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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.

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Links: 2010-05-01 FDIC Failure Friday recap

Edward Harrison May 1, 2010

Failure Friday News Scotiabank buys Puerto Rican bank - The Globe and Mail Regulators Close Three Banks in Puerto Rico - WSJ.com FDIC: Failed Bank Information - Bank Closing Information for Frontier Bank, Everett, WA FDIC:…

Daily

The week in review at Credit Writedowns: 2010-04-30

Edward Harrison Apr 30, 2010

Last week's most popular Albert Edwards: Global economy to roll over in six to nine months' time; bearish for shares Thinking about Creditanstalt today Andy Xie: I'll Tell You When Chinese Bubble Is About to Burst The…

Economy

Were the Goldman Senate hearings show trials or the precursor to reform?

Edward Harrison Apr 30, 2010

On this edition of Peter Lavelle's 'CrossTalk' he asks his three guests including me whether the US Senate hearings humiliating Goldman Sachs are merely a show trial with the aim of watering down global financial reform. Take a look at what…

Monetary System

Out of control US deficit spending

Edward Harrison Apr 30, 2010

Regular readers know that, while I have a little of what Marshall Auerback calls deficit terrorism in my DNA, I fully support fiscal stimulus as a means to arrest a deep downturn. The horrendous Keynesian nightmare My move into…

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Links: 2010-04-30 On contagion, Ireland looks best, Portugal looks good, Spain looks worst

Edward Harrison Apr 30, 2010

If you would like to receive our links in real-time please follow me at @edwardnh or go to our site’s News Feed (on site or rss). I also publish my links to my posts and some stories on my new Facebook page. Goldman Shares Down on…

Economy

US GDP growth rate is unsustainable; recovery will fade

Edward Harrison Apr 30, 2010

The US turned in a fairly robust quarter in Q1 2010, with real GDP growth meeting expectations at 3.2% annualized. This comes on the back of a very robust annualized 5.6% growth in the previous quarter. This is the best growth two-quarter…

Economy

All sovereign debt credit ratings and outlooks

Edward Harrison Apr 30, 2010

This is a list of all the credit ratings available on sovereign debt from all three big credit rating agencies, Fitch, Moody's and S&P.

Political Economy

Rosenberg objects to the all bailouts all the time mentality we see with Greece

Edward Harrison Apr 29, 2010

David Rosenberg is sick and tired of what I call the all bailouts all the time mentality. He writes in today's Breakfast with Dave piece: Ban the Bailout First we have governments bailing out banks (and auto companies and mortgage…

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Links: 2010-04-29 European crisis, derivatives and much more

Edward Harrison Apr 29, 2010

If you would like to receive our links in real-time please follow me at @edwardnh or go to our site’s News Feed (on site or rss). Please send links via the contact form on the site. Euro-zone sovereign debt crisis To Save…

Economy

Goldman’s public purpose and where I have problems with the Abacus deal

Edward Harrison Apr 29, 2010

As I said yesterday, investment banks are institutions which do fulfil a useful role in society. I would define their role as companies where large institutions and governments receive financial advice and raise capital. Goldman Sachs…

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