European economy facing generational shift down

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By Leith van Onselen

Above is an interesting video interview screened earlier today on CNBC with Paul Drake, Founder of View from the Peak: Macro Strategies.

In the interview, Drake argues:

  • The European economy is facing a generational shift and a ‘lost generation”, whereby growth will be structurally lower for at least another 10 to 15 years.
  • Monetary stimulus won’t work to heal the economy. Instead, genuine structural reforms are required.
  • Japan’s QE program is a potential disaster and deflationary for everywhere else. The rest of Asia, Germany, and certain US corporates, in particular, will be badly effected.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.