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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

Blame Bernanke, the dollar and oil

Edward Harrison
Oil prices aren't high because of greedy oil companies or backstabbing middle eastern countries. Oil prices are high because of easy money. That is the message of David Uren in today's Australian. I subscribe to his view but add in peak…
Markets

UK home prices fall in June

Edward Harrison
From Firstrung:UK house prices fall 1.2% in June as house price growth reaches near zero for past twelve months - Rightmove U.K. house prices have declined by their biggest amount so far this year as buyers shun the…
Economy

Citigroup to slash jobs

Edward Harrison
Rumors are that Citigroup is also going to have another big writedown.Citigroup Inc., in the latest sign of bloodletting on Wall Street, is set this week to embark on an aggressive round of layoffs within its investment-banking division,…
Markets

Market risk is high

Edward Harrison
As we get ready for another grueling weak in the markets, one can see that market risk is high. Weekends are always a time of great nerves because there are no trades to validate or question one's market view. However, this weekend is…
Economy

Gas is cheap!

Edward Harrison
A friend from the UK visited me at the weekend last week. As we drove by the local Exxon, and he spotted the $4.30 marker for regular unleaded, he commented "Petrol is cheap here." Really?Well, in the UK, he said he was paying £1.40 a…

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