Krugman’s had a go, Cowen’s had a response and now Roche has weighed in.
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Izabella Kaminska joined FT Alphaville in October 2008. Before that she worked as a producer at CNBC, a natural gas reporter at Platts and an associate editor of BP's internal magazine.
Learn more| Market | Last price | Today's change |
52 week high |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTSE 100 Index: FSI As of May 20 2013 15:49 |
6,742 | +19.20 | +0.3% | 6,745 |
| FTSEurofirst 300 Index: FSI As of May 20 2013 15:35 |
1,250 | +2.02 | +0.2% | 1,251 |
| S&P 500 INDEX: WCB As of May 17 2013 05:00 |
1,667 | +17.00 | +1.0% | 1,667 |
| Euro/US Dollar FX Spot Rate As of May 20 2013 10:09 |
1.29 | 0.00 | +0.3% | 1.37 |
| ICE Brent Crude Oil Front Month: IEU As of May 20 2013 15:40 |
104.56 | -0.08 | -0.1% | 119.17 |
| COMEX GOLD 1 FUTURES CHAIN Front Mon: CMX As of May 20 2013 08:47 |
1,348 | -16.90 | -1.2% | 1,795 |
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