HALISTER1: Harvard’s Rogoff Says Negative Rates ‘Necessary’: Handelsblatt

Harvard’s Rogoff Says Negative Rates ‘Necessary’: Handelsblatt

(Bloomberg) -- Negative rates “currently necessary” as demand for credit collapsed, Kenneth Rogoff tells Handelsblatt in itvw.
  • Inflation is so low because people are pessimistic
  • “Helicopter money” cannot fight deflation sustainably
  • Issuing bank notes above EU10 should be discontinued over period of 10-15 years as cash mostly benefits terrorist and money laundering
  • NOTE: Instead of Great Divergence, Central Banks Are Converging Again
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Source: BFW (Bloomberg First Word)

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2539Z GR (European Central Bank)

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Kenneth Rogoff (President and Fellows of Harvard College)

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HALISTER: *ALASKA AIR'S VIRGIN BID SEEN FACING CONCERNS DAYS FROM DEADLINE

*ALASKA AIR'S VIRGIN BID SEEN FACING CONCERNS DAYS FROM DEADLINE

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Source: BN (Bloomberg News)

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ALK US (Alaska Air Group Inc)
VA US (Virgin America Inc)

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Renata Hesse (United States Department of Justice)
William Baer (United States Department of Justice)

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