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How a financial crisis morphs into a currency war: A history of the crisis to date and how it has led to the escalating rhetoric of a so-called currency war. Bubble Trouble In Finland?: Edward Hugh analyses the above-trend house price…

This week's posts pointed to commentary from some of the top analysts: Meredith Whitney, Hugh Hendry, Andy Xie, David Tepper, and David Rosenberg. Of note was the situation in Ireland and the cabinet shuffle in the Obama White House. A lot…

I am finally back after taking most of August off and I should be up to near a full posting schedule in short order. While I was away, the site got a re-design and a speed upgrade. If you have visited since yesterday, you should notice that…

  I promised that the site would be making some changes in addition to the redesign. So the site will be undergoing some admin that will make it unavailable tonight sometime after 8PM EDT/12AM GMT (less than three hours from now).…

By John Lounsbury. In a previous article reviewing my attendance at a small discussion group meeting with Treasury Secretary Geithner and other senior Treasury Officials, I left out one very important topic that was covered.  I also…

By John Lounsbury. I was privileged to attend a meeting at the Treasury Department in Washington on Monday afternoon, August 16. The two hour plus meeting was hosted by Senior Treasury Officials. There were three discussion leaders:…

Most Popular Posts Economy Shilling: "The Economy Really Doesn't Have Much Gas Any More" Grantham: Deflation has won on points ECRI Index annualized change almost a lock for double dip territory A New Spotlight on…

For those of you who only receive updates via the weekly newsletter, we have been posting over the last few weeks but I have dropped the ball on crafting a weekly newsletter.  So this week I will make this week in review post a month…

This morning while I was doing my BBC Interview, the Credit Writedowns database failed. I noticed it first when there were no posts on the front page - just a note saying "Sorry, the post you are seeking does not exist." In any…

Check out the related article at the Globe below. Where are the gals, pray tell? Hat tip Tracy Alloway Source: Inside the mind of the anonymous online poster - Boston Globe