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America’s Minsky Moment Approaches

March 30, 2024

America’s Minsky Moment Approaches Commentary Named after American economist Hyman Minsky, the idea behind a Minsky moment is that a financial markets crisis (especially in credit markets) is caused by a sudden and systemic collapse in asset prices, usually after a sustained period of speculative investment, excessive borrowing, and widespread financial risk taking. In other […]

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MacroView: The Next “Minsky Moment” Is Inevitable

February 8, 2020

MacroView: The Next “Minsky Moment” Is Inevitable In 2007, I was at a conference where Paul McCulley, who was with PIMCO at the time, was discussing the idea of a “Minsky Moment.”  At that time, this idea fell on “deaf ears” as the markets, and economy, were in full swing. However, it wasn’t too long before the 2008 “Financial Crisis” brought […]

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The Return Of The “Minsky Moment”

July 11, 2017

The Return Of The “Minsky Moment” “The emergence of money manager capitalism means that the financing of the capital development of the economy has taken a back seat to the quest for short-run total returns.” – Circa 1992. Wall Street has forgotten the great financial crisis. A sense of relief has settled firmly on the legendary […]

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The Eurozone’s Minsky Conundrum

November 13, 2015

The Eurozone’s Minsky Conundrum BRUSSELS – Stubbornly low inflation has the European Central Bank worried. But its response – essentially just more quantitative easing – could backfire, exacerbating imbalances and generating serious financial instability. As it stands, the headline consumer price index in the eurozone hovers around zero, and even core inflation remains below 1% […]

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