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interfluidity.com - 16 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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nakedcapitalism.com - 17 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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baselinescenario.com - 15 days ago

Treasury and the Blogs

— baselinescenario.com — On Monday the Treasury Department (various officials, including Geithner, in shifts) had an informal meeting with eight prominent finance or economics bloggers. I’ve only read the accounts by Tyler Cowen , Steve Waldman , and Yves Smith ; Waldman names all of them and links to other ... (more) Treasury and the Blogs

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Friday links: the risk trade
Abnormal Returns — ... Congress.  (Steven Pearlstein) Felix Salmon, “If the US no longer drives the global economy, then the rest of the world will be much less inclined to fund its twin deficits to the tune of trillions of dollars per year.”  (Felix Salmon) Which bloggers were invited to the sit down with Treasury officials?  (Aleph Blog, ibid also Marginal Revolution, Kid Dynamite, Baseline ...

Treasury and the Blogs
The Baseline Scenario — ... On Monday the Treasury Department (various officials, including Geithner, in shifts) had an informal meeting with eight prominent finance or economics bloggers. I’ve only read the accounts by Tyler Cowen, ...

Economists' best friends are at Treasury
SCSUScholars — ... Tyler Cowen, commenting on the big pow-wow between Treasury and some financial economists. He provides a link to other commentary. When I have worked overseas, when it's been the US government who issued the contract the agency was USAID, part of State. In my first long-term post in Ukraine I found the most reasonable people were the ones assigned from Treasury followed by World Bank, IMF and last, State Dept. That pretty much worked everywhere else too, with some flipping of IMF/WB depending on personalities. Certainly Cowen's b) point fits all my experience (in those ...