Tag Archives: Debt

Lord Adair Turner: Are Governments and Central Banks Out of Ammunition? 

Posted on 19 April 2016 by Paul McCaffrey

Are we stuck in a low-growth, low-demand environment for the foreseeable future? Lord Adair Turner discusses whether governments and central banks have anything left in their arsenal. Read More

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Arnab Das: We Are Caught in a Trap of Excessive Debt

Posted on 20 March 2013 by Mark Harrison, CFA

Arnab Das, managing director of research and investment strategy at Roubini Global Economics, argues the most important parallel issues are the distribution between creditors and debtors and the balance between future and present economic activity. Read More

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Islamic Finance: Tarek El Diwany on the ‘Problem’ with Interest

Posted on 21 March 2012 by Usman Hayat, CFA

Tarek El Diwany, a speaker at the upcoming CFA Institute Middle East Investment Conference and Islamic Finance specialist, discusses the conflict between discounting and ecological sustainability. Read More

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