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Yes, Geithners just kidding about a strong dollar
Money & Company —
Authority: 593
Despite Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner ’s latest emphatic statement about the need to "maintain a strong dollar," financial markets know he’s not serious. The Obama administration, like the Bush administration before it, pays lip service to the idea of keeping the greenback strong even as the currency ...7 hours ago -
Bank of England May Continue Economic Policy
NYT > Theater —
Authority: 913
The central bank said it was open to pumping more money into the economy, a warning to those who had speculated the bank would shift focus to controlling inflation.8 hours ago -
Banks Raising Credit Card Interest Rates Ahead of New Credit Card Rules
MonitorBankRates.com —
Authority: 426
Banks and credit card issuers have been raising credit card interest rates before the new credit card rules take effect next year drawing the ire of law makers.The Senate Banking Committee chairman, Christopher Dodd, D-CT, is pushing legislation that would freeze credit card interest rates on existing credit card ...8 hours ago -
Bank Of England Preparing To Blow Bubble Of Unprecedented Proportions
zero hedge —
Authority: 761
In the latest attempt to prove that nobody ever learns anything from history, the Bank Of England is practically betting the Devonshire farm that by putting the UKs economy on nitrous, it will recapture all the lost output during the recession, and that it will be able to time the stimulus exit perfectly, thus ...9 hours ago -
Single Guy Money Hosts Dale Robyn Siegel
Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours —
Authority: 140
Single Guy Money is a blog about achieving a debt-free life. Today he shares a guest post by Dale Robyn Siegel, author of The New Rules for Mortgages, titled Accelerating Your Mortgage payoff = Debt-Free Euphoria -- http://www.singleguymoney.com/2009/11/accelerating-your-mortgage-payoff-debt.html Part of being debt ...9 hours ago -
Miranda Marquit Reviews The New Rules for Mortgages at All Business
Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours —
Authority: 140
Miranda Marquit reviews The New Rules for Mortgages by Dale Robyn Siegel on her Personal Finance Corner at All Business. -- http://www.allbusiness.com/banking-finance/banking-lending-credit-services/13414126-1.html Siegel writes in an accessible style, and clearly states the needed elements when it comes to ...9 hours ago -
Is lack of credit stifling economic recovery?
TotallyMoney News —
Authority: 131
The Bank of England’s inflation report was released today, in which Governor Mervyn King said the UK economy had ‘only just started’ along the road to recovery. Mr. King states: “The UK economy is facing a prolonged period of balance sheet adjustment. That will not be achieved in a few quarters. The banking ...10 hours ago -
Over $1 Trillion In Excess Reserves? Not A Problem According To Goldman Sachs
zero hedge —
Authority: 761
As we pointed out recently , excess reserves at banking institutions have hit yet another all time record over $1 trillion, courtesy not just of the Feds burgeoning reliquification efforts via direct asset purchases, but also due to its strategy to wind down the SFP program , and keep the Federal debt level under ...11 hours ago -
How to Calculate Interest [and How Does It Work?]
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Sure, most people know that interest is the cost of borrowing money or the income from saving money. And they know that they should earn a return on their investments. However, when put in a specific borrowing, saving, or investing situation, people aren’t sure how interest is calculated and exactly what different ...11 hours ago -
Dollar to Fall in 2010 on Record Low Interest Rates
Forex News —
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The U.S. dollar touched its lowest level in more than a year versus most of its main rival currencies as speculations suggest that the Federal Reserve will maintain borrowing costs in a historic record low, as the economy still urges for stimulus to provide a more solid recovery.(...) Read the rest of ...12 hours ago -
Stocks up on China data, Fed rate view (Reuters)
Relevant News —
Authority: 514
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The Empire’s Last Stand: Real Interest Rates
Wall Street Pit —
Authority: 647
You may recall that a week ago I made a sort of “Emperor has no clothes” accusation against the economics profession. I claimed that economists are always talking about “easy money” and “tight money” without have any coherent definition, indeed not even knowing that they have no coherent...17 hours ago -
Update from wonderland :Rising interest rates dented consumer confidence in November, snapping five months of increases.
InvestmentWatch —
Authority: 449
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index dropped by 2.5 per cent in November to 118.3 reversing a 1.7 per cent rise in the previous month. The index had risen for five months to October, as the sharemarket recovered and interest rates remained low. ”Given that this fall comes after a second ...22 hours ago -
Hidden Inventory of Unsold Houses Will Depress Housing Prices
The Daily Reckoning Australia —
Authority: 551
"There are a lot of houses for rent...you can get a very good deal," reports our oldest son. Will is relocating, from Argentina back to the US. Hes moving back to Florida. "Why dont you move back into your own house," his father wanted to know. "Dad, Ive got a good tenant in there. Besides, its not in very good ...22 hours ago -
California debt binge shakes up muni bond market
Money & Company —
Authority: 593
The municipal bond market’s message to California: Enough with the borrowing already! Over the last seven weeks the state has sold more than $21 billion of short- and long-term debt for budget-related reasons and to finance voter-approved infrastructure projects. That flood -- in a period when muni bond yields ...22 hours ago -
Everything Old Is (Really Not) New Again
zero hedge —
Authority: 761
By Marla Singer and Geoffrey Batt Everything old is new again. Except... not really. Go back, for instance, to September 1974. Click to Play Black and white television is not, as it happens, new again. True, Steve Jobs is already wearing black turtleneck and glasses, but hes named William Simon. A ...1 day ago -
Fast Money Recap: Searching for a Catalyst
TheStreet.com —
Authority: 611
The trading panel discussed various catalysts that might sustain the rally.1 day ago -
Yield Curve
Skeptical CPA —
Authority: 432
Hellacious at Sudden Debt has an interesting 29 October 2009 post on the yield curves (YC) shape: http://suddendebt.blogspot.com/2009/10/boundary-conditions.html . While agreeing with his conclusion, i.e., the YC will flatten, we disagree as to why the YC is so highly sloped and what its slope means. I say the YC ...1 day ago -
California forced to boost yield on bond sale to lure buyers
Money & Company —
Authority: 593
California has stumbled badly in its latest foray into the municipal bond market -- a sign investors are overloaded with the state’s debt. Borrowing $1.9 billion Tuesday via bonds that mature in June 2013, the state was forced to pay a 4% annualized tax-free yield to lure investors to the deal. Just last Friday ...1 day ago -
Why Stocks Rise When the Dollar Falls
The Daily Reckoning —
Authority: 643
Stocks rose yesterday — a lot. With a 2% jump, the Dow reached 10,226, its highest level of 2009. The S&P 500 fared even better. As we briefly mentioned Monday, it wasn’t earnings or economic data that sent stocks to new highs. Instead traders got the nod from the G-20, whose members hinted that they will ...1 day ago
