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Finding the exit
econbrowser.com - 12/16/2008
Finding the exit
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How you think we might get out of our current economic problems has something to do with how you think we got into them in the first place. Let me begin by noting several remarkable trends that accelerated dramatically over the last decade. The first is a steady decline in the saving rate, ...
Financial Crisis and Recession
woodwardhall.wordpress.com - 12/11/2008
Financial Crisis and Recession
— woodwardhall.wordpress.com — The Obama administration’s focus on infrastructure spending raises the natural question of the effect of government purchases... on total GDP. Does government spending stimulate other categories of spending, especially consumer spending? Or does ... (more) Financial Crisis and Recession

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So Just When Does Spain's Twin Deficit Problem Become Unsustainable?
spaineconomy.blogspot.com - 12/13/2008
So Just When Does Spain's Twin Deficit Problem Become Unsustainable?
— spaineconomy.blogspot.com — This, it seems, is the question of the day. According to the IMF Spain’s economy faces a... contraction of at least one percent next year. And the IMF stress that the risks to this forecast “remain on the downside” since the country’s real-estate market ... (more) So Just When Does Spain's Twin Deficit Problem Become ...

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nakedcapitalism.com - 12/23/2008
Guest Post: "How Can No One See An Imminent Fall in Chinese GDP and a Secular Slowdown Thereafter?"s
— nakedcapitalism.com — I am now wondering if Google censors posts (I use Blogger), I put this post up at... 1:33 AM, and even had a reader e-mail me that the post had disappeared (with no listing in "Recent Posts" which happens if I put up a post and then remove it). I have ... (more) Guest Post: "How Can No One See An Imminent Fall in ...

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Abnormal Returns — ... “The low saving and high leverage that we saw in 2005 were an anomalous departure from the likely sustainable steady-state values, and there will be no road that leads back to those from here.”  (Econbrowser) ...

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