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Happy Monday. It was a fairly slow news day actually. But that doesn't mean there weren't a lot of stories to follow on economics and finance, because there were a lot. I am officially stopping the Madoff madness and moving on to something…

Hello again and happy Sunday reading. I have the useful rubbernecking fascination with Bernie Madoff again today. But, my focus is a bit different today. You will see a lot of stories about the UK. In the wake of the massive $11 billion…

I continue to be impressed by the absolute magnitude of the Madoff scandal. This Ponzi scheme went on for decades. It is a truly frightening spectacle. See some of the articles below. Otherwise, it's a Potpourri from around the net.…

It's Friday and the madness must come to an end. I don't have a lot on the table so I'll leave you with just the usual links. I would say the Madoff stuff is pretty unbelievable. See the first four articles to see what I mean. Other news…

Pre-market trading is not looking good. Everyone is pointing to the auto bailout failure as the cause. If you're in treasuries, you are very happy because yet again the flight to lunacy continues as equity markets sell off.

The big news today (at least in my mind) is the outsized jobless claims number of 573,000. This number confirms the view that the employment situation is worsening quite rapidly. I think we could see 7.2% unemployment next month given…

So we have gotten our auto sector bailout. Let's see how this shakes out. I am already hearing rumblings that this will not be easy as bondholders are not playing nice. See the link to Felix Salmon's comments below. My own view is that bond…

On the financial scene, I see the biggest news as being the fact that the yield on 3-month treasuries have now gone negative. This is an absolute first. This means the U.S. government is being paid by investors to borrow. Given the fact…

As we get ready for another week in the markets, it bears noting that stock markets are notoriously able in shrugging off news (both good and bad) and moving as if to their own drummer. Today could be one of those days, with overseas…

Below are a few links to web stories you might enjoy. Other news stories can be found at our newsfeed. The newsfeed is also available via RSS. I would like to point out the story on econbloggers as particularly interesting — where’s Credit…