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FT Alphaville —
... One grim spectre of the interwar period has thankfully not arrived in the UK: deflation. Although it was revealed on Tuesday that the retail prices index dropped over the past year, the country is not experiencing widespread deflation. Nor does it seem imminent. Martin Wolf: The green shoots of recovery could yet whither Spring has arrived and policymakers see “green shoots”. Is the worst behind us? In a word, No. The rate of economic decline is decelerating. But it is too soon even to be sure of a turnround, let alone of a return to rapid growth. These are still early days ...
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Economist's View —
... global write-downs: $4.1 trillion - FP Passport
For Housing Crisis, the End Probably Isn’t Near - NYTimes.com
Water wars - Jeffrey D. Sachs
How house-hunting ants choose the best home - EurekAlert
Geithner fails to impress - How the World Works
A flawed first draft of history - FT
Are Fiscal Stimulus Funds Going to the 'Right' States? - FRBSF
Why the ‘green shoots’ of recovery could yet wither - FT
A necessary amendment to the ...
links for 2009-04-22
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
... Robert Solow: How to Understand the Disaster
Martin Wolf: Why the ‘green shoots’ of recovery could yet wither
Steve Benen on ...
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naked capitalism —
Fertility expert: 'I can clone a human being' Independent (hat tip reader Carrick) World's major rivers 'drying up' BBC (hat tip reader Steve L) Climate Change Schizophrenia Marc Gunther, The Big Money We Fought A.I.G. and A.I.G. Won Steve Davidoff, New York Times Why the ‘green shoots’ of recovery could yet wither Martin Wolf, Financial Times How economics lost sight of real world John Kay, Financial Times Debtholders vs. U.S. Over Chrysler Deal New York Times. The bondholders ...
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The Mess That Greenspan Made —
... to gold ETFs hits all-time high in Q1: WGC - Reuters • Banks' Quarterly Earnings Are Misleading - Huffington Post • Jim Rogers Bares Secrets of Investing - Bloomberg • Gold's confusing behavior - MarketWatch • Commodities Boom and Bust - Metal Miner ECONOMY • How economics lost sight of real world - Financial Times • Soaring U.S. Budget Deficit Will Mean Billions in Bond Sales - Bloomberg • Why the ‘green shoots’ of recovery could yet wither - Financial Times • Gold Standard and the ...
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FT Alphaville —
... See FT.com’s in-depth report for analysis, reports and commentary from a team of reporters, industry experts and FT commentators. Martin Wolf: The green shoots of recovery could yet wither Spring has arrived and policymakers see “green shoots”. Is the worst behind us? In a word, No. The rate of economic decline is decelerating. But it is too soon even to be sure of a turnround, let alone of a return to rapid growth. Yet more remote is elimination of excess capacity. Most remote of all is an end to deleveraging. Complacency is perilous. These are still early days. ...
“The Lehman Brothers bankruptcy is fading into history”
FT Alphaville —
... , which may or may not develop into a full blown pandemic. Just like all those green shoots, which may or may not wither in the glare of economic reality. To quote every economist ever, it’s just too early to tell. Related links: “Is the worst behind us? In a word, No.” - Martin Wolf / FT ...
