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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.

Political Economy

My thoughts on the ‘currency war’

Edward Harrison Oct 11, 2010

I spoke to the Russian TV broadcaster Russia Today and the popular Indian website DNA India late last week about the escalating rhetoric surrounding the forex market. The video from RT is not available yet but the link to the DNA post is…

Markets

Foreclosure crisis much deeper than robo-signers

Edward Harrison Oct 10, 2010

I haven't been writing about the foreclosure documentation crisis because I have been more focused on the 'currency war'. But I want to flag three posts I wrote about this time last year on the mortgage and securitization market…

News

On The Halt in Foreclosures and Other Links

Edward Harrison Oct 10, 2010

Topic of the day: Foreclosure Mills Ezra Klein - 'This is the biggest fraud in the history of the capital markets' Foreclosure Fraud For Dummies, 1: The Chains and the Stakes « Rortybomb Why TARP was wrong, Arnold Kling | EconLog |…

Daily

This Week’s Most Popular Posts: 2010-10-09

Edward Harrison Oct 9, 2010

How a financial crisis morphs into a currency war: A history of the crisis to date and how it has led to the escalating rhetoric of a so-called currency war. Bubble Trouble In Finland?: Edward Hugh analyses the above-trend house price…

Political Economy

To QE or Not To QE, That Is The Question

Edward Harrison Oct 8, 2010

Wouldn't it marvellous if the Fed could get the positive effects of quantitative easing on asset prices without actually having to ease? This whole debate about QE in the United States has been driving asset markets higher (both bonds and…

News

On Global Volatility and Other Links

Edward Harrison Oct 8, 2010

Topic of the Day: Global Volatility Morgan Stanley - No ‘Currency War'...Yet Bubble fears as emerging markets soar - FT.com Rajan: Beggaring the World Economy - Project Syndicate Why a tougher Stability and Growth Pact is a bad…

Monetary System

The Currency Trilemma

Edward Harrison Oct 8, 2010

Morgan Stanley has an interesting piece out today, arguing there is no 'currency war'... yet. Win Thin made some points on this score yesterday, pointing to real effective exchange rates in developing countries. Morgan Stanley's Manoj…

Economy

Quick Jobs Overview

Edward Harrison Oct 8, 2010

The US unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.6% in September based on the US Department of Labor's household survey. Meanwhile non-farm payrolls dipped 95,000 due to a downtick of 159,000 in government payrolls, numbers below…

Political Economy

Stiglitz on the Fed: “The flood of liquidity is going abroad and causing problems all over the…

Edward Harrison Oct 7, 2010

(video embedded below) See Stiglitz's written remarks here: Source: Joseph Stiglitz - The Federal Reserve’s Relevance Test - Project Syndicate

Monetary System

Does focusing on deficit reduction reduce deficits?

Edward Harrison Oct 7, 2010

The short answer to my question is no. I was thinking about this early today and here's what I have come up with as a more fleshed out answer. Budget deficits are the result of an ex-post accounting identity. In plain English this means…

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