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Is There A Global Economic Slowdown In The Works?
According to Ralph Atkins writing in the Financial Times last week, “the pace of Germany’s recovery is helping dispel fears of a “double dip” recession across the continent as a result of the crisis over public finances in southern European…
DON’T Let Goldman Be Goldman
Wallace Tuberville writes that if we let Goldman go back to its old ways, no one wins. This post originally appeared at New Deal 2.0. William D. Cohan’s op-ed piece in the July 7th New York Times had the same title as this article, but for…
Roach: 40% chance of a double dip
Stephen Roach was the third interviewee in the Wall Street Journal's new video format "the Big Interview." He sees a weak recovery and believes a double dip is more likely than the consensus. Roach also talks about the…
Save the Virgins!
By David Galland, Managing Editor, The Casey Report This morning I read an interesting story in Soundings magazine. It recounted the final voyage of the S.S. Morro Castle, purportedly one of the safest ships afloat back in 1934 when it…
ECRI Weekly Index Growth Rate Now -8.3
From the ECRI website: A measure of future U.S. economic growth fell to the lowest since July 2009, indicating that the economy will continue to slow, a research group said on Friday. The Economic Cycle Research Institute, a New…
Would The U.S. Economy Have Double Dipped If The Fed Raised Rates in 2003?
The Chris Whalen interview on CNBC has me thinking about the Federal Reserve's policy dilemma right now. If you haven't seen his comments on interest rates, read my post Roubini, Bremmer and Whalen: Fixing the Financial System and Double…
Comstock: Liquidity Trap Means QE Will Fail As Private Sector Deleverages
Excerpts from Comstock's latest weekly: Debt is discussed by the pundits on financial TV also, but in almost every case the discussion revolves around government deficits relative to GDP or government debt relative to GDP. They…
Roubini, Bremmer and Whalen: Fixing the Financial System and Double Dipping
Below is the video of Chris Whalen of Institutional Risk Analytics, Nouriel Roubini and Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group giving their assessment of the financial system and the overall economy. The group was on CNBC earlier this week…
Croatia: On The Brink of What?
As Croatia enters the final stage of its EU membership talks, it is perhaps a fitting moment to review the other half of the picture, namely where the Croatian economy finds itself, and what the outlook might be for a continuing convergence…
Text: EU Statement on Stress Tests of 91 European Banks
The following is the press release released by the EU on the subject of the European Bank Stress Tests. There will be 91 institutions undergoing the tests. I have provided a list of the specific institutions below. The greatest number of…