Credit booms have globally fuelled hikes in stock, raw material and real estate markets which have culminated in the recent US subprime market crisis. We explain the global asset market booms since the mid 1980s based on the overinvestment theories of Hayek, Wicksell and Schumpeter. We argue...

The bursting of the Japanese bubble economy in the early 1990s put the stage for a lasting lowzero-, and negative-interest rate environment, which fundamentally changed the business environment for the Japanese commercial banks. On the income side, with interest margins becoming increasingly...

The bursting of the Japanese bubble economy in the early 1990s put the stage for a lasting lowzero-, and negative-interest rate environment, which fundamentally changed the business environment for the Japanese commercial banks. On the income side, with interest margins becoming increasingly...

The bursting of the Japanese bubble economy in the early 1990s put the stage for a lasting low-, zero-, and negative-interest rate environment, which fundamentally changed the business environment for the Japanese commercial banks. On the income side, with interest margins becoming increasingly...

We show how since the mid 1980s expansionary monetary policies in the large economies and “vagabonding liquidity” have contributed to bubbles in the new and emerging markets. Based on the monetary overinvestment theories of Hayek and Wicksell we describe a wave of bubbles and crises that was...

Credit booms have globally fuelled hikes in stock, raw material and real estate markets which have culminated in the recent US subprime market crisis. We explain the global asset market booms since the mid 1980s based on the overinvestment theories of Hayek, Wicksell and Schumpeter. We argue...

Historisch niedrige Inflationsraten und Warnungen vor Deflation gehen in den großen Industrieländern mit Exzessen auf den Finanzmärkten einher. Um Wachstum und Inflation wiederzubeleben, werden im Zuge der quantitativen Lockerung die Zentralbankbilanzen aufgeblasen, ohne dass es zum einem...

Credit booms have globally fuelled hikes in stock, raw material and real estate markets which have culminated in the recent US subprime market crisis. We explain the global asset market booms since the mid 1980s based on the overinvestment theories of Hayek, Wicksell and Schumpeter. We argue...

Historisch niedrige Inflationsraten und Warnungen vor Deflation gehen in den großen Industrieländern mit Exzessen auf den Finanzmärkten einher. Um Wachstum und Inflation wiederzubeleben, werden im Zuge der quantitativen Lockerung die Zentralbankbilanzen aufgeblasen, ohne dass es zum einem...

The paper analyses the impact of the US financial market bubble on world goods and commodity markets as well as the consequences of the world financial crisis for international trade. The paper shows that the close interdependence between financial and goods markets has led during the US...