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Financial news links for 20 January 2012

Dollar pares back some of its recent losses ahead of the weekend; focus on Greek debt negotiations. A leaked draft of the new EZ fiscal pact contains tougher rules; growth sensitive currencies top performers. We, along with the consensus,…

Does Austerity Promote Economic Growth? - Robert J. Shiller - Project Syndicate Policymakers cannot afford to wait decades for economists to figure out a definitive answer, which may never be found at all. But, judging by the…

Financial news links for 18 January 2012

Is Europe About to Unravel? - Tim Duy's Fed Watch The key problem always was the internal imbalances, a problem for which European policymakers have never offered a credible solution.  They simply don't have such a solution…

How's That Austerity Working? - Tim Duy's Fed Watch How can this downward spiral end with anything other than a technical default?  It can't, which is why the debt talks collapsed.  The cuts necessary to bring Greek…

Draghi Says Debt-Crisis Strategy Is Working as ECB Postpones 'Armageddon' - Bloomberg The ECB's massive injection of cash into the financial system last month is beginning to lubricate seized credit markets and there are…