford Krauss The New York Times 5/5/2011 HOUSTON — Oil prices closed below $100 a barrel on Thursday during a session in which most commodity prices fell sharply, signaling that a recent run-up in commodities prices may finally be coming to an end. After four months of surging higher, oil prices plummeted by almost 9 […] May 6th, 2011 | Tags: commodities, domestic energy production, House Natural Resources Committee, oil prices, OPEC, Rep. Doc Hastings, Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act, U.S. Dollar | Category: Banking and finance, Congress, Energy, legislation, Middle East | Comments are closed
Mike “Mish” Shedlock Business Insider 4/4/2011 In his latest Email review, Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets discusses financial reform (actually the lack thereof in China), as well as an observation on China’s Growth. Pettis writes …. Three months ago during their 2010 Q4 conference, the PBoC said that they believed that the global economic […] April 4th, 2011 | Tags: Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, commodities, Inflation, interest rates, People's Bank of China | Category: Banking and finance, China, Communism, Economy, Federal Reserve | Comments are closed
Edmund Conway The Telegraph [UK] 02 March 2011 Speculators are largely responsible for driving crude prices to their peaks in recent weeks and the record oil price now looks like a bubble, George Soros has warned. The billionaire investor’s comments came only days after the oil price soared to a record high of $135 a […] March 2nd, 2011 | Tags: commodities, recession, speculators | Category: Banking and finance, Books/media, Energy, George Soros, Great Britain, Middle East, United States | Comments are closed
Scott Kilman The Wall Street Journal 2/24/2011 Putting food on the table is about to become more expensive. Food prices, which rose in 2010 by the mildest rate since 1962, will jump between 3% and 4% this year, according to a forecast released Thursday by the U.S. Agriculture Department at its annual outlook conference in […] February 24th, 2011 | Tags: commodities, Inflation | Category: Agriculture and Food Production, Economy, Energy, USDA | Comments are closed
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