by Peak Dev | Jan 1, 2015 | News, Perspectives
January 2015 Central banks try to control monetary policy with the printing of money and movement of short-term interest rates. Switzerland recently joined Japan and the European Union (EU) in creating negative interest rates. In these regions, banks now charge...
by Peak Dev | Jan 1, 2014 | News, Perspectives
January 2014 Last month, the US Federal Reserve Bank (the Fed) celebrated its 100-year birthday with a $4 trillion balance sheet. The Fed had less than $1 trillion in assets in 2006 before the financial crisis. Janet Yellen is expected to replace Ben Bernanke as the...