Topic of the Day: Currency War
- EU should not press China on yuan: Chinese PM | Reuters
- The international currency war: what the experts say | Business | guardian.co.uk
- Q&A: International currency wars | Business | guardian.co.uk
- FT.com / Global Economy – IMF chief warns on exchange rate wars
- Fed, ECB throwing world into ‘chaos’: Stiglitz
- Currency war heats up
- The effect of a renminbi appreciation on the US-China trade balance | vox
- FT.com / Columnists / Martin Wolf – How to fight the currency wars with stubborn China
- Fed’s Evans says favors much more easing: report | Reuters
The Usual Fare
- German August Factory Orders Surge on Investment Goods Demand – Bloomberg
- UK housing market set for a fall, IMF warns | Business | guardian.co.uk
- Banks calling halt to credit interest on current accounts | Money | guardian.co.uk
- Special report: In Britain’s cities, the pain begins | Reuters
- Forty percent of U.S. workers delay retirement: poll | Reuters
- Econbrowser: Hangin’ in there
- FT Alphaville » The inflationista returns
- American Express Sinks Again on U.S. Antitrust Case – Bloomberg
- US-Studenten in der Krise: Amerikanischer Uni-Alptraum – SPIEGEL ONLINE – Nachrichten – UniSPIEGEL
- Pregnant Women May Have 1 or 2 Drinks Weekly Without Harm, Study Finds – Bloomberg
- Fitch downgrades Ireland on bank clean up, economy
- Private sector sheds 39,000 jobs in Sept | Reuters
- U.S. lay-offs drop off 44% since last year
- BBC News – Liverpool owners dismay chairman
- Public Option Duplicity Revisited: Yet More Evidence of Obama Spinelessness « naked capitalism
- YouTube – Middleton Says U.S. Housing Market `Still in Downfall’: Video
- Hatzius Says Fed Easing Measures Will Probably `Fall Short’ – Bloomberg
- Pelosi, others call for probe of foreclosure irregularities
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