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Get Ready for a Decade of 1% Annual Returns: Research Affiliates
By Gil WeinreichResearch Affiliates agrees with Larry Summers' argument that the U.S. is facing secular stagnation and years of weak demand and slow growth.
May 04, 2015
Fed seeks data showing happiness is a full shopping cartReal disposable incomes rose 6.2 percent in the first quarter, the most in more than two years.
April 29, 2015
Bernanke Joins PIMCO as Senior AdviserFormer Fed chair was recently hired as an adviser to a hedge fund, and will continue as a fellow with the Brookings Institution.
April 27, 2015
3 Former Treasury Secretaries Sing a Song of WoeThree former secretaries of the Treasurylike their operatic counterparts the Three Tenorswere singing the same tune, a requiem for the U.S. political system.
April 14, 2015
Rising Rate Consensus Is Wrong: Research AffiliatesWorried about rising rates? Dont be. But theres ample room to be worried about the reason rates wont be rising much, Research Affiliates warns.
April 09, 2015
Fed officials divided over June liftoff, FOMC minutes showA premature interest rate increase could force policy makers to reverse course and cut the benchmark rate to zero.
March 27, 2015
The fastest-growing U.S. city is a senior communityThe Villages, a sprawling senior community of 114,000 residents, increased 5.4 percent in the year ended July 2014.
March 20, 2015
How the Fed erased 1% of the dollar's value in a single dayThe Federal Reserve's policy statement knocked 1 percent off the value of the dollar without even directly mentioning it.