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Futures markets lower prices, both in good and bad ways - 2021 October 28
Futures markets suppress prices, this is good in some regards but this mechanism can be used in such a way that's not so good.
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Is this the end of Melbourne's COVID lockdowns? - 2021 October 22
Lockdown is lifting in Melbourne and this might be the last COVID lockdown.
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I don't like daylight savings - 2021 October 03
I'm not a fan of daylight savings because of the health impacts I see from it every year.
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Meanwhile over on the VIX... - 2021 October 01
Meanwhile there's some interesting things happening on the VIX...
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V shaped lies - 2021 October 01
The non-financial economy is still in a bad state, and anyone who looks at the raw data knows it, but the shared delusion of the V shaped recovery is powerful and stubbornly persistent. It's also extremely harmful to a lot of people, this sort of gaslighting is doing an enormous amount of damage to people. It's this harm that makes me feel compelled to write on the subject, people deserve better than this.
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"Maximum" salaries - 2021 September 30
A funny interaction I wanted to share.
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2021 September 22 Melbourne earthquake - 2021 September 22
We just had an earthquake in Melbourne.
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Fast things happen slowly then quickly - 2021 September 21
How fast do "sudden" events happen?
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Finally getting around to publishing some monetary policy articles - 2021 September 19
I'm finally getting around to publishing some articles I started writing back in 2020 about interest rates and monetary policy and the various developments that have happened in global economics lately.
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13 years since the failure of Lehman Brothers - 2021 September 15
It is 13 years to the day today since Lehman Brothers collapsed.
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