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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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Outlook for Spain: Recession

Edward Harrison
The well-deserved euphoria over the European Championship in football has brought welcome relief to Spanish consumers, weighed down by a slow economy. However, global economies have not decoupled from the U.S. slowdown. European economies…
Markets

UK House Prices down in June

Edward Harrison
Nationwide, the UK building society, announced today that house prices in the UK fell 0.9% in June. As the worry about the international credit crisis has expanded, the UK has moved centre stage in terms of concern over house prices. As…
Markets

Chart of the day: Japan 1984-2004

Edward Harrison
Japan suffered one of the most horrific market meltdowns in history from 1984-2004. Only four years after the last market bottom and on the verge of another global market downturn, it even may be too early to use the past tense to describe…
Economy

Florida sues Countrywide

Edward Harrison
From the Wall Street Journal: Florida Sues CountrywideThe Florida attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Countrywide Financial Corp. and its chief executive, Angelo Mozilo, alleging that the company engaged in deceptive and unfair…
Economy

30 Jun 2008: Latest writedown news

Edward Harrison
The following are the links regarding the global credit crunch that have been recently added to the Credit Crisis Timeline. The full timeline is accessible hereLatest Additions2008 06 18 Subprime Losses Top $396 Billion on Brokers'…

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