Caroline Baum

Financial collapse edges closer - Martin Hutchinson, Asia TimesMortgage squeeze tightens further - BBC NewsJim Bunning's Capitalism Pitch Is in Strike Zone: Caroline Baum - BloombergGoogle shares slump after ad warning - Irish…

Senator Jim Bunning's classic line, "when I picked up my newspaper yesterday, I thought I woke up in France," was delivered before the Senate Banking Committee as Ben Bernanke, the Fed Chair, gave testimony. He was rightfully upset that…

Recession-Plagued Nation Demands New Bubble To Invest In - OnionFed Steps Back From Imaginary Tightening Ledge: Caroline Baum - BlombergFinancier's Death Hints at Trouble for Lenders - WSJGoldman Is Queried About Bear's Fall - WSJJim…

It's the economy, stupid Foreclosures' financial strains take toll on kids - USA Today It's All Over But the Dating for U.S. Recession: Caroline Baum - Bloomberg Los datos parciales hasta mayo apuntan a un crecimiento cero…

The Fed has lost all credibility in the markets. On Wednesday, Ben Bernanke was unable to put his money where his mouth is. Earlier, he jawboned on inflation, trying to match the BoE and the ECB in rhetoric, but his actions speak louder…

This comes from Bloomberg News via one of their top finance commentators, Caroline Baum.Why Real Estate Market Is Nowhere Near a Bottom: Caroline BaumCommentary by Caroline Baum…

No! The Fed is not crazy. Market participants are forgetting that the U.S. economy is still not out of the woods. Moreover, many financial institutions are drowning in writedowns. None of this should be expected to change anytime soon.…

Caroline Baum has a great column at Bloomberg News today about U.S. Dollar policy. The basic thrust of the column was about asking Ben Bernanke to put his money where his mouth is. The Fed can talk all it wants -- about the Dollar and…

Caroline Baum, one of the best financial reporters out there, has a new column today about the Fed. I recommend it highly. The article is about a new book by Robert Auerbach, Professor at the University of Texas, Austin called "Deception…

Caroline Baum was asking in her column today: "How can a 2 percent funds rate be appropriately calibrated to promote moderating inflation when inflation is currently rising at almost 4 percent?" The answer: it can't. The Fed is all about…