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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

Increase in UK take home pay more subdued

Edward Harrison Sep 8, 2011

Disposable personal income gains are moderating. In the UK, where the increase in consumer prices is the most elevated in the G7, income in real terms is declining and that has led to a gloomy picture of the UK economy’s prospects.

Political Economy

Why a breakup of the euro zone is likely

Edward Harrison Sep 8, 2011

The ruling by the German Constitutional Court does allow the EFSF to operate as planned. Most commentators have focused on this. However, the language of the decision means there can be no eurobonds and no “supra-national” fiscal agent…

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Edward Harrison Sep 8, 2011

OECD says growth outlook has got much worse | Reuters "The outlook for economic growth in developed countries has got much worse in the last three months, the OECD said on Thursday and urged central…

Political Economy

The euro zone double dip is almost here

Edward Harrison Sep 8, 2011

This does not augur well for the euro zone. In the past few months, I have become negative on the euro zone’s chances of survival. I no longer believe the political imperatives for the euro zone will be enough to overcome the politics of…

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Edward Harrison Sep 7, 2011

House prices fall by 2.6%, says Halifax | Money | guardian.co.uk 'House prices fell by 1.2% in August, according to the latest Halifax index, ending three months of price rises."…

Markets

Chart of the Day: Guess what the best performing asset market is

Edward Harrison Sep 6, 2011

Here is a chart of the relative performance of various asset classes over the past year. One asset class outperforms the others… by a wide margin.

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Edward Harrison Sep 6, 2011

FT Alphaville » SNB euroquake, the analyst reaction – part one (tags: switzerland currency-intervention europe currency) In E-Mail Age, Postal Service…

Economy

Herbert Hoover: On Bank Liquidity and Solvency, 1931

Edward Harrison Sep 5, 2011

This is excerpted from the American Presidency Project at UCSB. Hoover writes the following letter to George L. Harrison, Federal Reserve Board of New York, on financial and economic problems on 5 Oct 1931

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Edward Harrison Sep 5, 2011

The Decline of Manufacturing in America: A Case Study « naked capitalism (tags: manufacturing) Study plays down impact of bank ringfencing - FT.com…

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Edward Harrison Sep 4, 2011

One and Done? - NYTimes.com (tags: obama jobs) BBC News - ECB chief Trichet warns Italy to stick with austerity (tags: italy ecb…

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