All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Economics

This article is important because it points to a possible field of immense growth, i.e.  Russian demand for  grater and more efficient electric power and the possiblity of large contracts for foreign investment in the technologies needed to ensure that efficiency and bring more power to Rusisan...

EON, Germany’s biggest power producer, has set up a joint venture in Siberia with Russian energy group STS which will assist the company in its goal of building up a strong position in one of Europe’s largest and fastest growing markets. Both partners own a 50 % stake in the new company with the name...

A VEBA in the auto industry will most likely be part of the collective agreements between the UAW and GM, Ford, and Chrysler; thus it will require renegotiation at the expiration of the agreement, most likely in 2011.  In addition, a VEBA would raise issues in pension-like underfunding.  There...

After three months of debate, the PRI and PRD have reached an agreement on changes to the fiscal reform package proposed by the Calderon administration. There is a good chance the reform will be passed by Congress in September. 

“A marriage made in heaven” – that’s what the merger between Daimler and Chrysler was once called. Today we can read about their divorce and how they are looking around for potential new partners. This analysis gives a rough overview and comments on the future of the enterprise.

Some members on this site have called for an easing of monetary conditions through a rate cut. They do not agree with the Fed's decision to leave rates alone for the time being. But the Fed's mantra is: deploy the right instruments at the right time for the right objective. Touching all three bases...

An understanding of the factors determining central bank independence is essential if we wish to see how central banking and the conduct of monetary policy differs between most industrial and emerging market  countries.  The article in The Economist cites a recent IMF study...

As the company struggles to improve an image tarnished by corruption the supervisory board of the German engineering conglomerate Siemens AG announced on May 20 already that it has tapped Peter Loescher as its new CEO. The announcement ended weeks of uncertainty over who would take over leadership of...

A correct understanding of the role of the Fed as a central bank and of the policy instruments at its disposal is key to understanding its decision to leave interest rates unchanged earlier this week. Calls for lowering rates may be premature given the current state of the economy as a whole, not...

It is important to analyze the distorting effects of price controls if in fact Nitish Grover is right in saying that the Indian government is contemplating imposition of such controls. This article will look at some of the consequences of price controls for the Indian economy.