I haven’t yet found a WordPress plugin that creates really great word / tag clouds. I created this one from my post Clear, Simple and Wrong using Wordle. I think it sums up the post well.
Recently had a discussion around whether government should intervene to influence the exchange rate. Now, I don’t have fully thought-through views on if and when and how and by how much this should be done. Still thinking it through (and having to reconsider many things about currencies, interest rates, inflation, open market purchases, sovereign wealth…
The debate around jobs, jobs at any cost, fair wages, fair working conditions, exploitation and what truly is best for the economy is complex. Â Don’t let anyone tell you different. Â If it really were that simple we’d have finished having the same debate while the Feudal System was still active. However, the recognition of the…
The reason opinions are so cheap is that everyone has one and nobody wants to buy anyone else’s. I’m no different. I’m not going to try to sell you mine. I would like to present you with some ideas to think about before you overpay for someone else’s though. Jon commented on a recent post…
The Rand is much stronger against the US Dollar now than any time in the last 18 months. Aside from a brief blip at the end of 2007, it’s actually back to 2006 for the Rand to be stronger. Given that our inflation has been higher than US inflation by some margin at every point…
Looks like my money is safe – Reserve Bank cut rates as predicted. Thinking about trying to predict for each MPC meeting then tracking my performance over time so I can be held accountable. Will mull over this first I am not that sure I’ll be sufficiently confident to stick my neck out in future!
It’s clear some people just don’t get that deflation is catastrophic from an economic perspective. You would have though that Japan’s lost decade (is it still only a decade?) would be sufficient warning. Michael Pento from Euro Pacific capital writes about the options open Bernanke to stimulate the US economy through open market purchases given…
From Stats SA The headline inflation rate in July 2010 (i.e. the Consumer Price Index for all urban areas in July 2010 compared with that at July 2009) was 3,7% The official inflation rate (i.e. the percentage change in the CPI for all urban areas in July 2010 compared with that in July 2009) was…
