This piece makes a case for the Federal Reserve (FED) to cut interest rates. The report discusses various parameters that impact consumer spending, the structural fundamentals of the economy, and why a small FED cut—a change would do you good—would be beneficial. Sheryl Crow has been one of the most defining artists over the past couple of decades. With
Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) is one of the key champions of impact investment sector worldwide. GIIN worked along with Nuveen to understand how the impact industry has evolved over the years for the GIIN report. As of December 2021, the directly invested impact asset under management is estimated at $1.164 trillion spread over 3349 organizations. The impact investment sector
Chart: Global Bond Markets Outstanding in billion $ | Data Source: SIFMA 2022 Capital Markets Fact Book; Bank of International Settlements SIFMA regularly publishes 2022 Capital Markets Fact Book sharing a broad overview of global equity and debt capital markets. Capital markets play a pivotal role in driving capital markets, the role of capital markets increases with sophistication of the economy.
Global Capital Markets A Peek The global debt market’s size stood at $296 trillion by Q3, 2021, reducing slightly after reaching an all-time high in Q2, 2021 ($296 trillion) according to the Institute of International Finance. About $4.8 trillion of debt was added in Q2, 2021 with the global debt to GDP ratio declining significantly, a boost to an
Isn’t it Ironic? Taylors Rule & FED Rates — Macroeconomics Graph Data Sources: Board of Governors; CBO; BEA; fred.stlouisfed.org | The middle Road Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Federal Funds Effective Rate [FEDFUNDS], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDFUNDS Alanis Morissette’s epic number might
Sun Tzu “In warfare, in keeping a nation intact is best, destroying a nation, second best” This publication outlines an understanding of macroeconomics importance and social impact of the fiscal stimulus, especially during recessions, for example, the pandemic. To understand more on macroeconomic concepts, please refer to the online macroeconomic courses on The middle Road. This research article focuses on
“Uncertainty now is as high as it has ever been” OECD Briefing OECD released its latest Global Economic Outlook yesterday. The economic outlook models on two scenarios; one with a single wave of COVID-19 infections and second, with a double wave of COVID-19 infections. According to OECD, this is the worst economic and health crisis since World War 2 recession;
