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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

Denmark’s house prices fall

Edward Harrison
As the first bubble economy to hit the skids and officially fall into recession, tiny Denmark deserves a mention. Statistics Denmark has released figures showing that house prices are falling in Denmark, which joins an ever-increasing group…
Economy

The Cold War redux

Edward Harrison
Recently, I have become very concerned about the deteriorating geopolitical situation and its likely effects on the global economy. The Georgia-Russia situation produced a response from the U.S. to defend Poland with a missile shield,…
Economy

Personality type may decide elections

Edward Harrison
Voters in America are concrete, specific, and focused on the here and now by a margin of 3 to 1. To me, this has a real impact on the outcome of primary and Presidential races as candidates must speak in a way that resonates with those…
Blogs

Blog admin: graphs, feeds and amazon

Edward Harrison
Hi everyone. Just a little admin here. Graphs and charts You probably noticed in my posts on U.S. jobless claims and inflation that my graphs were looking MUCH improved. Well, I have been reading Tim Iacono's site and have always…
Markets

Cognitive dissonance

Edward Harrison
In psychology, cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling or stress caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously. The theory of cognitive dissonance proposes that people have a fundamental cognitive drive to reduce this…
Economy

US jobless claims look grim

Edward Harrison
US Jobless claims came out again today as they do every Thursday at 8.30AM. The numbers were not good, and give a clear indication of why the Fed will not cut rates in the face of 5.6% inflation. Initial claims came in at 450,000, moving…

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