Zombie bank might be the expression of the New Year. This term covers a financial institution which previously had a “healthy” operation, but because of…
A differently unorthodox central banker
The manipulation of foreign currency exchange rates is easily within the limit of the central bank’s toolkit – says Mojmir Hampl, Vice-Governor of the Czech…
S&P – Still cautious about Hungary, and optimistic about Poland
We do not change either Hungary’s or Poland’s credit rating: the first is still not, and the latter still remains in the category recommended for…
The year of the gold – again?
In terms of gold, next year will be as good as bad last year was – says Dennis Gartman, famous editor and publisher at CNBC,…
This is how average consumer will look like in 2030
In 15 years the world can go through a huge development, this is proved by the changes since year 2000. However more interesting is what…
The year of the silver
Serious foodstuffs and oil price rises and the weakening of the dollar is forecast by the chief economist and CIO of the Danish – with…
A new shadow is over car manufacturers – the revenge of VW
We can feel safer in a car in Europe, than in America. Essentially, this is the function of the new device invented by researchers of…
Oil or gold – it does not make any difference. Or does it?
Stable economic growth and steady price increase is predicted for America and China by the experts of Capital Economics. We asked the oil and gold…
Early retirement is good for you and the government budget too!
Raising retirement age can cause unpredictable damages to healthcare systems; damages greater than the problems threatening state pension if the minimum age remains lower. Aspen…
WOMAN THINKING MIGHT BE THE KEY TO SUCCESS
More and more evidence confirm that women might be more successful in investing, in contrast with the fact that we meet more men at investment…
Menacing shadows, or the decreasing liquidity of the Dollar
According to the performance of the major stock market indices (DAX, Nikkei, S&P 500), we might think that the markets have recovered from the shock,…
Electric (self) driving capability
Autonomous cars on the track In connection with the recent advances of electric cars in the past few years, it is worth recalling the golden…
The Migrant Issue: One Side of the Same Coin
Thousands of migrants will be able to be integrated into European societies; resulting in benefits in the process – says Phillippe Legrain, an analyst of…
Crime and Punishment
’’My cautious and modest optimism is primarily fuelled by the fact that in today’s internet based information society, knowledge and information spread at such a…
The Solution for the Immigrant Crisis
The majority of Turkey expects a clear indication from the EU whether their country can join to the community. Our interviewee, Sinan Ülgen, chairman of…
Dollar export – The ideal monetary system, part 11
The US balance of trade slipped into negative territory in the 1970s, and the deficit has been on the increase ever since. The crisis slightly…
Challenge in chasing yield
The last time that I wrote about European markets was in July. That time my main conclusion was, that in a selective way, it can…
A world built by hypnosis – The ideal monetary system, part 10
What is impossible in physics is possible in the complex world of the economy: something could happen just because people believe in it. Self-fulfilling prophecy…