Keyword: debt

Banks and Non-Bank Finance (5/12/2010)

Banks may be able to expand money supply through fractional-reserve loans, but more and more loans and other financing are channeled through the non-bank finance sector.

Keywords: asset-backed securities, banks, bond market, capital markets, credit expansion, debt, debt market, fractional reserve system, loans, money expansion, money market, stock markets, venture capital

Bond Free? (5/12/2010)

Treasury bonds are important instruments in regulating the money supply.

Keywords: budget deficit, budget surplus, debt, interest rate, money supply, quantitative easing, Treasury bonds

Bubble Saving (6/17/2010)

The US has been spending more than it earns and has to borrow from abroad to fund its real investment.

Keywords: capital depreciation allowances, debt, disposable income, dissaving, foreign capital, investment, net worth, Saving, trade surplus

Deficit and Debt (11/2/2011)

Chronic budget deficits could lead to a ballooning debt/GDP ratio.

Keywords: debt, deficit, GDP, inflation, interest rate, solvency

Deficit and Debt (transcript) (11/18/2010)

Debt/income ratio will rise as long as the deficit exceeds debt times the income growth rate.

Keywords: debt, debt interest rate, debt trap, debt/income ratio, deficit financing, income growth rate, solvency condition

Flows and Stocks (6/17/2010)

The excess of inflows over outflows adds to the stock if flows are not instantly perishable.

Keywords: aging, capital, debt, deficit, depreciation, Flow, infrastructure, investment, population, saving, stock, vintage

Injections and Leakages - Planned vs Realized (1/3/2013)

An open economy allows for more varied interplays between planned vs actual leakages and injections among countries.

Keywords: actual injections, actual leakages, borrowing, capital flow, debt, lending, paradox of thrift, planned injections, planned leakages, realized injections, realized leakages, trade deficit, trade surplus

Even though members of the European Union have no control over their domestic monetary policies, their undisciplined domestic fiscal policies can still wreak great havoc for the financial health of the Union.

Keywords: balanced budget, budget deficit, California, debt, debt/GDP ratio, depreciation, EU, euro crisis, European Union, exchange rate, fiscal policy, Germany, Greece, monetary policy

The Greek Debt Tragedy (5/12/2010)

Heavily indebted Greece was taken to task by bond investors who demanded higher yield to offset higher default risk and rating agencies who threatened to downgrade its bonds.

Keywords: bond rating, Bond yield, CDS, credit default swap, debt, deficit, EU, Greece

When a Vice Becomes a Virtue - Is The U.S. Saving Too Little? (6/29/1999)

Low saving rate in the US has kept the weak global economy afloat by putting foreign capital to more productive use.

Keywords: current account deficit, debt, disposable income, flow, investment, net worth, saving, stock, wealth effect