Time for Cash to Cash Out? - Wall Street Journal


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Time for Cash to Cash Out?
Wall Street Journal
No, you have faith in its value. Your trust in it depends on everyone else's, which means that our faith in money's value is really about trust in each other—a belief in shared purpose, or at least a shared hallucination. Lately it seems like the only ...

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The Buckaroo and the Demand for Money - CNBC.com

The Buckaroo and the Demand for Money
CNBC.com
Economists of the Modern Monetary Theory school argue that the Buckaroo program is a lesson in the way the real world economy works. Specifically, they think it shows that “taxes drive money.” Which is to say, the value of money is created by the power ...

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As Egypt returns to IMF, transparency still lacking - Al-Masry Al-Youm


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As Egypt returns to IMF, transparency still lacking
Al-Masry Al-Youm
It has seen its currency reach its lowest value in seven years, despite an accelerated spending of foreign reserves to fend off depreciation. The country's credit rating has been lowered, a measure of its decreasing ability to repay debt.
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The new normal: structurers learn to live with low interest rates - Risk.net


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The new normal: structurers learn to live with low interest rates
Risk.net
"What investors look for in this type of product is an attractive minimum return, but in the event that inflation gets out of control they want to make sure their money is worth at least what they started with in real terms," says Harrington.

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Cigarettes Are Safe as Long as You Just Invest: Riskless Return - Bloomberg


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Cigarettes Are Safe as Long as You Just Invest: Riskless Return
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They were also more profitable and returned more money to investors. Tobacco companies globally with at least $1 billion in market value had a median dividend yield of 5.1 percent in their latest fiscal years, compared with 1.5 percent for non- tobacco ...

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Zambia redenominating its currency - UKZAMBIANS

Zambia redenominating its currency
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Besides drawing a line under Zambia's poor economic past, it also solves an issue that has been gnawing away at the national – and Sata's – psyche: that the kwacha remains one of Africa's least-valuable currencies despite a decade of strong growth.

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China Credit Cards, Danish Bad Loans Accounts, Smith & Nephews: Compliance - Bloomberg

China Credit Cards, Danish Bad Loans Accounts, Smith & Nephews: Compliance
Bloomberg
5 came as the World Trade Organization, acting on a US complaint, probes the legality of China's refusal to let foreign companies issue their own bank cards denominated in its currency or to permit companies such as Visa Inc., American Express Co., ...

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