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European Sovereign Debt Crisis Wake Up Call for US? 1 Mar 2011 | 11:21 pm
The American fiscal condition faces a perfect storm. The outlook for the medium term has deteriorated markedly. Some important causes are the Big Recession and the extension of the Bush tax cuts. Nor ...
Inflation or deflation, that is the question 14 Feb 2011 | 10:23 pm
Will the future be inflationary or deflationary? Whatever it turns out to be will have great consequences for the financial markets. Inflation and deflation are like day and night. As a rule of thumb:...
EUR/USD - Egypt effect likely short-lived 2 Feb 2011 | 09:38 pm
As long as the turmoil in the Mid East stays within bounds, many economists believe that additional dollar weakness is “inevitable”. Mostly on economic grounds. This implies that EUR/USD will keep ris...
Has the correction started? 27 Jan 2011 | 09:18 pm
The gold price has dropped around $40 in recent days. The start of a temporary correction that is potentially significant? As they say, what goes up must come down. Is that now? You can read our full...
Our research is read worldwide (literally) 21 Jan 2011 | 10:05 pm
Edin Mujagic, ECR Research's Monetary Economist has had one of his recent publications published in a few of the countries' national news that wouldn't be the first to come to mind. Guatemala News Th...
Non-Traditional 'Pull Factors' Benefiting Swiss Franc 20 Jan 2011 | 01:09 am
During the last two months of 2010, the Swiss franc (CHF) appreciated 4.5% against the U.S. dollar and 8.5% against the euro. Overall, the broader CHF index has risen approximately 7%. This strength i...
Periphery Countries on Safe Footing in Euro Area 7 Jan 2011 | 10:44 pm
Mention the words "euro area" and "periphery" and immediately almost everyone will associate that with troubles, strikes, indebted nations and rating downgrades, to name just a few flattering possibil...
Commodity Prices Will Continue to Rise. Can World Economies Continue to Support That? 4 Jan 2011 | 11:45 pm
The upswing in resource prices continues. From a fundamental perspective this is no surprise. As the US, Japan, and Europe pursue an unremittingly loose monetary policy, credit supply to the “real” ec...
Rising stock prices may be self-sustaining, but rising commodity prices are self-limiting 29 Dec 2010 | 02:36 am
The upswing in resource prices continues. From a fundamental perspective this is no surprise. As the US, Japan, and Europe pursue an unremittingly loose monetary policy, credit supply to the “real” ec...
Stop blaming the Germans 22 Dec 2010 | 09:38 pm
Read Edin Mujagic's new blog at EUobserver: http://blogs.euobserver.com/mujagic/2010/12/21/stop-blaming-the-germans/ Edin Mujagic is a monetary economist at the ECR Research in The Netherlands and at...
