“We are open to new ideas and critical feedback and will take onboard lessons from the last five years and adapt our approach where appropriate to best serve the American people, to whom we are acc…| Convex Strategies
Something changed in America in the 1990s. The U.S. federal funds rate began a decline from above 5 percent to reach the effective zero bound by 2009. U.S. ten-year Treasury yields declined from above 6 percent to levels not even recorded during the Great Depression. Credit to the U.S. nonfinancial corporate sector rose from 56…| American Affairs Journal
“Europe’s fundamental values are prosperity, equity, freedom, peace and democracy in a sustainable environment. The EU exists to ensure that Europeans can always benefit from these fundamental righ…| Convex Strategies
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“I have been working in or around central banks for over fifty years. To my regret, as I look back on my career, I can now see that I was often guided by an evolving set of false beliefs about how …| Convex Strategies
Last month, in our February 2023 Update, “Sharpe World is Nefarious”, we posed this question: “If a bank loses money in accrual books and can continue to fund the losses with government guaranteed …| Convex Strategies