2011

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I don’t ascribe that much importance to confidence data as a leading indicator. Moreover, as we saw during the 2000s, low consumer savings can bolster GDP growth for quite a long time. Nevertheless, I agree with the underlying message here,…

Rick Bookstaber argues that the rise of the super-elite is not a product of educational differences, but rather a result of the new capitalism which creates bigger winners, and does so much more quickly than in the capital-intensive…

ECRI’s underlying message is this: we are in a decade-long post-credit crisis struggle which will mean high unemployment even if policy makers focused on jobs, which they have not.

On a month-to-month basis, all metro region in the Case-Shiller Home Price Index for June 2011 showed price increases. On the other hand, we saw year-on-year housing declines across 20 major US metro areas of 4.5%.

Fed's Evans favors strong policy accommodation | Reuters (Reuters) - Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans said on Tuesday he favored strong central bank accommodation for a substantial…

Dollar firmer across the board amid month end repositioning; US futures suggest modest decline. Markets likely to remain sensitive to DM economic data; Case-Shiller & FOMC minutes are key today. EM continues trade directionless for now…

Not the classic trajectory and confirmation, not to mention the compressed time frame, but you’ve got to respect the price action. The macro swans are still out, so the question is are they priced? We don’t know and not willing to make a…

Wow! Just came across this piece from the FT about the concerns of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) of how European financial institutions have not reserved enough against potential credit losses on their Greece sovereign…

This week we examine coinage from Roman times to the present in Western society.