crookedtimber.org - 10/13/2008
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And indeed it was – Paul Krugman has won the Nobel Prize for Economics[1].
The citation says he got it “for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity” – ie for new trade theory. Which certainly did pretty much light a bomb under the subject ...
What a surprise!
rodrik.typepad.com 11/7/2008 — U.S. Does Not Support a Global Crisis Regulator . Here is the dilemma we cannot evade. If we want a truly global financial system, we need to acquiesce in a global regulator and a global lender of last resort. If we do not want ...
$7.8 Trillion Total Bailout Commitment
ritholtz.com 11/26/2008 — Want to see how — and how much — of your money is being spent?
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Spending Commitments: Insurance, Investments, Loans
click for enormo table:
graphic courtesy of NYT
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Sources :
U.S. Plans $800 Billion in Lending ...
Just How Bad Was October 2008 ?
bigpicture.typepad.com 11/1/2008 — Not too shabby a week -- plus 11% across the major indices, with
some areas even stronger. Of course, that comes from deeply oversold
levels, with stocks peak trough down 27% within October. The key
question going forward is whether or not this past ...
Q
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 12/10/2008 — Not James Tobin
From Bloomberg:
A global stock slump may have further to go, according to Tobin's Q ratio, which compares the market value of companies to the cost of their constituent parts, CLSA Ltd. strategist Russell Napier said.
The ratio, developed in 1969 by Nobel Prize-winning economist ...
How Not to Fix the New York Times
portfolio.com 1/22/2009 — When Michael Hirschorn talks nonsense about the New York Times, it's silly, but at least it's understood that he's not a stock analyst by trading, and that he's more interested in making waves than being helpful. Henry Blodget , by contrast, really ...
Testimony by John A. Paulson
video.nytimes.com 11/14/2008 — CNBC coverage of Congressional testimony by John A. Paulson, president of Paulson & Co., about the risks that hedge funds take and pose for the markets.
Short-Term Consumer Surprise Ahead?
paul.kedrosky.com 3/17/2009 — Various folks, including the very smart people at Bridgewater, are out arguing that we may see a short-term surprise in the demand side of the U.S. economy. It’s partly stimulus, partly inventory replenishment after a monster rundown, and partly ...
Home Prices Seen "Far from Bottom"
bigpicture.typepad.com 10/16/2008 — Is about halfway far? That's about where we are. The problems are well known, but let's list the specifics anyway, for the sake of the perennial housing bottom callers: • Home prices remain elevated by traditional metrics;
• Inventory continues ...
Total Loans and Leases at Commercial Banks
research.stlouisfed.org 10/15/2008 — Total Loans and Leases at Commercial Banks
For further information, please refer to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System's H.8 release, online
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