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Understanding interest rate [closed]
When a central bank offers a high interest rate (such as Turkey), doesn't it make it go bankrupt? where is this money comes from? isn't that like differed money printing (paying the interest)?
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Where do “Forex economic calendars” get their data?
Where do all these "Forex economic calendars" get their data from?
http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/economic-calendar/
http://www.forexfactory.com/calendar.php
http://www.dailyfx.com/calendar
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How is the GDP Deflator calculated in practice? [closed]
I am reading Guide to Economic Indicators by the Economist and have come across a confusing discussion of the Real GDP and the GDP Deflator. The GDP Deflator is defined by the rule
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Relating Quantitative Easing to the rally in the SPX
The Fed's balance sheet has been expanding over the last few month due to QE3. When the Fed goes out to buy treasuries or MBS, it's taking those securities out of the market and exchanging them with ...
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What is the use of the Euler equation in the Ramsey growth model?
I apologise for being brief, but I don't understand how is Euler equation used in the Ramsey growth model. I am reading a textbook "Dynamic General Equilibrium Modeling" and there is mentioned about ...
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How to reconstruct a discontinued economic time series such as the Fed's CP rate?
The old 3-Month Commercial Paper Rate (CP3M) on FRED was discontinued in 1997. I would like to reconstruct this series in a reasonable fashion, so I can use it to analyze more recent events.
I was ...
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How do I replicate John Hussman's recession forecasting methodology?
John Hussman has a recession forecasting methodology he often posts about on his blog, and I am trying to replicate it using publicly available data. I would like to assess his accuracy in predicting ...
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Will price levels fall even though money supply increases?
Given this equation, according to the article at this location , which provides the following equation as an argument, the author claims that he predicts "deflation" in the last paragraph of the ...
