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The signs are pointing to a crisis -- and a crash for the GOP.
I think this article is a little too pessimistic, but it's interesting nonetheless.
On a side note about depression, there's no...
The U.S. economy has all the ingredients—slowing job and wage growth, slack consumer demand—for a deflationary cycle, without strong financial markets to cushion the blow.
It seems like it...
Robert Schiller just published an interesting article in the NY Timers on why human beings, and especially top economists miss diagnosing a market bubble until it is too late. The answer shouldn't...
Detailed article that says that globalization is in danger from protectionsism. Protectionism in the US is growing as many individuals see their incomes falling and income disparities grow.
Citing weakening economic outlook, Federal Reserve makes biggest cut in nearly 24 years - three quarters of a point.
This shows the Fed is totally disregarding inflation.
Bond yields are falling dramatically as the stock market comes down since there is a massive rush to the security of Treasuries. While the implied probability of a move following the August...
Think just the US is suffering? Look no further than overseas where the UK is suffering. The rest of Europe is also being pulled under. It's why the dollar has been rallying over the last month.
The global economy has benefited from an extended period of historically low interest rates that fueled home buying, corporate mergers and wealth around the world. But rates are on the rise and the...
It is pretty funny that the Chinese- who seem to think that poisons belong in both foods and toys- are critical of GE's manufacturing standards.
More seriously though, this kind of posturing may...
"It's better to take a small recession and kill inflation immediately instead of facing high inflation and a really big recession later," says Carnegie Mellon economist Allan Meltzer.
"The...
The sub-prime crisis and the credit crunch are about the failure of a lending system creating by Wall Street. Instead of banks keeping loans on their balance sheets, they pooled them and sold them...
So, you say, who cares about rates in Europe. We'll, if Europe raises rates and we don't that will just put more pressure on the dollar. And a lower dollar is one of the things that's fueling...
A lot of multinational businesses in Europe are finding it very difficult to compete on the global marketplace with such a strong Euro. Lawmakers are therefore urging Jean-Claude Trichet to...
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