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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: 2010-03-13 – Fed’s Lehman Repos, States may hold onto tax refunds

Edward Harrison Mar 13, 2010

Tea Party Avoids Divisive Social Issues – NYTimes.com What's Happening to China's Migrant Workers? A New Generation Coming and Going – The China Sourcing Blog States may hold onto tax refunds for months – USATODAY.com Fed Helped Bank…

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Links: 2010-03-12 – Yellen for Fed Vice Chair, Bank failure Thursday and more

Edward Harrison Mar 12, 2010

Obama to tap Yellen for Fed vice chair:source| Reuters BBC News – Rove 'proud' of US waterboarding terror suspects Walmart vende la Barbie negra a mitad de precio que la blanca ¿discriminación? – elConfidencial.com Examiner sees…

Political Economy

Geithner accuses the EU of protectionism in financial services

Edward Harrison Mar 11, 2010

The Financial Times has caught wind of a letter sent by U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to to the EU’s Michel Barnier. In only thinly-veiled language Mr. Geithner accused the EU of financial protectionism for the way Brussels…

Economy

Average jobless claims lower despite headline number

Edward Harrison Mar 11, 2010

Seasonally-adjusted jobless claims dipped 6,000 to 462,000 for the week ending 6 Mar 2010. This is significantly lower than the revised 498,000 number we saw two weeks prior. Nevertheless, 4-week average jobless claims are still over…

Economy

Elizabeth Warren: GMAC did not pose a systemic risk

Edward Harrison Mar 11, 2010

So why did we rescue this institution with a massive bailout? Elizabeth Warren, who chairs the Congressional Oversight panel of the TARP program, doesn't understand any more than taxpayers do. This is another example of the malinvestment…

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Links: 2010-03-11 – Sovereign debt explosion, Russian Eurobonds and more

Edward Harrison Mar 11, 2010

FT.com – Spain has the means to avoid Greece's fate FT.com – Mohamed El-Erian – How to handle the sovereign debt explosion BofA under regulatory pressure to shrink: report| Reuters Second Lien Writedowns, II « Rortybomb Discouraged…

Political Economy

Gallup: Can’t Get No Satisfaction

Edward Harrison Mar 10, 2010

August 2009 was the high point of American’s satisfaction with the economy during Barack Obama’s tenure. Interestingly, this meshes with the data on the ground. In a recent interview, Simoleon Sense quoted James Montier as saying that…

Don’t play with power or you’ll get burnt

Edward Harrison Mar 10, 2010

This is pretty cool. Now I know why my mother told me to stay away from power.

Economy

Spain’s debt woes and Germany’s intransigence lead to double dip

Edward Harrison Mar 10, 2010

The Bloomberg video is a bit sensationalist in my opinion. But it gets to the heart of the problem in Europe, namely Spain. Spain has an economy and debt which is an order of magnitude larger than Greece. That means that problems in Spain…

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Links: 2010-03-10 – Mortgage writedowns, bank levies, gold bubble and more

Edward Harrison Mar 10, 2010

FT Alphaville – Tracy Alloway – Some useful things I’ve learned about Germany’s hyperinflation’ Another Real-Time Economic Indicator Is Rolling Over And Showing Contraction FT.com – Martin Wolf – Germany's eurozone crisis nightmare…

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