Stimulus Programs

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Australian Dollar Remains A Short Opportunity As China Continues Slowing

Seeking Alpha 17 Aug 2018

Following epic stimulus program, Chinese growth set to keep decelerating. In early 2015, China embarked on a stimulus program in order to better manage its downturn at the time ... China credit. here comes the hangover ... As can be seen in the chart above, Chinese stimulus efforts (on a rate-of-change basis) peaked in early 2016 ... As can be seen above, copper prices took off in late 2016, lagging China's big stimulus program by about a year ... ....

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'Japan is in an economic sweet spot'

CNBC 16 Aug 2018

Japan's exports to China remain weak but as Beijing increases its stimulus program, data is likely to improve, according to Jesper Koll, head of Japan at WisdomTree ... ....

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French July inflation confirmed at 2.6 pct, highest since March 2012

This is Money 14 Aug 2018

... a target of inflation of just below 2 percent, has adopted a relatively cautious approach regarding a gradual winding down of its monetary stimulus program....

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The End Really Is Near: Here's a Play-By-Play of the Coming Economic Collapse as Predicted ...

Alternet 13 Aug 2018

These are items like unemployment insurance and other transfer programs that automatically increase when we go into a recession and people lose their jobs ... Obviously, the stimulus that was put in place in the U.S ... But I understand that they're trying to counter the impact of the fiscal stimulus ... Prepare to step in and rescue banks and put in a fiscal stimulus ... The time to do a stimulus is when you're sinking and the economy needs it....

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Tariffs and sanctions turmoil may overshadow EU, German growth data

Arabnews 13 Aug 2018

Author. Reuters ID. 1534141072055969700 Mon, 2018-08-13 06.05 BERLIN ... The ECB wants to keep headline inflation below but close to 2 percent over the medium term ... “The timing of a first rate hike, however, remains extremely uncertain.” The ECB plans to wrap up its unprecedented 2.6 trillion euro stimulus program known as quantitative easing (QE) by the end of the year and keep interest rates at record lows through the summer of 2019....

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‘Big Four’ South Korean Bank Enters Blockchain Pact with Telecom Giant KT

Cryptocoin News 10 Aug 2018

The Korea Times reports that the new platform is intended to build on recent moves by regional governments across the country to introduce digital vouchers. Useful Competencies ... The aforementioned government program permits digital vouchers to be spent like cash within certain locations. The partnership between Shinhan and KT comes ahead of the planned rollout of an economic stimulus program that includes the digital voucher scheme ... ....

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Dollar's march higher to run out of road within next six months: poll

International Business Times 09 Aug 2018

The US dollar's march higher against major currencies will run out of road within the next six months, according to a Reuters poll of foreign exchange strategists, who have held on to that view since May ... Interest rate differentials may also stop widening soon as the Fed is largely expected to stay on its current path and the European Central Bank has said it will wind down its massive stimulus program by end-2018 ... Follow us. News . ....

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BOJ’s architect of ‘shock and awe’ plots retreat from stimulus

Asahi News 07 Aug 2018

The man leading the BOJ away from its program of unprecedented asset-buying and low or negative interest rates is the man who largely crafted the measures in the first place, bank deputy governor Masayoshi Amamiya ... "The latest steps marked a major turning point for Kuroda's stimulus program," a source said ... A road map to a sustainable stimulus program could serve as his own path to succeeding Kuroda as governor in five years....

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Five Financial Uncertainties of 2018 (So Far)

Truth Dig 05 Aug 2018

Treasury, which in turn means less money for social programs or simply for providing veterans with proper care ... The Fed had been providing trillions of dollars of stimulus to the banking system and financial markets though a bond-buying program wonkily called “quantitative easing” or “QE.” Its claim. that this Wall Street subsidy is really a stimulus for Main Street....

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Mortgage Matters: Examining the factors driving interest rate increases (column)

Vail Daily 03 Aug 2018

government and the Federal Reserve successfully did their best to drive down interest rates from roughly 2008 to 2016 with "economic stimulus" and "quantitative easing" programs, those government programs are since done ... Aside from government stimulus, there are also countless factors that move long-term rates and long-term bonds higher and lower....

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Here Are the 5 Biggest Financial Uncertainties of 2018 So Far

Alternet 02 Aug 2018

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The Entropy Wars’ Five Financial Uncertainties of 2018 (So Far)

truthout 02 Aug 2018

Among other things, this ensures less tax revenue to the US Treasury, which in turn means less money for social programs or simply for providing veterans with proper care ... The Fed had been providing trillions of dollars of stimulus to the banking system and financial markets though a bond-buying program wonkily called “quantitative easing” or “QE.” Its claim. that this Wall Street subsidy is really a stimulus for Main Street....

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Mizuho profit rises as banks get little respite from BOJ

The Japan News 01 Aug 2018

BloombergTOKYO (Bloomberg) — Mizuho Financial Group Inc.’s first-quarter profit rose, as gains from fee businesses and sales of its shareholdings helped the Japanese lender offset the effects of the central bank’s continuing monetary stimulus program. Net income climbed 36 percent to ¥161 billion in the three months ending June 30 from a year earlier, the Tokyo-based bank said in a statement on Tuesday ... BOJ Gov ... in Tokyo ... Click to play ... ....

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