Monthly Archives: January 2010

“You’re fired” part 2

From recent information, Martin Redrado, (un)officially fired governor of the central bank of Argentina, has not been let inside the building (based on info in Financial Times, 27 January, 2010)

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Two times lucky

BY the decision 70-30 the U.S. Senate re-elected Ben nernanke for the second 4-year term as the governor of the Federal Reserve System. You can read it for example here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/business/economy/29fed.html?ref=business from NYT: “The 70-to-30 vote was the weakest endorsement … Continue reading

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Folly of forecasting…(from FT, January 18, 2010)

Forecasts are very important in macroeconomics. Very important for example in central banking. Ekhm… I have (tried) worked with forecasts and let me quote here Mr Montier (taken from Jonathan Davis, Financial Times) “Frankly, the three blind mice have more … Continue reading

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Na lyzwy!

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Jesli Justyna Kowalczyk trenuje

pomimo choroby, to i ja moge kontynuowac moje kilometrowe spacery z kijami. Ostatnio zastanawialam sie czy uda mi sie znowu pokonac trase z pracy do domu “na piechote”. 11 km w sniegu, mrozie i spalinach samochodowych. Otoz udalo sie! W … Continue reading

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Zmotywowana przykladem Justyny

Kowalczyk postanowilam zmoc sie z przeciwnosciami pogody i ruszyc w trase. Jednak nie na nartach ruszylam, ale na tzw Nordic Walking. Nie byloby w tym nic dziwnego, bowiem juz od kilku lat zasuwam z kijami po kraju. Byl to jednak … Continue reading

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Fernandez de Kirchner says: “You’re fired”

Argentina is in the centre of central banking interest, again. Country’s central bank chief, Martin Redrado has been dismissed from its position for refusing repaying country’s international debt. In the history of Argentinian central bank, the “misconduct of central bank” … Continue reading

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Let it snow, let it snow

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