[Skip to the end] Russian Central Bank Spent $58 Billion Backing Ruble (Update1) By Alex Nicholson and Maria Levitov Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — Russia’s central
[Skip to the end] (email exchange) Thanks! it’s all about price setting, as previously suspected. Warren > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:09 AM,
[Skip to the end] Saudis say they will pump more if markets want more. They post prices to their refiners and then fill all orders
[Skip to the end] Medvedev May Seek to Assure Merkel on Russian Energy Supplies by Lyubov Pronina and Brian Parkin (Bloomberg) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
[Skip to the end] As suspected, the political response to high food prices is to assist with government funding. Yes, it’s inflationary, but politically there
While relatively small, investing in pensions vs. ‘spending’ reduces aggregate demand. And ‘liquidity’ for the banking sector can readily be increased independently of these funds