BANKER'S COMMENT BY JEAN-PIERRE PATAT. A former central banker looks at the news.

Each month, Jean-Pierre Patat, Honorary Director-General of the Banque de France and a TAC advisor, offers his own point of view on the economic and financial news, with total editorial freedom.
Email : jppatat@tac-financial.com

• Mar. 2011, Greece and Ireland mis-treated by Europeans?
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• Feb. 2011, Inflation. Should we dream of it?
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• Jan. 2011, Anthropology at the service of anti-bank hatred.
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• Dec. 2010, Exiting zero rates.
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• Nov. 2010, Quantitative easing phase 2: The Fed not as irresponsible as sometimes portrayed.
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• Oct. 2010, Monetary policies: dilemmas and uncertainties.
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• Sep. 2010, The American banks’ adaptation to the new regulation could prove costly for the economy.
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• Jun. 2010, Is the French debt edging towards downgrading?
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• May 2010, Financial regulation in the States: some improvements but a few gaps remain.
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• Apr. 2010, When there is again talk of a bond market crash.
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• Mar. 2010, The sovereign debt in the euro zone. Market manipulation?
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• Feb. 2010, The Euro: Economic governance, desirable but would not solve everything.
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• Jan. 2010, When zero rates kill credit.
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• Dec. 2009, A G20 not as futile as all that.
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• Nov. 2009, Inflation, feared or hoped for.
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• Oct. 2009, The dollar, yet again.
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• Sep. 2009, Nation States profit indirectly from the way banks drag their feet in respect of credit.
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• Aug. 2009, A nuanced assessment of the “unconventional” measures taken by the Fed.
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• Jun. 2009, Regulation reforms in the USA and Europe. The problems are not the same.
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• May. 2009, 'Stress tests' not all that stressful.
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• Apr. 2009, Recovery for the global economy: does it depend on getting shot of 'toxic assets'?.
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• March. 2009, Africa and the crisis. Bravo the IMF’s Managing Director.
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• Feb. 2009, The illusion of 'non-conventional actions' by central banks.
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• Jan. 2009, Guilty, the banks?
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• Dec. 2008, Confirmation that anything, and above all the impossible, is possible.
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• Nov. 2008, American monetary policy: Same old story?
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• Oct. 2008, Crisis: a spectacular evolution in the job description of central banks.
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• Sep. 2008, The United States of America: delicate management of the 'moral hazard' factor.
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• Aug. 2008, Trichet: a masterly double whammy ?
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