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Zero and infinity

THE tide turns again. The Fed has initiated a sea-change. This may have an impact similar to Bernanke’s May 22, 2013 speech that initiated the ‘taper tantrum’, only currently the direction of the change is opposite to that. Basically, and after Clarida’s vindication of Powell, the Fed managed to broker a carte blanche. The cheque...

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Housing construction increases, sales decline

MUNICIPALITIES issued licenses for the construction of 212,000 houses during the first half of the year. It’s more accurate to say: “Those who will build houses received licenses.” There’s been a rapid increase on a quarterly basis. A total of 81,000 licenses in the first quarter, 131,000 in the second. Also, there’s been a strong...