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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

Mark Thoma: Libertarians and populists are against Bernanke

Edward Harrison Dec 17, 2009

Mark is right that time is not on Chairman Bernanke’s side. If you saw the Ron Paul video earlier today, you can see what’s happening. I don’t have a strong view, although I believe most of the other bloggers are against. Reminder: This…

News

Quantitative easing and inflation expectations

Edward Harrison Dec 17, 2009

When asked about monetary policy by Sen. David Vitter earlier this month, Ben Bernanke gave the following response. The public’s understanding of the Federal Reserve’s commitment to price stability helps to anchor inflation expectations…

News

Links: 2009-12-17

Edward Harrison Dec 17, 2009

Philly Fed factory activity at 4-1/2 year high | Reuters Democrats' Blues Grow Deeper in New Poll - WSJ.com BBC News - Irish Republic out of recession as GDP grows BBC News - Citigroup shares sale planned by US government…

Economy

On releasing Citi from TARP and banking by accounting subterfuge

Edward Harrison Dec 17, 2009

Credit Writedowns has made it clear how little will there is in Washington for substantive reform in financial services. But, let’s be more explicit in this post about what policy makers are doing. I will use the recent…

Economy

Jobless claims rise 7,000 to 480,000

Edward Harrison Dec 17, 2009

Initial jobless claims for the week ended December 12th came in at a seasonally-adjusted (SA) 480,000, which is a rise of 7,000 from the previous week. This brings the 4-week SA average down to 467,500, the lowest in 15-months. …

Political Economy

Video: Ron Paul on Bernanke as Person of the Year

Edward Harrison Dec 17, 2009

Political Economy

Estonia looks to join the Eurozone in 2011

Edward Harrison Dec 16, 2009

This comes from Bloomberg News: Estonia is set to meet its goal of adopting the euro in 2011 because of the Baltic country’s work on fulfilling fiscal requirements, European Union Economic Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said.…

Jon Stewart: Clusterf#@k to the Poor House – Fat cat flight delay

Edward Harrison Dec 16, 2009

Here's Jon Stewart on Comedy Central. In this episode, bad weather prevents CEOs of the three biggest financial institutions from attending a meeting with President Obama.

News

Financial News: 2009-12-16

Edward Harrison Dec 16, 2009

Steven Pearlstein - Out from under TARP, banks are now free to fail again - washingtonpost.com France Matches U.K. With 50 Percent Bonus Tax - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com FT.com - End bankruptcy priority for derivatives, repos…

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News from around the web: 2009-12-16

Edward Harrison Dec 16, 2009

The importance of attractiveness depends on where you live - Science Daily Howard Dean: Health Care Bill 'Bigger Bailout for Insurance Industry Than AIG' - ABC News Google Contacts Can Kill Duplicates in Bulk - Lifehacker…

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