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Fabian Wintersberger is an Austrian economist and rates trader, working in the financial sector. He also maintains a blog and twitter account where he comments developments on financial markets, economics and politics. He is also the author of several comments on Brussels Report.
In this seventh episode of the Brussels Report Podcast, BrusselsReport.eu editor Pieter Cleppe discusses with him:
- The prospects for deflation and inflation
- The effect of higher interest rates on the cohesion of the Eurozone
- The “zombification” of the economy
- Comparing Japan’s economic development with that in the Eurozone and the U.S.
'The Case For Deflation?'
1. The causes of deflation
2. Why deflation is so dangerous within our monetary system
3. Yields fall during tapering
4. What two Deflationistas say
4. What's different to post-08https://t.co/HjD2l4xXWc pic.twitter.com/0rAes1R0Hv— Fabian Wintersberger (@f_wintersberger) July 2, 2021
#Eurozone PPI numbers (May) today!
Expectations: YoY: 9.6% (vs. 7.6% in April)
MoM: 1.2% (vs. 1% prior)When will businesses start to pass costs onto consumers? Below chart shows YoY PPI vs. CPI 👇 pic.twitter.com/prOyTWB8qH
— Fabian Wintersberger (@f_wintersberger) July 2, 2021
'[Until 2020] the macroecon. environment in.. industr. countries was characterized by low productivity, weak growth, & high debt… acc by falling interest rates. When the Corona crisis erupted, CBs created… more money, enabling record-high gov. debt.'https://t.co/HqdnEYyNZc pic.twitter.com/vYJsAq1zMp
— Fabian Wintersberger (@f_wintersberger) July 2, 2021
'[Until 2020] the macroecon. environment in.. industr. countries was characterized by low productivity, weak growth, & high debt… acc by falling interest rates. When the Corona crisis erupted, CBs created… more money, enabling record-high gov. debt.'https://t.co/HqdnEYyNZc pic.twitter.com/vYJsAq1zMp
— Fabian Wintersberger (@f_wintersberger) July 2, 2021
