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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.

Political Economy

Biofuels

Edward Harrison
I caught an interesting letter to the editor at the New York Times. We really need to think about which alternative energy sources we use and this letter highlights the fact.Re “Bring On the Right Biofuels,” by Roger Cohen (column, The New…
Markets

European House Prices are slowing

Edward Harrison
While we all expected house prices to slow and even fall in bubble markets like Ireland, the UK and Spain, it comes as news to me that prices are slowing in Germany as well. I was just in Germany this past month, and while there were…
Political Economy

Gas Tax Breaks

Edward Harrison
I am wading into this debate over whether or not the U.S. government should temporarily suspend the federal tax on gasoline this summer. I come down on the side against the tax break. Here's why?In a post about Windfall taxes on Tuesday, I…
News

News Round-Up: 2 May 2008

Edward Harrison
Updated throughout the dayUSU.S. Loses 20,000 Jobs in April; Unemployment Rate Falls to 5% (Bloomberg, 5/2/2008) Dollar Reserve Status Is Tale of Fading Glory (Bloomberg, 5/2/2008)Bank of America May Not Guarantee Countrywide's Debt…
News

News Round-up

Edward Harrison
Updated throughout the dayUSCorrection: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims up 35,000 (U.S. Government, 5/1/2008)Unemployment Benefit Rolls Climb to 4-Year High (Bloomberg, 5/1/2008)Recession's here, economist Kasriel says (Wilmette Life,…
Political Economy

Drilling for oil

Edward Harrison
Today, I read an article by Robert Samuelson in the Washington Post advising that the U.S. allow drilling for oil in previous no-go drilling zones because the cost of oil is rising. Originally, I agreed with his assessment. Today, I have…
Economy

More on HBOS

Edward Harrison
The Lex column in Yesterday's FT highlights what many market players are thinking about the company's £4 billion ($8 billion) rights issue: the economic outlook in the UK is worse than feared."The main potential explanation for the apparent…
Markets

Housing Prices

Edward Harrison
This blog entry will serve as a timeline to track housing prices over time as they are reported. US: S&P/Case-Shiller Index 2007 03 27 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index Declined 0.2% 2007 04 24 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price…

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