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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.

Markets

Back to the future: Rosenberg says it’s like the crisis never happened

Edward Harrison Oct 20, 2009

In today’s morning with Dave article, Gluskin Sheff’s Chief Economist and Strategist says the macro environment makes it look like 2007 all over again – as if the crisis never happened. It’s like 2008 and early 2009 never happened. Hong…

Political Economy

Keep your hands off Goldman’s bonuses

Edward Harrison Oct 20, 2009

The title of this post is somewhat misleading – designed to be provocative to get you to read what I have to say. Indeed, I am going to defend Goldman Sach’s right to pay what it likes to its employees. But, I am also going to defend your…

News

Links: 2009-10-19

Edward Harrison Oct 19, 2009

BB&T report slumps as credit issues weigh | Reuters And they are generally considered better managed. More investors overweight equities: Citigroup | Reuters Even more evidence of an asset-based recovery Government banks…

Economy

The next crisis is already under way

Edward Harrison Oct 19, 2009

Wolfgang Munchau of the Financial Times wrote a very important comment piece in today’s Financial Times. In it he said that central banks are targeting asset prices to avoid the brunt of cyclical downturns. This policy is inducing asset…

Markets

London house prices at an all-time high

Edward Harrison Oct 19, 2009

Further proof that the reflationary efforts of policy makers is taking hold comes from London in the form of record high house prices. The Guardian reports: Property asking prices in London have broken through the record high set…

News

News from around the web: 2009-10-17

Edward Harrison Oct 17, 2009

Supply-Side Economics, R.I.P. | Bruce Bartlett Repudiation of Bush. Not all tax cuts are created equal. How Hillary Clinton Was Reborn As Secretary of State -- New York Magazine Is her star rising? Another Goldman executive…

Economy

FDIC Friday Night Special: San Joaquin Bank, Bakersfield, California

Edward Harrison Oct 16, 2009

From the FDIC: San Joaquin Bank, Bakersfield, California, was closed today by the California Department of Financial Institutions, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect the depositors,…

Economy

Elizabeth Warren: “The big banks always get what they want”

Edward Harrison Oct 16, 2009

Elizabeth Warren, chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel, is certainly looks to be fighting the good fight. At the conclusion of the Buttonwood Gathering in New York on Fixing Finance, she met with Tech Ticker’s Aaron Task and gave him…

Economy

Ireland: Next stop – IMF

Edward Harrison Oct 16, 2009

Ireland has made heroic strides in trying to deal with its economic problem after a spectacular property bust. But it is looking increasingly like it will not be enough. According to a senior Irish minister, the next stop for Ireland could…

Political Economy

US angling to get Chinese to revalue renminbi

Edward Harrison Oct 16, 2009

In what looks to be a central line of attack in the quest to re-balance the global economy, the Treasury Department has ratcheted up the rhetoric against China’s currency peg. The Treasury’s semiannual report to Congress slammed the Chinese…

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