dimelab dimelab: shrinking the gap between talk and action.

vibrant Topic in The Credit Debacle Catalog

vibrant domestic economy (1); vibrant economy (1); vibrant underlying economy (1).

Jesse's Café Américain Sat 2010-09-25 09:55 EDT

FOMC: Sound the Bell. School's In, Suckas

...What the Fed cannot do is breathe vitality into a zombie economy, and provoke a sustained recovery not tied to some sort of credit bubble. That is why stagflation remains the most likely outcome until the nation obtains the will and the determination to reform the financial system and restore a balance to trade and the real economy through a commitment to sound and practical public policy not driven by self-serving economic quackery. The dollar and bonds are made stronger through a vibrant underlying economy with the ability to generate taxable income and real returns to their holders. But in the meanwhile the special interests will be served. A profound deflation and hyperinflation remain as possibilities for the future, but they will most likely be seen on the horizon in advance of their arrival as the result of some exogenous event or catastrophic failure. So far, not a glimpse...

bell; FOMC; Jesse's Café Américain; school's; sounds; SUCKAS.

Tue 2009-09-22 08:39 EDT

HSBC bids farewell to dollar supremacy - Telegraph

The sun is setting on the US dollar as the ultra-loose monetary policy of the US Federal Reserve forces China and the vibrant economies of the emerging world to forge a new global currency order, according to a new report by HSBC..."The dollar looks awfully like sterling after the First World War," said David Bloom, the bank's currency chief.

dollar supremacy; HSBC bids farewell; Telegraph.

Fri 2009-01-16 00:00 EST

Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong

China's inflation-free route from crisis, by Henry C. K. Liu; ``China produces from plants financed by foreign investment that operate with low domestic wages for foreign markets that pay with dollars that cannot be used in the domestic economy...China must finance plants with sovereign credit to produce for the domestic market where consumer purchasing power will come from high wages, with sovereign credit repaid from increased tax revenue from a vibrant domestic economy.''

Asia Times Online; China Business News; China News; Hong Kong; TAIWAN.