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European Central Bank (ECB) Tools and Mechanisms – Acronyms

Finance is full of jargon. The European Central Bank meeting today was full of them. So here are a few need-to-know terms for any newbies.   Source: AMPLIYME TPI (Transmission Protection Instrument). Fresh out the toolbox today! Aimed at limiting divergence in borrowing costs between the bloc’s strongest and weakest countries. Think Germany against Italy.

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U.S. Dollar’s Rise: ‘Something Crazy’ Will Roil Markets in Next 90 Days Warns E.B. Tucker

Video: U.S. Dollar’s Rise: ‘Something Crazy’ Will Roil Markets in Next 90 Days Warns E.B. Tucker Channel: Stansberry Research   Synopsis: “You need to be protecting your liquidity, everything you need is going up in price,” asserts E.B. Tucker, bestselling author of “Why Gold, Why Now?” and renowned gold expert. He tells our Daniela Cambone

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Credit Suisse: What’s Next for the Crisis-hit Bank?

Video: Credit Suisse: What’s Next for the Crisis-hit Bank? Channel: Financial Times   Synopsis: Credit Suisse has been unsettled by a number of setbacks, including billion-dollar entanglements with bankrupt lenders and hedge funds, large legal settlements and management upheaval. The Credit Suisse story is about how finance went wrong at one of Switzerland’s most important

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Inflation and Monetary Policy – Peter Schiff and Tucker Carlson Were Right on Inflation

Peter Schiff and Tucker Carlson Were Right on Inflation   In the spring of 2021, as the Fed insisted that inflation was transitory, Peter Schiff was warning that inflation was here to stay and that it would get much worse (FOX NEWS interview). Going forward to November 2021, Powell admits that the Fed was wrong

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The Beginning (originally published on jkonews.com)

Hello and Welcome. This is the first blog post of JKO Radio News (the previous, blogger-based website/blog, had the domain jkonews.com), which aims to publish updated information about economics, politics and investments on a weekly basis. The internet allows access to a wealth of information. However, information without curation and without individual education is useless

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