"We stopped along the road in a remote countryside village when this photo was taken. A mother walks hand-in-hand with her child. During our tours, we pass through these villages to get a true feeling for the people, culture and environment." the source
With all the "talk" of diverging paths of monetary policy... one could be forgiven, if glancing at the chart above, for thinking the inevitable endgame of Keynesianism is very much at hand as first The BoJ, then The Fed, then Europe all enter ZIRP... and now NIRP... the source
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