Submit a Story!
Votes
topics:

Edwardhugh posted by Edwardhugh vote down flag
Sovenia’s Economy Falls Off The Roof, While Slovakia Slides Into Recession
fistfulofeuros.net - 3/13/2009
Sovenia’s Economy Falls Off The Roof, While Slovakia Slides Into Recession
—
“Most other countries in the region are faring much better, though….Like Slovenia, which joined two years ago, Slovakia can enjoy the full protection of rich Europe’s currency union, rather than just the indirect benefit of being due to join it some day.” The Economist  ...
What will recovery look like?
econbrowser.com - 3/15/2009
What will recovery look like?
— econbrowser.com — When good news comes, what should we expect to see? The graph below plots the quarterly percentage... change (at an annual rate) for real GDP and some of its key components since 1947. Calculated Risk has noted that the typical recession pattern is ... (more) What will recovery look like?

Comments vote down Calculated Risk found this 3/15/2009found this
Slovenia's Economy Falls Off The Roof, While Slovakia Slides Into Recession
globaleconomydoesmatter.blogspot.com - 3/21/2009
Slovenia's Economy Falls Off The Roof, While Slovakia Slides Into Recession
— globaleconomydoesmatter.blogspot.com — by Edward Hugh: Barcelona "Most other countries in the region are faring much better, though....Like Slovenia, which... joined two years ago, Slovakia can enjoy the full protection of rich Europe’s currency union, rather than just the indirect benefit of being due to join it some day." The ... (more) Slovenia's Economy Falls Off The Roof, While Slovakia ...

Comments vote down Edwardhugh Edwardhugh posted 3/21/2009posted this
Updated Debt Stats
optionarmageddon.ml-implode.com - 3/13/2009
Updated Debt Stats
— optionarmageddon.ml-implode.com — From the Fed’s Flow of Funds report released today.* (Click charts to enlarge) To put data from... the chart above in context, the one below compares total debt to GDP. I’m using annual data here, so the increase at the end of 2008 ... (more) Updated Debt Stats

Comments vote down IEHI Feed: The Hedge Fund Implode-o-Meter found this 3/13/2009found this

Blog Reactions

Baltic Economy Watch:  Devaluation, Euro Membership And Loan Defaults - Some Thoughts For My Critics

Global Economy Matters:  Is The Condition of Hungary's Economy Really As Bad As It Seems To Be?

Comments
Blog Reactions

Devaluation, Euro Membership And Loan Defaults - Some Thoughts For My Critics
Baltic Economy Watch — ... to any special pleading about your crisis in Estonia (all of Eastern Europe is in crisis), and (especially over at the ECB) will more than likely take the view that while financial support should be offered the best approach is to let you work out your own "imbalances" before you enter, since experience with those countries who entered in Southern Europe has not exactly been positive, and they may even already be having second thoughts as to whether they made the right decision in giving the go ahead to Slovakia and Slovenia. ...

Is The Condition of Hungary's Economy Really As Bad As It Seems To Be?
Global Economy Matters — ... the worst off you could be was where Hungary is now, effectively turning Hungary into the benchmark case for economic "badness" (at least as far as the EU goes, Ukraine is obviously "another country" in this respect). I cannot agree. As I have suggested time and again on this blog, although Hungary's situation leaves little to be envious of, it is not as bad as some are making out in the current "demonisation" process, nor are the other Eastern Economies (even those in the Eurozone as I argue here in the cases of Slovakia and Slovenia) really as sound as some have been making ...

Devaluation, Euro Membership And Loan Defaults - Some Thoughts For My Critics
Global Economy Matters — ... to any special pleading about your crisis in Estonia (all of Eastern Europe is in crisis), and (especially over at the ECB) will more than likely take the view that while financial support should be offered the best approach is to let you work out your own "imbalances" before you enter, since experience with those countries who entered in Southern Europe has not exactly been positive, and they may even already be having second thoughts as to whether they made the right decision in giving the go ahead to Slovakia and Slovenia. ...

Related Content
U.S. GDP
measuringworth.org 3/14/2009 — Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country during a given time period. There are two ways to measure GDP: Nominal GDP is the dollar value of production at current-year prices. For ...
Good economic news?
econbrowser.com 4/30/2009 — Today's GDP numbers were about what I was expecting. Although economic activity continued its sharp decline, if we continue to follow the script, things should improve. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported today that U.S. real GDP fell at a ...
A V-shaped recession?
econbrowser.com 7/2/2009 — As James Morley has pointed out, often a sharp economic downturn is followed by an equally sharp economic recovery. One reason for that is the liquidation of inventories that accompanies any recession and restocking that takes place in recovery. What ...
The financial return on energy invested
europe.theoildrum.com 6/23/2009 — Global GDP data from the USDA. Primary energy data and energy prices from the BP statistical reveiw of world energy 2009. Global GDP has grown steadily and continuously since WWII, in step with a growing global population and primary energy ...
Preliminary Analysis of the President’s Budget
cboblog.cbo.gov 3/21/2009 — We have just released our latest projections for the budget and economic outlook, updating the projections published in early January 2009. In addition, we have reviewed the President’s budgetary proposals contained in the February publication A New ...
Financial Crisis and Recession
woodwardhall.wordpress.com 12/11/2008 — The Obama administration’s focus on infrastructure spending raises the natural question of the effect of government purchases on total GDP. Does government spending stimulate other categories of spending, especially consumer spending? Or does ...
How Not to Stimulate the Economy
gregmankiw.blogspot.com 12/22/2008 — In thinking through the fiscal policy options and their implications, it might be useful to compare a few hypothetical, fanciful scenarios. Suppose that the federal government borrows some money and then... Case A : uses the money to give a lump-sum ...
GDP Negative as Consumer Spending Falls 3.1%
globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com 10/31/2008 — The US economy is sinking fast. We did no need to see the GDP numbers to know that but the figures are out. Here are the Third Quarter 2008 Advance GDP Numbers . Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and ...
Den Of Liars
market-ticker.denninger.net 12/24/2008 — That would be our government. It of course includes Congress, and until proven otherwise, all who came from Congress , including our President-Elect. Yeah, I know, we only have one President at a time. That's fine. But here's reality:  ...
China’s Magic Numbers
thebigmoney.com 7/19/2009 — BEIJING-China, on Thursday, announced its second-quarter gross domestic product-a big deal here. It's not just the Chinese government's top priority but a nearly sacrosanct number. Growth came in at an astounding 7.9 percent. But could China's GDP ...
McDonald's: The Eatery of the New Depression — The Big Money 3/10/2009
McDonald's is doing great, but it has nothing to do with the global recession, insists president and COO Ralph Alverez.   He's lying, and not very eloquently. "It's such a misnomer that we're doing well because of that," he told the Wall Street ...
Marketing to women: Hello, girls — The Economist: Full print edition 3/12/2009
Recession-hit companies target female customers NEVER mind the fight to get people to open their wallets in the recession—some companies are taking a different tack, and trying to get customers to open their purses instead. In America, where ...