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Monday, August 31, 2009

Assessing the Fed under Bernanke by Warren Mosler

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Excellent commentary by the best of the best...Warren Mosler. By the way, Mosler is a declared candidate for president in 2012. Here is his ...
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Read It Here Last Week, Hear It From the New York Fed This Week

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Here is a link to a video interview Steve Leisman of CNBC had with New York Fed President Dudley. This interview aired this morning. Mr. D...
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China's stimulus ranks the highest!

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China's growth should be no surprise. It's stimulus was the biggest of any country. The U.S. is not on this chart, but at 5% of GDP,...

Is the yen done?

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Over the weekend voters in Japan sent the LDP packing. This is the nation's first change in government in 55 years. That's pretty mu...

Economists Say No Need for 2nd US Fiscal Stimulus Package...Just cut spending!

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"The U.S. economy does not need a second fiscal stimulus package, instead the government should cut spending over the next two years, a...

The fallacy of "taxpayer on the hook"...Fed made $14 billion on turmoil loans

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This highlights the fallacy of "taxpayer on the hook." The profits on those assets could have been profits to the private sector i...

FT Opinion: This is no time to throw away the crutches

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Warren Mosler sent this article over to me just now. A rare moment of clarity and perspective (and non-mainstream opinion) from the Financia...

Funds Dump Retailer Shares as Money Flows out of Nordstrom Into Goldman

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"Investors are dumping shares with the closest links to economic growth. While the government’s bailout of the U.S. financial system sp...
Sunday, August 30, 2009

What really killed the economy?

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Was it the bursting of the real estate bubble or the credit crunch or high oil prices? All of the aforementioned have been offered as reason...
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There is no such thing as "monetizing the debt"

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This term, "monetizing the debt" has been thrown around a lot recently and it's unfortunate, because it is being used complete...
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Friday, August 28, 2009

Financial crisis cripples new affordable housing

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A major housing shortage is on the way as the level of construction continues to be frighteningly low. Given population growth and the need ...
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My July 24 blog post recommended taking profits on China stocks

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Here's my July 24 blog post that explains why I thought it could be a good time to take some profits on China stocks. The Shanghai Inde...

Mortgage rates may be about to rise...

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At the last Fed meeting officials said in a statement that they were prepared to complete their planned purchase of $1.25 trillion of Mortga...
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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Treasury sales will eventually decline

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With Fed now paying interest on reserves the sale of Treasuries will eventually decline because public debt sales will not be needed for rat...
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America ranks WAY down among when it comes to Government debt

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Please view the very eye-opening chart from the OECD showing rankings of government gross financial liabilities as a % of GDP. The U.S. rank...
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Another awesome piece from Prof Randall Wray at UMKC

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This guy is as good as they come. I wish he were at Treasury. Better yet...I wish ALL people understood things the way he does! Money as a P...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Another perversion of policy tied to the inapplicable, "taxpayer on the hook" belief

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FDIC Adopts Weaker Rules to Lure Private Equity to Failed Banks The FDIC is giving handouts to private equity funds and other private pools ...

So how big IS the deficit??

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There is so much fear mongering over the deficit that I thought I'd take a look and see how big it really is. After all, we've been ...
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New-Home Sales in U.S. Jumped 9.6% in July, Most in Four Years

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All forecast in previous blog posts, here , here , here and here ! Where is Peter Schiff???
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Is this blog an exercise in futility?

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In light of the comment I just posted I am starting to wonder if I am not wasting an enormous amount of time and energy here and adding to ...
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Why can't we get it right?

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So many of you have been asking me why we allow all these misinformed beliefs to get in the way of doing the things that would lead to a mor...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Average daily Federal tax receipts rising for two consecutive months now!

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Average daily tax receipts are now up two months in a row. These tax receipts are comprised mostly of employee withholding tax, otherwise kn...
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U.S. employers see hires in year ahead

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Yes, this is why stocks like Monster Worldwide (MWW) had Korn-Ferry (KFY) have been rallying strongly. I ownn MWW from lower levels, but it...

Court Orders Federal Reserve to Disclose Emergency Loan Details

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This was the suit filed by Bloomberg LP that sought to force the Fed to disclose who it was lending money to. The Fed has the right under Se...
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Monday, August 24, 2009

Fed MBS Purchases & Balance Sheet

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Below is a graph of the current (8/19/09) progress of Fed. MBS purchases and settlements: So far the NY Fed has made net purchase commitment...
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I will be on "Bulls & Bears" on the Fox Business Network this afternoon at 4pm ET

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Tune in if you can. That'll be on the Fox Business Network.
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European financial institutions have outstanding debt near or exceeding respective countries' GDP

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People think the U.S. financial sector is strung out on debt, however, it pales in comparison to Europe. Below are the ratios of European Fi...
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My videos have brought a deluge of reaction from Schiff supporters

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Like the old saying, "You can judge a man by the friends he keeps," please have a look at the comments I received from Schiff supp...

Gov't bond issuance in Japan now exceeds U.S.

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Recent data from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) now shows that Japan's domestic government bond market is the largest in t...
Saturday, August 22, 2009

Meredith Whitney: What planet is she on?

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In the interview below Meredith Whitney says consumer credit has already contracted by a "trillion dollars." I guess she was too b...
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