Friday, June 21, 2013

CENTRAL BANKS AND THE BORROWING ADDICTION

From 1980 to 2010, overall U.S. debt grew as fast as GDP. From 1950 to 1980, it was a small fraction of growth.

Have financial markets become a giant crack house? Investors have certainly been acting like a bunch of junkies lately.
Any hint that their main dealer—otherwise known as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke—might start cutting down his generous supply of cash sets them off in a frenzy. Mr. Bernanke's latest comments on Wednesday, signaling a sooner-than-previously anticipated tapering off of the Fed's monetary easing, triggered a sharp global selloff in practically every asset class.
Japan, the world's most central-bank-driven market at the moment, recently has been at the forefront of this commotion. After rallying 50% from the beginning of the year ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324688404578541822549510286.html 
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