Thursday’s Links are about Europe, WikiLeaks and the US economy
The links post is out with a bunch of links on jobs, retail sales, the European debt crisis, WikiLeaks and more.
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2010
More Thoughts on ECB Decision
European officials must have known they were going to disappoint the market with the decision to simply postpone draining liquidity. The firewall around Greece failed. The firewall around Ireland has failed. The politicians have dropped…
Jobless claims up 26,000 but 4-week average falls to lowest since August 2008
The number of US workers filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose 26,000 from last week's outlier 407,000 number. Last week's number was also revised higher to 410,000. Nevertheless, the trend in jobless claims is still down,…
Brynjolfsson bets on spread convergence as ECB monetises peripheral debt
Market participants are already making their bets that the ECB will "print money". Below John Brynjolfsson tells Bloomberg why he thinks the ECB will monetise the sovereign debt problem. His firm is selling core Europe and buying the…
QE2 in the EMU – Not Likely
The US dollar rally continued to soften as the market prepares for the ECB rate announcement. The market expects the ECB to announce additional liquidity provisions to attempt to quell the fears emanating from Europe’s liquidity/solvency…
Night Time Tunes: Janis Joplin – Piece of My Heart
Here's what I'm listening to tonight. How about you all, any suggestions? Generation Club NYC 1967 via YouTube If you want a bit jazzier version, try this one.
Enjoying Melt-up Day… ?
There ain't nothing as good as a good short covering/melt-up rally day. The market has been in a flux the past weeks, but today's move proves, I think, that the upside surprise is much stronger than the downside and that the equity still…
End The Fed
A guest post by Matt Stoller, the former Senior Policy Advisor for Rep. Alan Grayson and progressive commentator. Follow him on twitter @matthewstoller. In a cross-post from New Deal 2.0, Stoller outlines why Libertarians, Tea Party…
Indonesia Upgrade Soon, But IDR Remains Hostage To Risk Appetite
Moody’s put Indonesia’s rating on review for possible upgrade. This is a stronger statement than the June move to positive outlook on the Ba2 rating (equivalent to BB), and we think an upgrade will be seen soon. Indeed, the agencies are…
Links On The Non-TARP Bailouts, The European Debt Crisis And More
Link categoreis for today include the non-TARP bailouts and more on the Fed's lending program plus the European debt crisis, and WikiLeaks.