financial markets Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/financial-markets/ Independent research and policy analysis on fiscal, monetary, and regulatory issues in Europe Wed, 19 Jun 2024 04:38:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://en.irefeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/IREF-LinkedIn-Profile-DarkBlue-scaled.png financial markets Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/financial-markets/ 32 32 Government interventions and over-borrowing have prepared the way for a re-run of the Global Financial Crisis https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/government-interventions-and-over-borrowing-have-prepared-the-way-for-a-re-run-of-the-global-financial-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=government-interventions-and-over-borrowing-have-prepared-the-way-for-a-re-run-of-the-global-financial-crisis https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/government-interventions-and-over-borrowing-have-prepared-the-way-for-a-re-run-of-the-global-financial-crisis/#respond Wed, 19 Jun 2024 04:23:45 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=35519 Introduction We recently wrote that the enormous losses being handed to taxpayers by Western central banks were in effect the second part of the same bill for the Global Financial…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/government-interventions-and-over-borrowing-have-prepared-the-way-for-a-re-run-of-the-global-financial-crisis/feed/ 0 What are the lessons for Europe from the demise of Silicon Valley Bank? https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/what-are-the-lessons-for-europe-from-the-demise-of-silicon-valley-bank/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-are-the-lessons-for-europe-from-the-demise-of-silicon-valley-bank https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/what-are-the-lessons-for-europe-from-the-demise-of-silicon-valley-bank/#respond Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:33:30 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=34896 Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has gone from hero-to-zero in 48 hours. From established bankers to start-ups in the tech, fintech, and biotech industries and to Napa Valley’s premium wineries on…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/what-are-the-lessons-for-europe-from-the-demise-of-silicon-valley-bank/feed/ 0 Playing Into the Hands of the Money Sharks https://en.irefeurope.org/news/article/playing-into-the-hands-of-the-money-sharks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=playing-into-the-hands-of-the-money-sharks https://en.irefeurope.org/news/article/playing-into-the-hands-of-the-money-sharks/#respond Mon, 10 May 2010 11:02:11 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/other-publications/news/playing-into-the-hands-of-the-money-sharks/ As voices are heard everyday to "regulate" and "discipline" the finance industry, Lawrence H. White, Professor at George Mason University, Virginia and top scholar in money and banking, bring to our attention this very relevant quote from William Graham Sumner (1840-1910), Yale Professor, historian and sociologist.

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/news/article/playing-into-the-hands-of-the-money-sharks/feed/ 0 Public debt: aren’t we glad to rely on speculation and financial markets! https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/public-debt-aren-t-we-glad-to-rely-on-speculation-and-financial-markets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=public-debt-aren-t-we-glad-to-rely-on-speculation-and-financial-markets https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/public-debt-aren-t-we-glad-to-rely-on-speculation-and-financial-markets/#respond Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:23:59 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/public-debt-aren-t-we-glad-to-rely-on-speculation-and-financial-markets/ Constant attacks on tax havens and hedge funds by some politicians and statesmen is at least inappropriate. As a matter of fact, it is thanks to “speculators” that we have learnt about the pitiful state of public finance in several states (for example in Greece). On the other hand, international financial markets are the unique source of liquidities for troubled States. This is the point of view of Nicolas Lecaussin, Director of Development at IREF.

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/public-debt-aren-t-we-glad-to-rely-on-speculation-and-financial-markets/feed/ 0 The Dead Shall Be Raised: The Future of Fannie and Freddie https://en.irefeurope.org/news/article/the-dead-shall-be-raised-the-future-of-fannie-and-freddie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-dead-shall-be-raised-the-future-of-fannie-and-freddie https://en.irefeurope.org/news/article/the-dead-shall-be-raised-the-future-of-fannie-and-freddie/#respond Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:17:58 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/other-publications/news/the-dead-shall-be-raised-the-future-of-fannie-and-freddie/ The renewed interest in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is premature. They are currently the mainstays of the U.S. housing market--more important now than they were before being placed in a government conservatorship in September 2008. Many observers do not believe the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) can survive the immense losses they will cause taxpayers, but this is far from true.

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