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This daily commentary is a bronze level members-only post. I wonder how the oil issue is going to play out in this particular election since everyone seems to be talking about how high the price of gasoline/petrol is. In the US, we are…

This daily commentary is a bronze level post. Today's comment is on financial repression and an FT article by Tony Jackson.

This daily commentary is a bronze-level post. Today's comment is on the Irish desire to get their tracker mortgage obligations written down.

This daily commentary is a bronze-level post for members only. Everyone is talking about Goldman. Here are my thoughts.

This daily commentary is a bronze-level post. Barclays Capital has a US Macro Data Surprise Index and it was at all time highs in February. It has since dipped.

This daily commentary is a bronze-level post. A lot of the data coming through in recent weeks shows the US recovery will continue for a bit. I caught two or three data points in the links today about this so I wanted to flag it for the…

News links for 6 Mar 2012.

MMT as an ECB Alternative | Michael Hudson governments spend money (at least in principle) to promote long-term growth and employment, to invest in public infrastructure, research and development,…

Obama’s dream: To run against Santorum - The Washington Post Let me be blunt: If Republicans nominate Rick Santorum to run for president, they will lose. tags:…

Greek statement on bond swap: in full - Telegraph Athens has launched a bond swap with private investors to slash €107bn of the country's debt. Here is the Greek statement in full.…