The Money Farm Team

What Countries Were Affected By The 2008 Recession?

The crisis had an impact on all countries in some form, but some countries were hit more than others. A picture of financial devastation emerges as currency depreciation, stock market declines, and government bond spreads rise. These three indicators, considered combined, convey the impact of the crisis since they show financial weakness. Ukraine, Argentina, and

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Why Are We Not Seeing Inflation?

Inflation isn’t as severe as a financial crisis, especially when price increases coincide with a swift economic recovery. While financial crises are fundamentally unpredictable, macroeconomic modeling requires projecting inflation. Why, therefore, did practically everyone last year get the US inflation story so wrong? In May, a poll of 36 private-sector forecasters found that the median

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