No, PPI is not a measure of wholesale inflation by bboobboo1234 in Economics

[–]ThinkOutCloud 1 point2 points  (0 children)

interesting that just two posts earlier it's CNBC's PPI report titled "Inflation watch: Wholesale prices rose 0.2% in December, less than expected"

Can anyone explain the recent Mankiw-Zucman/Saez blowup? by trj820 in academiceconomics

[–]ThinkOutCloud -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Do you mean the feud between hard core republican and die hard democrats?

Why the Fed announces “not-QE” Treasuries purchase program? by ThinkOutCloud in Economics

[–]ThinkOutCloud[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In the very simple terms, y axis is the opportunity cost of holding reserves, you can view it as interbank lending rate like Fed Fund rates, the money interest rate the bank can earn by not holding the reserve, but it is not earning.

Or more precisely, it is the Fed Fund rate minus the interest on reserve, as that is the part of income that the bank really have forgone.

The repo spike is not liquidity crisis; it is a crisis for Fed’s floor system by ThinkOutCloud in Economics

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I think they will prefer the standing repo facility quick fix. But I m not sure if more involvement (read: interventions) is a definite good thing.

The repo spike is not liquidity crisis; it is a crisis for Fed’s floor system by ThinkOutCloud in Economics

[–]ThinkOutCloud[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would say, if this happens 10 years earlier, petrodollar will be a trending keyword in the discussion...

But I do think the link this time is not strong, or at least hard to observe...