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Sympathy for the Treasury

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:33:38 +0000

It worked! Officials pointed to a lot of good news in terms of visible cash flows associated with TARP and the various assistance programs. They claimed that since the Obama administration has taken office, more money has come back than has been put into the financial system (although what ...

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Obama In China: Breaking The Exchange Rate Deadlock

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:31:26 +0000

President Obama leaves next week for a high profile trip that includes meetings with other “Asia-Pacific” countries (in the APEC forum ) and a visit to China. The President has had considerable diplomatic success on the economic front to date, including at the G20 summit in April and – to a ...

jamesykwak posted 45 hours ago from baselinescenario.com

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Lockheed Martin Passes Important Missile Test

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:52:17 +0000

On Thursday, the media got word from the U.S. Air Force of successful testing of Lockheed Martin’s ( LMT ) new and improved long range missiles. The successful testing, in which 15 out of 16 missiles got the desired result, should clear the way for up to $4.4 billion in contracts ...

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Obama To Address Shooting At Fort Hood, Texas, Shortly During Event At Interior Department

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:38:33 +0000

Obama To Address Shooting At Fort Hood, Texas, Shortly During Event At Interior Department

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Up Is Template for Obama’s Zombies: Matthew Lynn

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:52:00 +0000

Up Is Template for Obama’s Zombies: Matthew Lynn

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The Forgotten Fed Chairman, Why Is Paul Volcker Being Silenced?

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:25:33 +0000

Is Paul Volcker starting to crack ? Larry Summers, Tim Geithner and President Obama all agree; there will be no call to split-up the largest banks under their watch. Makes you wonder why Volcker even bothers. As the lone voice of sanity in a sea of Wall Street capture, ...

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Increasing returns in a comparative advantage world

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:06:00 +0000

Largely incomprehensible.

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Is Obama's 'cash-for-clunkers' program to blame for the dramatic rise in used car prices?

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:29:00 +0000

The auto world was cheered by yesterday's news that new car demand continues to increase, with several major automakers reporting higher sales compared with a year ago. But as new car prices rise, buyers aren't going to find as much...

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How Obama Can Convince Congress to Enact a Larger Stimulus, and Why He Must

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:03:21 +0000

The Administration's biggest economic mistake so far was to badly underestimate last January how bad the employment situation would become by Fall. As a result, it low-balled the stimulus -- settling for a plan that, while avoiding even worse job losses, didn't go nearly far enough. Obama has ...

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If a deficit falls in the forest ...

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:51:54 +0000

If I were a politician, I'd focus on providing real improvements in peoples' lives, rather than seeking deficit reductions the public won't even hear about.

The Daily Bail found this 2 days ago on krugman.blogs.nytimes.com

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2008 Election -- One Year Later

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:44:57 +0000

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the historical 2008 election. Since the close on November 4th, 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 1.52%. When you think about how far markets were down in early March, the fact that the Dow is now up over the last year is pretty amazing. Below we ...

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Obama's Political Influence Put to Test

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:53:37 +0000

Elections in New Jersey, Virginia and New York Will Measure President's Power

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Books that will help gain sanity in insane market - Part 1

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:52:06 +0000

STRATFOR series on Russia. Don’t know if it’s Tom Clancy-like fiction or not. But makes an interesting read. Part 1: http://bit.ly/4wbacE STRATFOR series on Russia - “The Kremlin Wars,” part 2: http://bit.ly/1qqvM8 Gerald J. Ford made a lot $ buying distressed banks, but cannot find good ...

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No saving grace

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:18:00 +0000

The Obama administration's "jobs created or saved" is just a way of saying "other things equal" in non-economese.

Greg Mankiw's Blog found this 4 days ago on krugman.blogs.nytimes.com

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Stiglitz Says U.S. Is Paying for Failure to Nationalize Banks

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:20:57 +0000

Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said the world’s biggest economy is suffering because of the U.S. government’s failure to nationalize banks during the financial crisis. “If we had done the right thing, we would be able to have more influence over the banks,” ...

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Locke Was ‘Imprecise’ in Comments on Second Stimulus (Update1)

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 23:33:00 +0000

Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Commerce Secretary Gary Locke was “imprecise” when he said President Barack Obama’s advisers are considering a second stimulus measure, his spokesman said today. Locke, in an interview with Bloomberg Television, said: “If there is to be another stimulus -- and that’s ...

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Attorney General Tries to Silence School Choice Ad

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:15:11 +0000

This, finally, is too much: Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States, walked up to former DC Councilman Kevin Chavous at an event and told him to pull an ad criticizing the administration for its opposition to the DC school voucher program . The Attorney General of the United States! ...

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All Hallows E’en

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:55:51 +0000

Today is All Saints day , the day for to celebrate saints who don’t have their own special day. So last night was the celebration to scare away the evil spirits in anticipation of their arrival. Which brings me to the question: how many children came knocked at your door last night? We had ...

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Fed Pick Shakes Up Bank Rules

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:03:43 +0000

The rise of Daniel Tarullo, a lawyer with a longstanding interest in bank regulation appointed to the Fed Board by Obama, is a sign the era of light-touch bank regulation is over.

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Wesley Mouch Award

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:40:00 +0000

(October 14, 2009 06:16 PM, by Arnold Kling) Biofuels digest reports, In Washington, the US Secretary of Energy, Dr. Steven Chu, broke with Obama administration renewable energy policy, telling stunned alternative energy developers at a recent meeting on alternative fuels that "if it were up to ...

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