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  • Only Thing Rising Faster than Demand for Government Debt is Supply of It


    The Daily Reckoning AustraliaAuthority Authority: 538
    Governments benefit from teaser rates. Wait til they come to an end... There are so many breathtaking things going on around us we practically suffocate. Last week, three-month US Treasury-bills yielded all of 0.015% interest. Some yields were below zero. In effect, investors gave the government money. The government ...
    22 hours ago
  • All Is Not Lost For Dollar If 0bama Aligns Focus With European Officials


    StupidicaAuthority Authority: 175
    Washington, DC (AHN) - The euro, the currency used in most of the European countries last week traded just below $1.50, near 15-month highs but below its record high above $1.60 hit in July 2008. The future may not be as bleak as analysts David Wiedemer and Robert Wiedemer, and writer Cindy Spitzer, the authors of ...
    1 day ago
  • Road Out of Recession May Be Long and Winding


    The Cynical EconomistAuthority Authority: 146
    From Here by TOM RAUMThe road from recession to recovery is rarely smooth, straight or short. It comes with detours, forks and even dead ends. And sometimes surprises.While each American recession is different, most major ones end with pessimism heavy in the air.As the U.S. economy claws its way out of the deepest ...
    1 day ago
  • It Can Happen In Your State Too: California debt may be half a trillion dollars in debt


    Latest entries from dotcommonsense.blog-city.comAuthority Authority: 138
    Make sure you keep voting in conservative legislators and ballots measure which will favor tax cuts to the wealthy until your tax spread is nearly flat. Then vote in a clown governor to distract yourselves while he takes huge contributions from rich pals and associates.
    1 day ago
  • Fun with numbers


    Beers with DemoAuthority Authority: 505
    Today has been brought to by the numbers 135 and 312 . 135 rhymes with the amount of money in billions that the federal government took in revenue for the month of October. And 312 rhymes with amount of money in billions that same federal government spent in the month of October. Having fun with that Hope and ...
    1 day ago
  • Liberal turmoil clouds debate on climate bills


    Ohaiyo Business MagazineAuthority Authority: 136
    The Federal Opposition looks set to change leaders, as the emissions trading legislation that sparked the Liberal row comes back before the Senate. The Upper House failed to meet the Governments deadline of passing the scheme by last week, prompting the Governments Senate leader, Chris Evans, to accuse the Opposition ...
    1 day ago
  • Rudd plays careful hand at CHOGM


    Ohaiyo Business MagazineAuthority Authority: 136
    Prime Minister Kevin Rudds appearance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is an exercise in double-purpose diplomacy. First, he wants to keep a high profile among his Commonwealth colleagues, meeting all the big players of this 53-nation group: Britains Gordon Brown, Indias Manmohan Singh, South ...
    2 days ago
  • Freak Show


    The Daily ReckoningAuthority Authority: 592
    Governments benefit from ‘teaser’ rates. Wait ’til they come to an end… There are so many breathtaking things going on around us we practically suffocate. Last week, three-month US Treasury-bills yielded all of 0.015% interest. Some yields were below zero. In effect, investors gave the government money. The ...
    3 days ago
  • Dubai Shakes Things Up for World Markets


    EveryJoeAuthority Authority: 158
    Yesterday, the news broke that Dubai was experiencing some serious debt issues. Dubai World , which is a financial entity owned largely by the Dubai government, announced that it would be restructuring and that it would be stopping debt payments. This news has shaken world markets. In Asia and Europe, the markets ...
    3 days ago
  • The Trouble With a Sovereign Debt Crisis


    The Daily Reckoning AustraliaAuthority Authority: 538
    The trouble with a sovereign debt crisis is that you just never know what the tipping point is going to be. Things can be travelling along nicely with apparent stability and suddenly you find yourself in the middle of a crisis. For the last month weve been warning about a sovereign debt crisis in the Western Welfare ...
    3 days ago
  • The National Debt in a Nutshell


    Money as Debt also known as CreditAuthority Authority: 100
    This petition to save the canal properties of Waterways stirred me to put as succinctly as possible why the National or Public Debt has reached its most heinous peak of abusing “public” for private enrichment. The National or “Public” Debt in a Nutshell A Mechanism for the Oppression of Their ...
    4 days ago
  • Data on the Debt


    The Baseline ScenarioAuthority Authority: 694
    So far, my foray into the world of the national debt has consisted of this: Don’t try to scare people with hyperinflation unless you have some basis for doing so. The recent deterioration in the projected debt situation is mainly due to the financial crisis and recession, not some kind of runaway spending ...
    5 days ago
  • Why Pimco is Fleeing From Mortgage Debt Into Government Debt


    The Daily ReckoningAuthority Authority: 592
    Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco) has made its most substantial change in bond holdings since 2004. Its nearly $200 billion Total Return Fund has lowered its mortgage debt holding from 22 to 16 percent of its portfolio. At the same time, it’s increased its government debt — including Treasuries, agency ...
    6 days ago
  • Debt Hangover…..


    tvanderwell on SmartHippo.comAuthority Authority: 138
    You know how many people were saying that the start of this current crisis is people who bought too big and too expensive of a house?   And they did it on a short term adjustable rate mortgage?  and when the rate started adjusting, their payments went through the roof and they ended up losing it all?   Kind of like ...
    6 days ago
  • Government Debt is the New Subprime


    The Daily ReckoningAuthority Authority: 592
    With at least part of the subprime crisis behind us, Gillian Tett of The Financial Times questions if policy makers are focused upon solving what is likely to be the next danger, or if they are simply avoiding a repeat of the last one. What is the next subprime crisis? According to Tett, it’s quite possibly ...
    1 week ago
  • Debt Hangover…..


    Straight Talk About Mortgages and Real EstateAuthority Authority: 433
    You know how many people were saying that the start of this current crisis is people who bought too big and too expensive of a house?   And they did it on a short term adjustable rate mortgage?  and when the rate started adjusting, their payments went through the roof and they ended up losing it all?   Kind of like ...
    1 week ago
  • Big Bang Bubble


    Liberty's Life LineAuthority Authority: 122
    We have had several bubbles before, but if the Obama administration has their way, “you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.”  Currently the budget for the federal government is $4 trillion dollars.  That’s right, your federal government will spend approximately (which means probably more) $4 trillion in one year.  Of ...
    1 week ago
  • Blaming It on Obama


    Wall Street PitAuthority Authority: 639
    Last week I wrote a post about “government debt hysteria” that has gotten a lot of attention because of a link from Paul Krugman. (As Felix Salmon, said, “blogging is a lottery on the individual-blog-entry level.”) The main point of last week’s post was not that it’s wrong to be concerned about the...
    1 week ago
  • Blaming It on Obama


    The Baseline ScenarioAuthority Authority: 694
    Last week I wrote a post about “ government debt hysteria ” that has gotten a lot of attention because of a link from Paul Krugman . (As Felix Salmon , said, “blogging is a lottery on the individual-blog-entry level.”) The main point of last week’s post was not that it’s wrong to be concerned about the ...
    1 week ago
  • Permanently low interest rates for Uncle Sam?


    Contrarian Investors JournalAuthority Authority: 120
    Imagine you owe a lot of credit card debt. And also imagine you have a prodigal son who blew lots of money away in gambling debts and asked you for a bailout. So, you borrow more from your credit...
    1 week ago

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