DocComment: Co-Author of “This Time Is Different” Updates Her Thinking, and the BIS Opines on Operation Twist

In Financial Repression Back to Stay, Carmen Reinhart spells out her thinking tonight on Bloomberg.com.  The entire piece is worth reading, along with several graphs.  Here are the intro and conclusion:

As they have before in the aftermath of financial crises or wars, governments and central banks are increasingly resorting to a form of “taxation” [...]

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Why ZIRP Became Inevitable and Why It May Be With Us a Long Time

Last year, on June 26, when the 10-year Treasury traded at 2.87%, already far down in yield from its peak, I indicated that the yield could go a lot lower because the U.S. was developing a “yotai gap” in Japanese fashion.  The post was titled Yotai Gap to Provide Fuel to the Treasury Bond Bull?  [...]

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