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Buyout Boom to Wear on Economy (Law Blog - WSJ.com)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:06:00 GMT

The recent corporate-buyout boom is likely to come back and haunt financial markets and the economy, as firms struggle to refinance billions of dollars in loans made to finance takeovers, the Bank for International Settlements said.

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Martin Wolf: lessons from the financial (Www.OSIR.org.in) crisis - Financial Times (www.OSIR.org.in)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:45:24 GMT

“We told you so.” The Bank for International Settlements has long warned of the dangers of unrestrained credit growth and asset price inflation. In this year’s annual report, the last to be prepared under the direction of William White, its long Source: www.ft.com

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Settling scores (The Economist)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:02:45 GMT

If the BIS is right, inflation is a more immediate threat than deflation IT IS always satisfying to be proved right, even when your prediction was that things would go horribly wrong. For years the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the Basel-based bank for central banks, warned policymakers that they were not paying enough heed to the rapid growth in borrowing....

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Costs Going Down? (Productive Strategies)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Bank for International Settlements says that if economies keep cooling we may be in for a period of deflation and falling prices. On one had this doesn’t sound bad, but a small rate of inflation is usually considered healthy. If the house you bought for $100,000 today is only worth $75,000 next month it tends [...]

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BIS Chief Economist William White Channels His Inner Austrian (Seeking Alpha)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:19:18 GMT

Tim Iacono submits: If ever there was an indictment of the Greenspan term at the Federal Reserve, it is yesterday's 78th Annual Report from the Bank for International Settlements [BIS], the so-called "central bankers' bank." After discussing at great length the many ills now facing the world financial system and a few proposed solutions in a new "macrofinancial framework"...

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BIS: Financial Turmoil, Inflation Put Global Economy in Peril (Women's Wear Daily)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:25:07 GMT

The global economy is in a precarious situation caused by the ongoing turmoil in financial markets and rising inflation worldwide, said a new report from the Bank for International Settlements.

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BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS BIS REVIEW NO. 84: FINANCIAL IMBALANCES (Cambridge Forecast Group Blog)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:52:25 GMT

BIS Review BIS Review No 84 available Bank for International Settlements Press, Service (Press.Service@bis.org) Publications, Service (Publications@bis.org) Tue 7/01/08 Please find BIS Review No 84 attached as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file. Alternatively, you can access this BIS Review on the Bank for International Settlements’ website by clicking on http://www.bis.org/review/index.htm....

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Lessons to be learnt from the financial crisis (Financial Time)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:40:00 GMT

The aim of this year's report by the Bank for International Settlements is clear: it is to reduce the frequency and severity of crises. It is not enough to say that we can clear up afterwards. That is too complacent and too one-sided, writes.Martin Wolf

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World Economic Crisis: Solved! (Corpus Callosum)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:35:17 GMT

Leave it to the scientifically-minded among us to solve the world's economic crisis. All it takes is an understanding of the elements. At this point, there is little doubt that a serious economic crisis awaits the people of planet Earth. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released their Annual Report on 30 June 2008. The BIS, based in Switzerland, is an organization of...

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Interdependence Key Factor in Financial System Stability (Seeking Alpha)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:13:49 GMT

Research Recap submits: The Bank for International Settlements Annual Report is well worth dipping into. It provides another detailed analysis of the factors and events behind the unraveling of financial markets following the subprime meltdown, which all seems so obvious in hindsight. In addition to a generally gloomy outlook for the world economy, it provides a thorough critique...

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Emerging economies: Risks to growth rise as clouds hang over exports (Geostrategy)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:13:00 GMT

Emerging economies risk taking a harder hit from the slowdown in major industrial countries than so far predicted, according to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Emerging markets in Asia and Latin America had been showing resilience, the BIS says in its annual report yesterday. At 6.7 percent, the consensus growth forecast for emerging countries for this year is not...

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Bank for International Settlements annual report: World economy may be at “tipping point” (The Intelligence Daily)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:36:00 GMT

) -- The world economy is already experiencing the worst financial market turbulence in the postwar period and could be on the edge of something much worse. That is the analysis made in the annual report of the Bank for International Settlements, published yesterday.The BIS, often known as the central bankers’ bank, has been warning of the dangers contained in the...

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The unsustainable has run its course (Crooked Timber)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:08:19 GMT

Unlike national central banks, the Bank for International Settlements doesn’t have to worry too much about the effect of its statements on business and consumer confidence or on the possibility of political flak. Hence, it has usually tended to give a less rosy view of the economic outlook than other official and quasi-official institutions. The [...]

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There's worse ahead - central bankers (Sox First)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:40:12 GMT

If you thought we are over the worst of the economic slowdown, think again. In its latest report , the Bank for International Settlements warns that we could be at a "tipping point" and things could get a lot worse. The report condemns the way banks have kept interest rates low, or even cut them , as this has exacerbated the problem. "One plausible explanation for this...

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BIS sees deeper and more protracted global downturn than consensus (The Skeptical Speculator)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:56:00 GMT

Yesterday saw the release of the latest annual report for the Bank for International Settlements. The conclusion was not very positive for the global economic outlook. From the abstract : In the aftermath of a long credit-driven boom, it would not be surprising to see turmoil in financial markets, slowing real growth and temporarily rising inflation. The crucial questions at the...

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World economy near tipping point: BIS (NEWS AND PROPHECY)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:34:00 GMT

THE global economy may be close to a "tipping point" that could see it enter a slowdown so severe that it transforms the current period of rising inflation into a period of falling prices, the Bank for International Settlements said today. In its annual report, the central bank for central banks said the impact of rising food and energy prices on real disposable incomes,...

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BIS Calls For Financial Damage Control (Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:13:00 GMT

The Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements called for greater cooperation between central banks and other financial regulators Monday. In a statement, the bank said

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FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES: 415.2 TRILLION DOLLARS AT END OF 2006 (Cambridge Forecast Group Blog)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:04:39 GMT

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) publishes statistics on the notional amounts outstanding in the OTC Derivatives market. At the end of 2006, this was USD 415.2 trillion, more than 8.5 times the 2006 gross world product. However, since the cash flow generated by a swap [...]

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A tipping point toward global deflation? (Kalimna)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:29:00 GMT

The Bank for International Settlements reported yesterday that the current global financial situation - viewed as a bust after a boom - could trigger a global recession on a par with that experienced in the 1930s . The full report is here . Basically it argued that central banks should act as, well, central banks, by restraining excess credit growth by raising interest...

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Expect a 'Deep Slowdown' in the Global Economy (The LRC Blog)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:11:07 GMT

Perhaps comparable to the Great Depression, says the Bank for International Settlements. But wouldn't you know that the "central bank for central banks" is worried about deflation, the one good thing about the depression? People are out of work, businesses...

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