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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 Thoughts on the U.S. Jobs Report and Implications

Edward Harrison Dec 2, 2011

As often is the case, economic data can be a bit of a Rorschach test, in that reasonable people can see and value different aspects of the report. This holds for today's US employment report. The headlines were good--140k private sector…

News

News Links: Draghi – If fiscal policy becomes hawkish, monetary policy will be dovish

Edward Harrison Dec 2, 2011

News links from 2 December 2011 include links on the European sovereign debt crisis, the UK economy, the latest on mortgages and technology as well as other stories.

Economy

NFP up +120,000, unemployment rate 8.6%, hourly earnings down

Edward Harrison Dec 2, 2011

Bottom line: the numbers are decent but they beat expectations. Markets are in a bullish end of year tape painting frame of mind, so stocks will rally. Daddy needs a bonus so Santa is indeed coming to town. The Santa Claus rally is on.

Economy

Egan-Jones on French ratings downgrade from AA- to A

Edward Harrison Dec 1, 2011

Sean Egan explains that this downgrade came because of increasing concerns that France's banks will have to be bailed out by the government. Video below

Business

Video: Walt Mossberg Reviews iTunes Match

Edward Harrison Dec 1, 2011

Apple has introduced a 'music locker' service which does away with the need to upload most of your music. I have tried it out in addition to Amazon and Google's competing services and I like it, especially the part about not having to…

Political Economy

The ECB is Open to Extending Its Role in Debt Crisis

Edward Harrison Dec 1, 2011

Mario Draghi has become explicit about what it will take for the ECB to have a more active role in the European sovereign debt crisis.

News

News Links: European and Chinese Manufacturing Stalls, as US Advances

Edward Harrison Dec 1, 2011

ISM - ISM Report - November 2011 Manufacturing ISM Report On Business® "The PMI registered 52.7 percent, an increase of 1.9 percentage points from October's reading of 50.8 percent, indicating expansion in the manufacturing…

Political Economy

“The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays,…

Edward Harrison Dec 1, 2011

Quote by Winston Churchill

News

Foreign News: France and Germany are still miles apart on agreement

Edward Harrison Dec 1, 2011

Foreign news for 1 December 2011 focuses on Europe, and in particular Spain.

Economy

Chart of the day: the graph that shows why the central banks had to act

Edward Harrison Nov 30, 2011

What is clear is that, with the U.S. dollar as the world’s major reserve currency, this move to lower the price on U.S. dollar liquidity swap arrangements is due to the world’s banks being short U.S. dollars. In the past few days, there…

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