December 2010
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2011 World Energy and Economic Outlook – Muddled...
As the year ends on a high note for equities and energy commodities (US indices rose roughly 10% on the year, EU indices up 9%, crude and Brent up $10 year, RBOB Gasoline up $0.50…), energy authorities (EIA, IEA and OPEC) and market analysts are having a go at the outlook for energy prices, supply and demand for 2011. The price and demand of energy will largely be determined by the state of the...
October 2008
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Maverecon's FT blog entry on Fortis
Maverecon’s (Willem Buiter - my former professor at the LSE and former central banker) entry on the ft blog website… Interesting take on Fortis’ nationalization, although it has never been a secret that the EU is an economically integrated entity, so appropriately, a supranational response to a cross national banking problem is warranted. Wasn’t it just in the summer of...