Ben Bernanke

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• The Comparison is Undeniable

  
  Jr Deputy Accountant — Authority: 143
  h/t Liberty Pulse (did I see this somewhere else?) Some things need not be explained: Beavis & Butt-Head - Green Thumbs @ Yahoo! Video
  7 hours ago

• Signs Of The Time, Part 60

  
  Boom2Bust.com — Authority: 542
  While some claim Wall Street is trying to improve its image (and deflect attention from potentially-huge bonuses) by avoiding extravagant year-end parties , the Fed could be trying to accomplish the same by taking their PR efforts to your local movie theater. From the Los Angeles Times’ Jim Puzzanghera yesterday: ...
  13 hours ago

• US Homeless on the Rise

  
  THE WORLD ACCORDING TO DR CASTRO — Authority: 423
  While the Government of Obama, "Helicopter Ben" and Geithner keep pumping money into the banks, giving money to the banksters and Wall Street, main street of America sees a rapid increase of homeless numbers.
  15 hours ago

• Quantifying External UAE And Dubai Loss Exposure

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  Bank of America has provided an extended analysis of foreign exposure to Dubai World and Dubai sovereign. As BofAML points out "the basics of the discussion are threefold in our view: who owes how much to whom, when do they pay, and what happens if they do not? As there are no official debt data on both emirates and ...
  16 hours ago

• $1,190 Breached, John McClane Summoned To The Scene

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  At this point there is little sense in putting up any more gold charts. It is pretty clear what is happening: John McClane and Samuel L. Jackson are waiting for the next phone call with detailed instructions from Bernanke on how to short the dollar as the kleptocrats haul the 33 Liberty Street gold stash using garbage ...
  2 days ago

• The Door is Closing: Hoping for UIGEA Delay

  
  Hard-Boiled Poker — Authority: 128
  Yesterday on the Two Plus Two forums, a question was asked about “how pivotal are the next 24 hours” when it comes to the possibility that compliance with the finalized regulations for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 -- scheduled to begin next Tuesday, December 1 -- will be delayed. ...
  2 days ago

• The Care Bair Loves TBTF, Says Dont Break Them Up

  
  Jr Deputy Accountant — Authority: 143
  Sheila, WTF?! Im going to have to start capping on your ass now, come on, we were cool up until this point. Reuters : A top U.S. bank regulator on Tuesday said lawmakers need to be careful about moving forward with a proposal that could break up the largest financial institutions, while also voicing support for ...
  3 days ago

• Peasant, You Have No Right to Know!

  
  The Classic Liberal Blog — Authority: 563
  The HuffPo’s Douglas A. McIntyre writes a hatchet piece on Ron Paul … Then Gary North goes ahead and rips his argument apart, with both hands tied behind his back. So sit back, and enjoy the fisking! “No Right to Know”: A Wall Street Financial Site’s Attack on Congress and Ron Paul Paul’s ...
  3 days ago

• Is Washington Completely Out Of Touch With Main Street?

  
  Boom2Bust.com — Authority: 542
  I’ve got an idea the following Huffington Post piece might very well describe how a number of Americans feel right now about our elected officials in Washington. From Post contributor Don McNay last night: Can you hear me calling you? -Mike and The Mechanics Mark Twain said that when he died he wanted to be ...
  3 days ago

• Gold - The Other View

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  With gold now dislocating from its ordained function as a dollar collapse safe haven, and today being a rare example of when both gold spot and the DXY are up, it would appear there is nothing left that can prevent gold from hitting escape velocity in the immediate future, as more and more investors tell the Fed they ...
  3 days ago

• A Primer On Balance Sheet Recessions

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  Lately, much of the economic debate has been force-shifted by the economic pundits to observations of a financial rebound framed merely as a consequence of a manufacturing recession, when the core of the issue is and continues to revolve in a balance sheet recession context. As the later has a unique set of ...
  3 days ago

• High Unemployment Will Dog 2010

  
  AskCherLock.com — Authority: 124
  Shortly the Thanksgiving holiday will be here, the Christmas season will move into high gear, and the year of 2009 will close its books for good. For millions of Americans 2009 will be remembered as a year of high anxiety and looming uncertainty. The economy at the start the year was in a free fall, near to total ...
  3 days ago

• Should Geithner Resign?

  
  The New Republic - the stash Feed — Authority: 139
  So far the members of Congress who think the Treasury Secretary should go dont quite constitute a full-blown caucus, much less anything resembling a majority. But theyre expressing their opinions with increasing passion. Early this month Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell confessed that she was "not sure" why ...
  4 days ago

• PIMCOs Total Return Fund Sells Over $80 Billion Of Mortgage Securities To US Taxpayers Year-To-Date

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  Bill Gross PIMCO is selling mortgage securities like there is no tomorrow. In October, the Newport Beach firms Total Return Fund held the lowest amount of mortgages in recent (or distant) history: at 16% of the total $193 billion in fund total net assets, securities backed by the housing bubble (v1 and/or v2) ...
  4 days ago

• Health Care Hiatus

  
  The Melting Pot Project — Authority: 426
  Apologies for the silent week - Ive been in bed with what seems to be pneumonia, and seeing as its being overly persistent and the holidays are coming up, I figure this would be a good time to make some...
  4 days ago

• Quotes For The Week

  
  Boom2Bust.com — Authority: 542
  As long as Mr. Bernanke is the Fed Chairman, gold will be a very good investment . -Marc Faber, publisher of the Gloom Boom & Doom Report , in a November 16 Bloomberg TV interview Since 2000, my columns have covered many warnings of major debt accumulation, market meltdowns, and the psychological failings of ...
  4 days ago

• Mortgage Rates Fell to 2009 Low

  
  HSH Associates Financial News Blog — Authority: 134
  Mortgage rates are on a roll. Rates fell last week to their lowest levels seen all year. According to the latest issue of HSH’s Market Trends Newsletter, “ Mortgage Rates Downshift, Match Year’s Low ,” the conforming 30-year fixed rate dipped below the 5% mark. “Although one might have thought that ...
  4 days ago

• Here Is Why The Dollar Is Now Effectively Worthless

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  A picture is worth a thousand Krugman essays, which is why we present a chart comparing the US Monetary Base (and by subtracting Reserve Balances with Fed Reserve Banks, Currency in Circulation), and the Feds holdings of MBS and Agency paper (worthless GSE/FHA garbage). In summary: Currency in Circulation: $920 ...
  4 days ago

• Bernanke rage boils over

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 167
  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has a tough road ahead.
  4 days ago

• Why is Obama Championing Bush’s Financial Wrecking Crew?

  
  New Deal 2.0 — Authority: 142
  Bill Black lays out a near-term list of financial priorities. Item #1: Team Obama must be purged of the ‘Wrecking Crew’ who drove the economy over a cliff. Tom Frank’s book, The Wrecking Crew explains how the Bush administration destroyed effective government and damaged our social fabric and our economy. ...
  4 days ago

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