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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

Greece And The Potential Upside In An IMF Rescue

Edward Harrison Apr 7, 2010

Peter Boone and Simon Johnson have just written a post "Greece And The Fatal Flaw In An IMF Rescue," at Baseline Scenario which outlines three scenarios for the Greek economy going forward. True Fiscal Austerity... We…

Political Economy

Throwing in the towel on policy makers

Edward Harrison Apr 6, 2010

Earlier today, I had a brief e-mail exchange with Marshall Auerback in which I said that I had basically thrown in the towel on US (and global) policy makers. Early on in this crisis, I had advocated a number of policy paths which I think…

Markets

Are munis the next shoe to drop?

Edward Harrison Apr 6, 2010

Rick Bookstaber certainly thinks so. He recently wrote a piece which defines the pressure points for market risk and found the municipal bond market to be a problem in need of a solution. Rick writes: I don’t think we will see a…

News

Links: 2010-04-06 – local governments in a world of hurt

Edward Harrison Apr 6, 2010

'Extreme Makeover' Show Downsizes Its McMansions – WSJ.com Ahead of the Tape: How Wide the Inflation Chasm Between Fed, Investors? – WSJ.com Greek banks hit by wealthy citizens moving their money offshore – Telegraph…

Markets

Bringing back the Scylla and Charybdis flation meme

Edward Harrison Apr 5, 2010

In June of last year, I wrote a post called "Central banks will face a Scylla and Charybdis flation challenge for years." The crux of the piece was that we are living in a world in which debt deflation is always one downturn away,…

Political Economy

A few thoughts on the difference between blogs and news

Edward Harrison Apr 5, 2010

I am on my way to a conference called Facing the Fracture: The Media and the Economic Crisis at Columbia University sponsored by the Roosevelt Institute and I wanted to run a few thoughts on blogging by you. What I am going to say applies…

News

Links: 2010-04-05 – Eventual Greek default, muni threat and the end of recession

Edward Harrison Apr 5, 2010

Office vacancy rate hits 16-year high| Reuters Demand for O.C. homes at 9-month high – Lansner on Real Estate : The Orange County Register FT.com / Columnists / Wolfgang Munchau – Greece will default, but not this year…

News

Links: 2010-04-02 – A new gold bull run and China sees bubbles

Edward Harrison Apr 2, 2010

I'm not sure if more posts are coming this weekend. If not, all the best. Follow me on twitter for any other updates. Cheers. Edward Contradicting Secretary Geithner « The Baseline Scenario Hinter den Kulissen von Lehman – NZZ Online…

Economy

So were the jobs numbers mediocre?

Edward Harrison Apr 2, 2010

I've been out all morning, but here are my thoughts on today's employment report. Before the numbers came out, I said I was looking for a mediocre report because that is the sort of not too hot, not too cold kind of report which won't…

Economy

A mediocre payroll number is better than a robust one

Edward Harrison Apr 2, 2010

All told, Friday's report could disappoint. But to a market preoccupied by the timing and size of the Federal Reserve's first interest-rate increase, a small job gain might actually be less traumatic than a supersize one. High…

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