US and world economy depressed till 2011 – says Nobel Economics Prize winner

The world economy will likely feel the impact of the global financial turmoil for another three years at least, the 2008 winner of the Nobel economics prize, Paul Krugman, said. Continue reading

Picture of disquiet as oil and metals join dollar heading down – The Australian 18-8-08

THE fall in oil prices leaves us inclined to celebrate, and it is easy to see the fall in metals prices as part of the normal rough and tumble of a traditionally volatile market.

But the simultaneous, and surprising, shifts in currency markets, with the US dollar surging and the Australian dollar diving, suggest a more disturbing dynamic is at work. Continue reading