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Crisis Compels Economists To Reach for New Paradigm
online.wsj.com - 4 days ago
Crisis Compels Economists To Reach for New Paradigm
— online.wsj.com — Jesse Neider for the Wall Street Journal Yale economist John Geanakoplos has seen his previously obscure theory about collateral's role in the credit bubble gain currency after it burst. (more) Crisis Compels Economists To Reach for New Paradigm
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interfluidity.com - 2 days ago
Sympathy for the Treasury
— interfluidity.com — 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 ... (more) Sympathy for the Treasury

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federalreserve.gov - 3 days ago
November 4, 2009
— federalreserve.gov — Release Date: November 4, 2009 For immediate release Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September suggests that economic activity has continued to pick up. Conditions in financial markets were roughly unchanged, on ... (more) November 4, 2009

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ft.com - 5 days ago
Mother of all carry trades faces an inevitable bust
— ft.com — Since March there has been a massive rally in all sorts of risky assets – equities, oil, energy and commodity prices – a narrowing of high-yield and high-grade credit spreads, and an even bigger rally in emerging market asset classes (their stocks, ... (more) Mother of all carry trades faces an inevitable bust

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nakedcapitalism.com - 4 days ago
Curious Meeting at Treasury Department
— nakedcapitalism.com — The Treasury invited a small group of bloggers for a “discussion” with senior officials on Monday. Initially, the meeting was to be background, which is a sort of journalistic “FYI but you can’t use it” but we were told ... (more) Curious Meeting at Treasury Department

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Can Citigroup Carry Its Own Weight?
nytimes.com - 6 days ago
Can Citigroup Carry Its Own Weight?
— nytimes.com — OVER the past 80 years, the United States government has engineered not one, not two, not three, but at least four rescues of the institution now known as Citigroup . In previous instances, the bank came back from the crisis and prospered. Will ... (more) Can Citigroup Carry Its Own Weight?

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telegraph.co.uk - 5 days ago
It is Japan we should be worrying about not America
— telegraph.co.uk — Japan is drifting helplessly towards a dramatic fiscal crisis. For 20 years the world's secondlargest economy has been able to borrow cheaply from a captive bond market feeding its addiction to Keynesian deficit spending - and allowing it to push ... (more) It is Japan we should be worrying about not America

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online.wsj.com - 5 days ago
Goldman Looks to Buy Fannie Tax Credits
— online.wsj.com — WASHINGTON -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is in talks to buy millions of dollars of tax credits from government-controlled mortgage giant Fannie Mae, but the potential deal is running into opposition from the U.S. Treasury, which could block the deal. A ... (more) Goldman Looks to Buy Fannie Tax Credits

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mcclatchydc.com - 6 days ago
How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash
— mcclatchydc.com — WASHINGTON — In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it was secretly betting that a sharp drop in U.S. housing prices would send ... (more) How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash

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The Periodic Table of Finance Bloggers
thereformedbroker.com - 5 days ago
The Periodic Table of Finance Bloggers
— thereformedbroker.com — Click Image to Embiggen! I’ve been asked several times to update my finance blogger list, so I figured on the week of The Reformed Broker’s first anniversary, I’d oblige. Everyone listed on The Periodic Table of Finance Bloggers has ... (more) The Periodic Table of Finance Bloggers

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online.wsj.com - 5 days ago
Jittery Companies Stash Cash
— online.wsj.com — Stung by the financial crisis, companies are holding more cash -- and a greater percentage of assets in cash -- than at any time in the past 40 years. In the second quarter, the 500 largest nonfinancial U.S. firms, by total assets, held about $994 ... (more) Jittery Companies Stash Cash

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calculatedriskblog.com - 3 days ago
NY Times Leonhardt: The Optimistic View
— calculatedriskblog.com — David Leonhardt at the NY Times gives "equal time" to a more optimistic outlook: Through a Glass Less Darkly In the fall of 1982, with a long recession ending but the unemployment rate heading toward 10 percent, The New York Times ran an article ... (more) NY Times Leonhardt: The Optimistic View

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accruedint.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
Accrued Interest: Financial Regulation: How would you have it work?
— accruedint.blogspot.com — Yesterday myself and several other financial bloggers got the chance to meet with several senior Treasury officials, including the Secretary himself. It was a fascinating experience and I have to admit, it was just plain cool to be within the bowels ... (more) Accrued Interest: Financial Regulation: How would you ...

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blogs.wsj.com - 3 days ago
In the Battle for Stimulus Jobs, Shoe Store Owner Tells War Story
— blogs.wsj.com — Louise Radnofsky reports on how the stimulus money is being spent. How did Kentucky shoe store owner Buddy Moore save nine jobs with just $889.60 in federal stimulus money? He didn't, and that's turning into a big headache for him. Moore's store in ... (more) In the Battle for Stimulus Jobs, Shoe Store Owner Tells ...

Comments vote down Greg Mankiw's Blog found this 3 days agofound this
Global Nominal Spending History
macromarketmusings.blogspot.com - 2 days ago
Global Nominal Spending History
— macromarketmusings.blogspot.com — As someone who believes that stabilizing nominal spending rather than inflation is key to macroeconomic stability, I have taken the liberty in the past to reframe U.S. macroeconomic history according to this perspective. Thus, I renamed (1) the " ... (more) Global Nominal Spending History

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washingtonpost.com - 2 days ago
FHA delays the release of disputed audit of its finances
— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) FHA delays the release of disputed audit of its finances
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ft.com - 41 hours ago
Citi to relaunch troubled hedge fund unit
— ft.com — By Henny Sender and Francesco Guerrera in New York Published: November 6 2009 00:01 | Last updated: November 6 2009 00:01 Citigroup is poised to relaunch the unit containing its troubled hedge fund operations after nearly two years of poor ... (more) Citi to relaunch troubled hedge fund unit

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online.wsj.com - 7 hours ago
Mark Spitznagel: The Man Who Predicted the Depression
— online.wsj.com — MARK SPITZNAGEL Ludwig von Mises was snubbed by economists world-wide as he warned of a credit crisis in the 1920s. We ignore the great Austrian at our peril today. Mises's ideas on business cycles were spelled out in his 1912 tome "Theorie des Geldes ... (more) Mark Spitznagel: The Man Who Predicted the Depression

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boston.com - 2 days ago
With tax break, a big carbon footprint
— boston.com — But the real problem with the credit is that it continues the long-standing federal push toward far-flung McMansions and away from dense, apartment living. In the 1950s, the Interstate Highway System encouraged Americans to flee older urban areas. ... (more) With tax break, a big carbon footprint
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forbes.com - 5 days ago
Be Prepared for the Worst
— forbes.com — Any number of pundits claim that we have now passed the worst of the recession. Green shoots of recovery are supposedly popping up all around the country, and the economy is expected to resume growing soon at an annual rate of 3% to 4%. Many of these ... (more) Be Prepared for the Worst

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