Michael W. McCracken of St Louis Fed says liquidity serves as a useful variable to track and forecast business cycle and recessions.
Archive for July 15th, 2010
Using stock market liquidity to predict recessions
July 15, 2010Bank Liability Insurance Schemes before 1865?
July 15, 2010 Warren Weber of Minneapolis Fed has this fascinating paper on the topic.
Will the Rupee Symbol Help India?
July 15, 2010Now as we have a Rupee symbol, will it help India/India brand?
Finally Rupee Symbol released
July 15, 2010Ministry of Information and Broadcasting released the symbol for Rupee. It will look like this:
Assorted Links
July 15, 2010- Will a helicopter drop of money stimulate aggregate demand? Krugman says no and Cowen says yes. GOing back to discussions post Lehman. Krugmans also asks whether Fed can just helicopter drop the money
- Krugman reacts to recent Fed minutes
- San Francisco Fed Moves to Find New Leader
- Mankiw on CEA’s impossible job
- Brendon Fuller points to China’s Air Safety Overhaul
- Klein points to New Blog on Political Economy
- Fama and French look at the The Limits of Arbitrage
Mostly Economics 
