Mario Draghi

Draghi, Lagarde & more QE, as Macron moves to rule Europe (Video)

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss European Central Bank President Mario Draghi decision to cut deposit rates and start open-ended bond purchases. Draghi is making a final run at reflating the euro-area economy, before Christine Lagarde takes over as ECB chief.
Draghi and Lagarde are moving to further integrate the EU along the lines of French President Emmanuel Macron’s vision of an all-powerful, centralized Brussels ruling over weakened, periphery member states.

ECB: Rates, stimulus program unchanged

The euro reacted to the ECB’s announcements on Thursday by rising to its highest position against the US dollar in two weeks [Xinhua]
The euro hit a two-week high against the US dollar late Thursday after the European Central Bank (ECB) agreed to keep it’s current stimulus (quantitative easing) program as is with no change.
Just ahead of markets closing in Europe on Thursday, the euro rose 0.67 per cent to 1.134 against the dollar.

Mom, Is it War Yet?

For me 2015 began with a suicide. I was on my way to Berlin with an early train just after midnight on 1 January. About 8 am our connecting train from Hamburg stopped approximately 25 kilometres down the line because someone had apparently gotten up early that morning and travelled to a point in the middle of nowhere to jump in front of it. Since our train was approximately 45 minutes late, this person not only had to contemplate his way to the tracks but wait perhaps impatiently for the wheeled engine of his demise to do its work.

How to rob a bank: William Black

TEDx Talks | March 3, 2014

William Black is an associate professor of economics and law at UMKC. He has held many prestigious positions, including executive director for Fraud Prevention. He recently helped the World Bank develop anti-corruption initiatives and served as an expert for OFHEO in its enforcement action against Fannie Mae’s former senior management. He is a criminologist and former financial regulator.
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