2013

This note comes via New Economic Perspectives in response to Bill Black's article The housing appraisers warned us about the crisis but we didn’t listen that appeared here.

We think it would be a good idea to take a step back to see how EM FX and equities have performed during this recent bounce. Many EM currencies peaked against the dollar and the euro in early May, but then gave up ground, especially after…

News links for 17 Jul 2013

The following are today's prepared remarks of the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the US Congress by US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke. While the totality of Chairman Bernanke's remarks are not new, we have underlined and…

News links for 16 Jul 2013

The contrast between the US and European auto markets is stark and captures the significant divergence of the two economies. June auto sales in Europe slumped from a year ago to their lowest level since 1996. In June, US auto sales reached…

Glass-Steagall is dead. Rather like Soviet-era Communist leaders, it has been officially dead since 1999, and actually dead for much longer. Though there was no state funeral, the body was not embalmed or put on display and few people…

Technology links for 16 Jul 2013

Real quick here - I wrote you on Friday about T-Mobile USA's moves to unbundle handset subsidies and to reduce pricing. Apparently this is having an impact as all the major carriers have now reacted. Sprint has lowered its unlimited…

The Eurozone's banks are continuing to deleverage, with total loan balances to euro area residents now at the lowest level in 5 years. What makes the situation even more troubling is that many Eurozone banks banks are repeating the Japanese…