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Edward Harrison is a senior Editor at Bloomberg. He is also the founder of Credit Writedowns newsletter, a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He speaks six languages and reads another five, skills he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

Economy

Some brief thoughts on private debt, financial fragility and economic growth

Edward Harrison Aug 4, 2014

I am very interested in the intersection of private debt, financial fragility and economic growth because I believe this intersection is pivotal in understanding whether the secular forces which led to the Great Financial Crisis have been…

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Edward Harrison Aug 4, 2014

China dumps Symantec, Kaspersky Lab from approved vendors - CNET ekathimerini.com | Moody's upgrades Greece by two notches China Services Index Drops to Six-Month Low on Property - Bloomberg We owe five times more than we did in 2008 -…

News

Economic and market themes: 2014-08-01 US, China, Argentina, France

Edward Harrison Aug 1, 2014

This week’s economic and market themes piece is going to be a little shorter than usual because I have covered a lot of the major topics earlier in the week. United States. Let’s start with the US. The jobs data today showed 208,000 jobs…

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Edward Harrison Aug 1, 2014

Puerto Rico Power Authority in Deal With Banks to Defer Loan Payments - WSJ Argentina accuses US of judicial malpractice for triggering needless default - Telegraph History Suggests China Is on Verge of Banking Crisis - China Real Time…

Economy

Upbeat cyclical trends are juxtaposed to underlying financial fragility

Edward Harrison Jul 31, 2014

This post is on the same topic of the US economy that I addressed yesterday. But I want to go a bit deeper and add more colour to my comments. Signs that the US economy’s cyclical outlook are improving are getting ever more numerous,…

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Edward Harrison Jul 31, 2014

FYI: After the tech links, there is at least one link in this lot that I do not endorse but do think is required reading. Android crypto blunder exposes users to highly privileged malware | Ars Technica Tor received $1.8 million in US…

Economy

US GDP numbers and Russian sanctions scenarios

Edward Harrison Jul 30, 2014

The bottom line here is that I have been and still am bullish on the cyclical prospects in the US, UK and Spain in particular. The US jobless claims numbers are unusually low and that tells you that slack in the labour market is declining.…

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Edward Harrison Jul 30, 2014

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Political Economy

Europe: A plan to boost economy by cutting taxes

Edward Harrison Jul 29, 2014

By Andrea Terzi originally published at Social Europe and republished with consent of Author The anti-austerity vote in the European elections reflected two different kinds of discontent. One is a feeling of frustration, which is…

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