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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.

Economy

Articles: Bank Writedowns & Failures

Edward Harrison
I am now updating the information on my Credit Crisis Timeline here:https://www.creditwritedowns.com/credit-crisis-timelineThere have been a tremendous number of economic dislocations during the present financial crisis. Initially written…
Economy

Global Bank write-offs and failures

Edward Harrison
Since the housing bubble created a global credit crunch in June 2007 after Bear Stearns announced the collapse of two funds it ran (its High-Grade Structured Credit Fund and its High Grade Structured Credit Enhanced Leveraged Fund), there…
News

Interesting Articles

Edward Harrison
2008 06 - Next Phase of the Credit Crisis to Hit Credit Default Swaps $62 Trillion Market2008 06 - Frank-Dodd Rescue Prolongs Housing Crisis by Deferring Defaults2008 06 - Federal Reserve and ECB are in no mood to save us from the…
Economy

Bank bankruptcy or bailout?

Edward Harrison
Update: Also see my list of Bankrupt global financial institutions. Recently, the pace of writedowns by major money center banks has increased. UBS announced today it wrote down $19 billion. Deutsche Bank announced today it wrote down $4…
News

News Round-Up: 01 Apr 2008

Edward Harrison
Food Price Inflation Changes How We Shop - Chicago Tribune (3/31/2008)Fed eyes Nordic-style nationalisation of U.S. banks - UK Telegraph (4/1/2008)UBS writes off $19 billion - Yahoo! News (4/1/2008)Deutsche Bank Expects $4B Subprime Hit -…
Economy

How we got into this mess

Edward Harrison
A few days ago Comstock Partners released a Special Report outlining how we got into the economic malaise that is hitting us right now. Their report is spot on in terms of the genesis of our problems being easy money. They also accurately…
Economy

Is the Fed reckless?

Edward Harrison
Recently, on Mar. 18th, the Federal Reserve lowered the Fed Funds rate to 2.25%. In the accompanying statement, the Fed said the following: "Recent information indicates that the outlook for economic activity has weakened further. Growth…

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