Traffic signals

Traffic signals

Author: Grant's Interest Rate Observer October 15, 2018 Duration: 23:43

Lakshman Achuthan, co-founder of the Economic Cycle Research Institute, joins the cast of characters to review pertinent signals in growth, interest rates and inflation.

4:48 The future path of inflation

9:34 Keynes and the 1960's

12:36 An interest rate surprise?

17:03 Financial repression and conventional indicators

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