Below you will find the articles on economics, investing, and finance that we found most interesting for the week.
NB: ($) denotes subscription site.
Oil historian Daniel Yergin seems to take a pretty balanced view on the supply/demand situation for oil. He still seems to place some faith in OPEC’s ability to impact price.
Op-Ed via Wall Street Journal ($)
The Lex column points out that bank lending is finally picking up steam. Is velocity of money next?
Article via Financial Times ($)
The American middle class consumer continues to get squeezed by rising healthcare and telecom costs.
Article via Wall Street Journal ($)
Luke Johnson has some wise words on the correlation between trust and economic success.
Article via Financial Times ($)
Anyone who claims central banking isn’t political is crazy, just ask Mario Draghi. Oh, what a balancing act he is having to do to launch quantitative easing in Europe!
Article via Financial Times ($)