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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.

Markets

The Fed is already creating the next bubble

Edward Harrison Jul 9, 2014

Last week, I wrote a fairly comprehensive piece laying out some of the macro issues around the Fed and other central banks’ ultra-easy monetary policy. The gist of that piece was that, due to the political economy, monetary policy is now…

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Links: 2014-07-09

Edward Harrison Jul 9, 2014

Today’s links will have a double allocation since I was unable to post yesterday. Block 1 Halifax: UK house prices show little sign of slowing down - Telegraph Chinese Buyers Scooped Up $22 Billion Worth of U.S. Homes In the Last Year…

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Links: 2014-07-07

Edward Harrison Jul 7, 2014

CIA employee’s quest to release information ‘destroyed my entire career’ - The Washington Post Why is Washington still protecting the secret political power of corporations? | Alexis Goldstein | Comment is free | theguardian.com…

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News: 2014-07-04

Edward Harrison Jul 4, 2014

News links for 4 Jul 2014

Economy

More on the accelerating economies in the US and the UK

Edward Harrison Jul 3, 2014

I don’t have any links today, so I am going to go right into the daily piece here. Just 10 minutes ago, the US jobs numbers were released. Combined with the British composite PMI data earlier, the numbers present a rosy picture for the two…

Economy

Accelerating recovery in the US, Spain and Britain

Edward Harrison Jul 2, 2014

The economic data out of the US and Spain yesterday were very good and support the idea that both of these economies are seeing recoveries that are accelerating. Some thoughts on the data below

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Links: 2014-07-02

Edward Harrison Jul 2, 2014

News links for 2 Jul 2014

Monetary System

Spain PMI at a 84-month high

Edward Harrison Jul 1, 2014

Markit's June Manufacturing PMIs for the Eurozone came out this morning. And overall, the numbers showed less strength across the board, with France showing particular weakness. You can see that Spain and Ireland were doing well though.…

Economy

On the BIS annual report, monetary policy and the hazards of overindebtedness

Edward Harrison Jul 1, 2014

The 2014 BIS Annual Report warns again about the perils of ultra-easy monetary policy as it did in the lead-up to the Great Financial Crisis. I think the BIS could prove a Cassandra here and will explain below. Nevertheless, many refuse to…

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Links: 2014-06-30

Edward Harrison Jun 30, 2014

I have 30 links today instead of the usual 20. GM to Recall 7.6 Million More Vehicles in U.S. - WSJ Turkey rejects Kurdish independence, wants Iraq unity government, officials say | Reuters Russian stocks stage remarkable turnround -…

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