The Governor of the Bank of England had a major “put foot in mouth and chew” episode.
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Monday, June 30, 2025
Some Basic Lessons for the Governor of the Bank of England, Who Seems to be in Dire Need of Them
Topics: Banking industry, Credit markets, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Payment system, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 26 Comments »
Links 6/24/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 238 Comments »
Saharan Dust Storm Expected To Cause Dangerous Air Pollution in U.S. This Week
Jeff Masters tellls you everything you want to know about a dust strorm set to drift over the US
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Health care
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:46 am | 12 Comments »
America Sits on Its Hands as Covid-19 Cases Rise
More signs of Covid-19 breakdown.
Topics: Banana republic, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Health care, Income disparity, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:15 am | 123 Comments »
Massive Credit Losses to Hit European Banks in Q2 and into 2021, Particularly When Debt Moratoriums Are Lifted
Keeping tabs on the wobbly state of EU banks.
Topics: Banking industry, Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Europe, Guest Post, Pandemic, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:56 am | 4 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/23/2020
COVID-19 in swing states, testing, Houston in trouble ~ Biden veep stakes: Karen Bass? ~ Biden’s hawkishness ~ Sanders agonidpol ~ DNC wants more money from Sanders ~ Trump in Tulsa ~ Michigan dead heat ~ Neera Tanden ~ Housing, manufacturing ~ Savings ~ Fireworks companies ~ College football ~ Wokeness ~ Zinn, Chomsky on Tolkien
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 113 Comments »
The Hidden Deaths Of The COVID Pandemic
Why the Covid-19 death toll is higher than you might think.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 28 Comments »
Links 6/23/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 161 Comments »
Can the Aspen Institute’s Elite Economists Beat the Coronavirus Depression?
A careful look at a new set of rescue schemes devised by some Serious Economists. Honestly, even Larry Summers could do better than this.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic, Politics, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:09 am | 24 Comments »
Board Member Margaret Brown Sues CalPERS, Board President Over Gang-Style Retaliation for Efforts to Oppose Its Incompetence
Board member Margaret Brown has finally had it with CalPERS’ dirty tricks.
Topics: Banana republic, CalPERS, Investment management, Investment outlook, Legal, Media watch, Politics, Risk and risk management
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:46 am | 32 Comments »
Who Benefits From New Technologies?
Do the benefits of new technologies accrue primarily to inventors, early investors, and highly skilled users, or to society more widely?
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Technology and innovation, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:29 am | 7 Comments »
Dogpiling Taibbi and the Dearth of the Free Press
A cri de couer on sorting the news
Topics: Media watch, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 4:25 pm | 114 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/22/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 114 Comments »
The Economy Isn’t About Money. It’s About Putting Food on the Table
Our Enlightenment predecessors recognized not one but five economies – and the pandemic has reinvigorated our taste for them.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Lambert Strether at 11:47 am | 22 Comments »
Links 6/22/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 174 Comments »