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alephblog.com - 22 days ago
My Visit to the US Treasury, Part 2
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Before I start this evening, to all my fellow bloggers out there, if you were invited to the gathering at the US Treasury and did not come, I have a request and a question: If you were invited, send me an e-mail . Tell me why you decided not to come, if you would. If present trends ...
alephblog.com - 20 days ago
My Visit to the US Treasury, Part 4
— alephblog.com — So, who did I recommend for the next meeting at the Treasury? (I think there will be... one.) Economists View http://economistsview.typepad.com/ Cafe Americain http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/ Market-Ticker http://market-ticker.denninger.net/ Econbrowser http://www.econbrowser.com/ ... (more) My Visit to the US Treasury, Part 4

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alephblog.com - 16 days ago
My Visit to the US Treasury, Part 7 (Final)
— alephblog.com — Things have been busy for me, so this final part should be short. What did I learn... that I did not already know? Not much, except: The Treasury wants to convince the public that it is doing its best, but that Congress is a slave to the Financial Services industries. When asked about the ... (more) My Visit to the US Treasury, Part 7 (Final)

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alephblog.com - 21 days ago
My Visit to the US Treasury, Part 3
— alephblog.com — Going back to bank stress-testing for a moment, one interesting thing that a Treasury official said at... the meeting was that unemployment did not have a big effect on foreclosures. Unemployment has a big effect on credit card defaults, but not foreclosures. I disagree. As a multi-purpose ... (more) My Visit to the US Treasury, Part 3

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Aleph Blog on the Blogger/Treasury Official Confab
Across the Curve — ... Dave Merkel writes the Aleph blog and he attended the session at the Treasury on Monday. He is writing about the meeting serially and here is a link to his most recent comments. ...

Wednesday links: one year later
Abnormal Returns — ... leverage.”  (Felix Salmon) Barry Ritholtz, “The belief in the validity of their models — like the theories they are based upon — is the Achilles heel of the profession.”  (Big Picture) Bloggers go to the Treasury.  Still no plan to really deal with TBTF.  (naked capitalism, Accrued Interest, Financial Armageddon, Aleph Blog, Across the Curve, Kid Dynamite) ...

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