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baselinescenario.com - 12/8/2008
Is This A Crisis Or Just A Recession?
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The world seems quiet. Sure, we have record job losses in the US, a likely decline in global trade for 2009, and what seems like to be a Great Leap Downwards for Chinese growth. But no one is quite as worried as they were a month ago, let alone two months ago. It feels, perhaps, like a ...
online.wsj.com - 12/11/2008
Don't Create a Fiscal Crisis
— online.wsj.com — J RGEN STARK | From today's Wall Street Journal Europe The environment for conducting economic policies, in... particular monetary and fiscal policies, has become extremely challenging. The unfavorable conditions in parts of the financial market are ... (more) Don't Create a Fiscal Crisis

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Recession is 'Official:' Is It Time To Look Forward?
financialphilosopher.typepad.com - 12/2/2008
Recession is 'Official:' Is It Time To Look Forward?
— financialphilosopher.typepad.com — Pencil_binoculars "It' easy to see -- hard to foresee." ~ Benjamin Franklin Now that we are "officially"... in a Recession, what does that mean for stocks going forward? Of course, no one really knows the answer to that question, and I certainly will ... (more) Recession is 'Official:' Is It Time To Look Forward?

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search.bloomberg.com - 12/1/2008
US in Recession for a Year
— search.bloomberg.com — Minerd doubts that private savings in the U.S. and foreign purchases of Treasury debt will be sufficient... to meet those government cash requirements. That leaves the Fed to take up the slack; that is, monetization of the debt. (in English this means ... (more) US in Recession for a Year

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