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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.

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Global manufacturing index hits three-year low

Edward Harrison Jul 2, 2012

Much like the US manufacturing index, the global manufacturing index has hit three year lows. The numbers indicate a contraction in global manufacturing activity, with the JPMorgan Global Manufacturing PMI now below 50% at 48.9% for June…

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[Premium]: My thoughts on first contraction in US manufacturing activity since 2009

Edward Harrison Jul 2, 2012

The Institute for Supply Management released its widely-followed index of manufacturing activity today. The data show that the US manufacturing sector contracted in June for the first time since July 2009. Given economic weakness elsewhere…

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On the death spiral at Research in Motion

Edward Harrison Jun 29, 2012

Research in Motion, the Canadian company that makes Blackberry handsets has just turned in an abysmal quarter's earnings. Across the board, from the top line, to operating earnings, to the bottom line, and to unit sales, results were poor.…

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Portfolios must shift as US corporate profitability falls

Edward Harrison Jun 29, 2012

Earlier in the year, I predicted that corporate profitability would fall as US corporate profit margins were cyclically high. The New York Times is reporting that corporate profits fell in Q1 2012 for the first time since the fourth quarter…

Political Economy

Weekly: Monti and Rajoy force Europe into true EuroTARP

Edward Harrison Jun 29, 2012

This week's newsletter will focus on Europe again as this morning the European summit has produced significant changes in European economic policy. Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy and Italian Prime Minister Monti threatened to 'block…

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Data show that the synchronised global slowdown is accelerating

Edward Harrison Jun 28, 2012

The latest economic data suggest that the slowdown in growth continues to build across many different economies globally. In the UK, revised data from Q4 2011 show that Britain;s recession has been deeper than was previously…

Economy

The Fed cannot save the day

Edward Harrison Jun 27, 2012

The real solution has nothing to do with the Fed because the constraints are demand side and not supply side. But people will continue to exhort the Fed to do more and so they will do more.

Political Economy

Germany is a first class passenger on the Euro Titanic

Edward Harrison Jun 27, 2012

I was on RT's Capital Account on Monday afternoon, talking about the euro crisis yet again. The video is below but I have a few comments before you watch it. In the video, I say Europe can continue dithering for quite a while. There is…

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Links: On price stability, mobile competition and the European crisis

Edward Harrison Jun 26, 2012

Links from the past couple of days featuring articles on price stability, mobile competition and the European crisis and much more.

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Daily: Europe moving from smaller bailouts plus austerity to bigger bailouts plus austerity lite

Edward Harrison Jun 22, 2012

Germany, Spain, Italy and France have met to hammer out a unified front ahead of the upcoming European summit and Spanish bailout. This is likely a fleshed out version of the G-20 plan that Barack Obama was privy to. Their answer is the 120…

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