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thebigmoney.com - 7/19/2009
China’s Magic Numbers
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BEIJING-China, on Thursday, announced its second-quarter gross domestic product-a big deal here. It's not just the Chinese government's top priority but a nearly sacrosanct number. Growth came in at an astounding 7.9 percent. But could China's GDP really grow that fast even with the collapse of global trade? Economists at top brokerages and investment banks say yes. Debate raged a decade ago over whether or not to trust the data or how much officials at various layers were fudging the numbers. But ...
Deficits saved the world
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 7/15/2009
Deficits saved the world
— krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — Jan Hatzius of Goldman Sachs has a new note (no link) responding to claims that government support... for the economy is postponing the necessary adjustment. He doesn't think much of that argument; neither do I. But one passage in particular caught my ... (more) Deficits saved the world

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A look at the recovery
macroblog.typepad.com - 7/25/2009
A look at the recovery
— macroblog.typepad.com — Earlier this week my boss, Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart, weighed in with his views about the... shape of the economic recovery to come while speaking at a meeting of the Nashville, Tenn., Rotary Club : "The economy is stabilizing and ... (more) A look at the recovery

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Unemployment rate: Count me surprised
macroblog.typepad.com - 7/24/2009
Unemployment rate: Count me surprised
— macroblog.typepad.com — Brad DeLong has taken a look at the job market and is counting himself among the economists... who admit that, "Well, I just got it wrong." According to DeLong: "… the rise in the unemployment rate during a recession should be a fraction of the ... (more) Unemployment rate: Count me surprised

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Sunday links: Internet investing
Abnormal Returns — ... View) There will likely be two bottoms for the housing market.  (Calculated Risk) “If a consumer agency had been set up 20 years ago, would the subprime mortgage crisis have been prevented“  (NYTimes) “Hope will not end the recession.”  (Howard Lindzon) Is China really growing at 8%?  (The Big Money) Crowdsourcing works when it is ...

Morning Reads 7-21-2009
Portfolio Tilt — ... Tales of an LBO Gone Wrong (Deal Journal) 3.) Overbought/Oversold Stocks Weekly (Bespoke Investment) 4.) High Yield Spreads Back Below 2002 Bear Market Highs (Bespoke Investment) 5.) The Main Difference Between Europe and USA (Funny Picture) (OptionARMageddon) 6.) Apple Brewing Ahead of Announcements (Daily Options Report) 7.) Good Malcom Gladwell Article on the Overconfidence of Banks and the Consequences (The New Yorker) 8.) China's Magic Numbers (The Big Money) 9.) Large Bank Loses $7.9 Billion: CDS Involed ...

Links 7/21/09
naked capitalism — ... Worth Little, on Bailout Floyd Norris, New York Times. The critics are correct that Neil Barofsky's $23.7 trillion number does not reflect the actual damage taxpayers will suffer, but they miss an important point. That figure is a combo plate of hard dollar expenditures like the TARP, plus guarantees and special facilities, which are tantamount to credit lines and guarantees. The fact that the POTENTIAL support extended is this large is a politically significant fact. China’s Magic Numbers: Is the republic really growing at 8 percent a year? April Rabkin, The Big ...

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