- FT.com – Could sovereign debt be the new subprime? (Excess reserves are one reason to buy Treasuries)
- Kathleen Parker – Kathleen Parker: Judging Sarah Palin by her covers – washingtonpost.com
- Econbrowser: Factors in local house price declines (See tight increase/decrease correlation graph.)
- RBS dumping toxic assets on Ireland – Times Online
- Maureen Dowd – Visceral Has Its Value – NYTimes.com
- Frank Rich – The Pit Bull in the China Shop – NYTimes.com
- Back to Business – Investment Funds Profit Again, This Time By Paring Mortgages – NYTimes.com
- Tim Duy’s Fed Watch: The Fed in a Corner
- Britain’s bank bail-out may have broken rules, says WTO – Telegraph
- 2010: The Year Android Will Shake Its Money Maker
- Elliot Gerson – Losing Rhodes scholars to Wall Street’s siren call – washingtonpost.com
Distraction of the Day: Arrested for not paying a tip