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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

How low will house prices go?

Edward Harrison Apr 26, 2011

I was on BNN Headline with Howard Green this afternoon talking to Howard and Rob Cox about the housing data, earnings and tomorrow's Fed press conference. Let me add a bit of colour on housing here and link o the videos below.

Political Economy

More thoughts on the new communications strategy at the Fed

Edward Harrison Apr 26, 2011

The Fed chairman is now crafting the Fed's public image just as politicians do. The press conference is a part of that pubic relations campaign. What should we expect then?

Business

More free money from Google for site scrapers

Edward Harrison Apr 26, 2011

Back in December I wrote an article on how site scrapers were gaming Google's search algorithm in order to make advertising money from articles that they scrape from RSS feeds. Just after I wrote this piece, Google got religion about spam…

Markets

Grantham: ‘Days of Abundant Resources and Falling Prices Are Over Forever’

Edward Harrison Apr 25, 2011

Grantham: "The world is using up its natural resources at an alarming rate, and this has caused a permanent shift in their value. We all need to adjust our behavior to this new environment. It would help if we did it quickly."

Economy

Fracking and China’s quest for natural gas

Edward Harrison Apr 21, 2011

You have probably seen the headlines on the natural gas accident in Pennsylvania. Chesapeake Energy, the largest natgas driller reported on Tuesday that one of its wells in Bradford County, Pennsylvania was uncontrollably spilling thousands…

Daily

More cautious optimism?

Edward Harrison Apr 21, 2011

Overall, I would say that the exogenous shocks have added to downside risk. I would expect economic weakness in the second half of 2011. If economic weakness does materialize in the US, I would expect lower long-term interest rates. Many…

Economy

China’s lowering taxes should increase inflation

Edward Harrison Apr 21, 2011

The Financial Times is reporting that China is attempting to address its wealth gap through a number of measures, the principal one of which is raising the tax exemption on income. As welcome as such a move is for consumers facing…

Economy

Taiwanese Animation: S&P downgrades US debt

Edward Harrison Apr 19, 2011

As usual, NMA has a pretty funny animated version of the latest business news. This time it's on the S&P ratings downgrade. Take a look.

Economy

China’s coal problem

Edward Harrison Apr 19, 2011

From the International Business Times and Andy Lees at UBS: Reports that central China's Hubei province has joined a growing list of regions facing coal shortages with a warning that it is very likely to start power rationing later this…

Monetary System

What is deleveraging?

Edward Harrison Apr 19, 2011

Given S&P's decision to downgrade the U.S. credit rating to outlook negative, it bears remembering how we got here. I think the key word is deleveraging.

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