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Reports from Davos: Do We Take the Word of Soros or Roubini?

by Stuart Burns on January 30, 2012

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Continued from Part One. Most economists and commentators surrounding the proceedings at Davos have been focused more on the risks of Greece or Portugal’s potential exit from the euro, or worse — a complete breakup of the peripheral states, leaving just a core of northern economies with Germany at the center. Lloyds Bank in the [...]

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Reports from Davos: How the US Fed Stole the Show

by Stuart Burns on January 30, 2012

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The skiing may be great, but the surroundings seem largely lost on attendees at Davos in Switzerland, known to the frivolous of us as more of a top-class ski resort than a once-a-year talking shop for politicians, economists and owners of the largest hedge funds. The Federal Reserve rather stole the show this year when [...]

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