Results for “National Bureau of Economic Research”

Eurozone equities Preference: neutral Euro Stoxx (24 Oct): 247 (last publication: 247) UBS View Euro Stoxx (6-month target): 249 ¢ We keep our neutral stance on Eurozone equities. While the sovereign debt crisis remains a risk factor (see slide 8), the conditional bond buying...

Private equity Prefer small-/mid-cap buyouts in US/emerging markets; UBS View distressed debt in Europe ¢ Global M&A volume has continued its downward trend since Q4 2010, falling by -20% quarter-by-quarter in Q3 2012, with a drastic decline in Europe of -46%, the third lowest q...

…h its dominant position in the region. In a way, even as emerging markets are gaining more economic clout and the international system is becoming multipolar, it is not clear that that is creating the conditions for the West versus the Rest confrontation or that the US or the EU...

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sales, relocation services—is depressed. Homeowners are worse off, too, because the value of one of their vital assets is eroding. House prices have already fallen by 32 percent nationwide from the 2006 peak. And they have further to go. The latest readings on the S&P/Case-Schil...

…uses law merely to justify political instructions from the ex- ecutive branch, making a mockery of due process and international conceptions of the rule of law. 4. History revised: A number of countries have un- dertaken a refashioning of history to buttress the legitimacy and a...

…ons of American Oil Policy” from the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army. The piece outlines 4 pillars to U.S. national interests: defense of the homeland, promotion of U.S. democratic values, creation of a favorable world order, and enhancement of the nation’s economic...

…ffer said. "Taxes are about $2 trillion, government spending is about $4 trillion and we have about $10 trillion in net national debt. I don’t see that as being a AAA country. “Tf the S&P and the others were doing their jobs correctly, they should have downgraded a long time ago...

…process. HOUSE OVERSIGHT 014857 The value-added tax, which is popular in many other countries, would serve as a kind of national sales tax, one that consumers would pay when they make purchases and that businesses would pay for supplies, services and raw materials. A carbon tax w...

…wood. China’s source of leverage over American companies comes from its large domestic market and its key role in international supply chains; by contrast, China holds little direct ownership in American companies. American affiliates (i.e., those at least half-owned by American...

…he air to clear, Bannon raised the microphone: “I kind of break it down into three verticals, three buckets; the first, national security and sovereignty, and that’s your intelligence, defense department, homeland security. The second line of work is what I refer to as economic n...

3) Where do our political and economic institutions come from and what causes them to have the peculiar structure they have? We have one vote per person, but everyone knows dollars can buy more votes, and voters in small states are better represented than those in large states....

US Economist and Director—Global Economic Research

…ower this year. With risk to spend held in reserve, there are oversold assets with considering, particularly among multinationals with strong balance sheets, high dividends and which trade at very low multiples, something we reviewed earlier in the week.” Michael Cembalest Chief...

…ower this year. With risk to spend held in reserve, there are oversold assets with considering, particularly among multinationals with strong balance sheets, high dividends and which trade at very low multiples, something we reviewed earlier in the week.” Michael Cembalest Chief...