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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

Bank of Canada: House price-to-income ratio outstrips norm by 35%

Edward Harrison Apr 25, 2012

I have noted a number of times in the past that household debt levels in Canada have reached worrying levels. I am not the only one on to this. Canadian central bank head Mark Carney was in the news yesterday sounding the alarm on this as…

Economy

Steve Keen: The Maastricht Treaty is a suicide pact for European leaders

Edward Harrison Apr 25, 2012

Professor Steve Keen was on Tonight with Vincent Browne in Ireland last week, where the topic understandably was the European Union. The question for Steve was how the Maastricht Treaty fits his economic paradigm, which follows Hyman…

Economy

More on Apple’s Fantastic Quarter

Edward Harrison Apr 25, 2012

A brief note on why Apple did so well this quarter.

Economy

Apple almost gets its whisper number

Edward Harrison Apr 24, 2012

This is just an update to this morning's post. The numbers were profit of $12.30 a share ($11.62 billion), up from $6.40 a share ($5.98 billion) last year.

Daily

Daily Commentary: On Case-Shiller and New Home Sales

Edward Harrison Apr 24, 2012

The big US data today was in the housing markets as we got both the Case-Shiller and the housing starts numbers. Here's my take on the news.

Members

What to expect from Apple’s earnings

Edward Harrison Apr 24, 2012

Apple reports earnings after the close of business today. This will be a closely watched report. Here are the things to look for.

Technology

Is Apple worth it?

Edward Harrison Apr 23, 2012

There has been a lot of chatter about Apple recently because of the monster move it has sustained in the first four months of the year. Bloomberg reports that Apple gained more than $250 billion in market share in just four months to April…

Daily

Daily commentary: On negative German data surprises

Edward Harrison Apr 23, 2012

I have been saying that I expect German data to disappoint and come in on the softer side. Why? This post explains.

Political Economy

What about all those excess reserves at the Fed?

Edward Harrison Apr 20, 2012

The Fed is out of bullets on interest rate policy and has turned to other nonconventional measures like quantitative easing. Excess reserves have piled up as a result. What does this mean for inflation and the economy?

Economy

There will be more defaults in the eurozone

Edward Harrison Apr 20, 2012

In last week's weekly newsletter, I explained why Spain was in big trouble. Today I want to present the full context euro zone-wide and why there will be more sovereign defaults to come in the euro zone. This will be a very comprehensive…

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