Inflation and debt, lurking in the UK budget small print
For all the talk of operation Odyssey Dawn, it was Wednesday’s Budget that tried to navigate between two monsters: rising inflation and slowing growth. Guest editor Gavyn Davies made this point during...
View ArticleA taxing debt issue
Flying beneath our radar last week was a hearing on the tax treatment of debt for both households and business, held by the Congressional Joint Committee On Taxation (tip of the Stetson to Simon...
View ArticleStruggling back to neutral, (monetary) policy edition
Ezra Klein has offered a name for the current situation that’s not nearly as sexy as the ones we came up with, but which is reasonable enough: If it were up to me, we would call what we’re in a...
View ArticleUS household debt falls but real estate still gloomy
Household debt in the US fell by 0.6 per cent in the third quarter compared to last year, according to statistics released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday. However, this fall was...
View ArticleWho’s the eurozone’s poorest, really?
The figures provided in this report incorporate the best judgement available at this time. Nonetheless, caveats remain. The data for Cyprus appear not to be comparable with those for other euro area...
View ArticleThe ECB has good news for French households
The European Central Bank is set to release the results of its latest stress tests on euro area banks this Sunday. Those more interested in the fragility and resilience of euro area households should...
View ArticleWhat would BoE rate hikes do to UK households?
The Bank of England’s latest quarterly bulletin, released on Monday, contains an interesting article on “the potential impact of higher interest rates on the household sector.” A few interesting...
View ArticleThe Bank of Canada on the risks of high household debt and overpriced housing
Canada’s housing market could be as much 30 per cent overvalued; the share of new mortgages that are subprime is rising rapidly; and Canadian household are already among the most indebted in the rich...
View ArticleAustralia less bubbly than it looks?
Australia has a lot in common with other rich English-speaking countries, but unlike them, it basically missed the global financial crisis. Was that good luck, or a temporary postponement of the...
View ArticleThe socialisation of US household debt
Zoltan Pozsar — who will be at Camp Alphaville, so buy your ticket now! — has a fascinating new slide deck illustrating the changing landscape of US household debt, which, thankfully, is easier to read...
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