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• Greece Now, California Next?

  
  Skeptical CPA — Authority: 432
  "While I have long predicted the collapse of the euro and eventually the European Union, I have to admit that Greece was not even on the periphery of my radar as a potential economic flashpoint. ... The response of the European Commission and the European Central Bank has been to take a page from Henry Paulson, former ...
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• Kindly stop this Keynes vs Smith/Friedman debate

  
  Mostly Economics — Authority: 505
  John Taylor spoke recently at RBI’s LK Jha lecture series .  The lecture was a revisit to what Taylor has been saying all along – the crisis was caused by policymakers/policies/government and not firms/markets. He also reviews how emerging economies were better off in this crisis (see his blogposts as well ...
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• How Iceland collapsed?

  
  Mostly Economics — Authority: 505
  Jon Danielsson of LSE and Gylfi Zoega of University of Iceland have written a superb account on the topic . Many of the events contributing to the crisis can be explained by the historical evolution of the Icelandic economy and its institutions. Traditionally, the Icelandic economy was more regulated and ...
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• GATA Presents New Evidence Of The Feds Gold Price Supression Scheme, Combing Through Oddly Unredacted FOMC Minutes

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 756
  GATAs Adrian Douglas has done a tremendous job of combing through dozens of hundred-plus page FOMC transcripts, and has compiled numerous quotes by assorted FOMC-related personnel, including former Chairman Greenspan, which provides yet another piece of evidence, demonstrating the persistence of the Feds gold price ...
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• Links: 2010-03-13 – Fed’s Lehman Repos, States may hold onto tax refunds

  
  Credit Writedowns — Authority: 639
  Tea Party Avoids Divisive Social Issues – NYTimes.com What’s Happening to China’s Migrant Workers? A New Generation Coming and Going – The China Sourcing Blog States may hold onto tax refunds for months – USATODAY.com Fed Helped Bank Raise Cash Quickly – NYTimes.com U.S., Europe at odds over ...
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• Interesting article on deflation-hyperinflation…..rather long….

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 138
  Bernanke’s Dilemma: Hyperinflation and the U.S. Dollar http://seekingalpha.com/article/192916-bernanke-s-dilemma-hyperinflation-and-the-u-s-dollar?source=email Central banks implicitly manage the exponential decay in value of their respective currencies while they focus on interest rates, reserve ratios and ...
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• Must-Know News - March 12

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 138
  1) China May Face ‘Massive’ Bank Bailouts After Stimulus “March 12 (Bloomberg) — China may be forced to bail out banks that made loans for local-government projects under the unprecedented stimulus program unleashed in 2008, according to Citigroup Inc. and Northwestern University’s Victor Shih. In a ...
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• Links: 2010-03-12 – Yellen for Fed Vice Chair, Bank failure Thursday and more

  
  Credit Writedowns — Authority: 639
  Obama to tap Yellen for Fed vice chair:source| Reuters BBC News – Rove ‘proud’ of US waterboarding terror suspects Walmart vende la Barbie negra a mitad de precio que la blanca ¿discriminación? – elConfidencial.com Examiner sees gimmicks in Lehman demise| Reuters FDIC: Failed Bank Information – ...
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• China: A Change Of Mindset(printing money not an answer)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  A Change Of Mindset by Andy Xie Updated Time: March 5, 2010 The biggest policy debate this year has thus far been when and how fast to exit from last years stimulus policies. Last year, in a moment of panic over the global financial crisis, central banks and governments poured monetary and fiscal stimulus into the ...
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• George Selgin on Central Banks

  
  Contrarian Musings — Authority: 128
  George Selgin has a new paper out titled,  Central Banks as Sources of Financial Instability. An exerpt: The present financial crisis has set in bold relief the Jekyll and Hyde nature of contemporary central banks. It has made apparent both our utter dependence on such banks as instruments for assuring the ...
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• Monetary regime switches in India

  
  Mostly Economics — Authority: 505
  Ajay Shah points to the 6th research meeting of the NIPFP DEA Research Program . Some interesting papers presented. I was particularly interested by this paper  [ slideshow  here] Michael M. Hutchison, Rajeswari Sengupta, and Nirvikar Singh titled- Monetary regime switches in India: Policy or structure? The ...
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• Missing financial markets in India

  
  Mostly Economics — Authority: 505
  Shyamala Gopinath of RBI gives a very intertesting speech on missing financial markets in India She begins looking at the several assumptions/theories whioch have been tested in this crisis The crisis has undoubtedly raised serious issues with regard to the above market philosophy, as clearly evident in the ...
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• Changes in SNB policy?

  
  fxmadness.com — Authority: 122
  Swiss National Bank has its regularly scheduled monetary policy meeting tomorrow. No interest rate changes are expected, but everybody is interested in possible easing on intervention threats. Economic numbers from Switzerland are much better than EU. Recession was much milder, and so far economy seems to be ...
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• FED, BOE, ECB, BOJ, SNB, BOC: Who Will Blink First?

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 756
  Submitted by Nic Lenoir of ICAP The recovery has been uneven around the globe. The US with heavy stimulus has returned rapidly to positive growth (whether we can sustain it is a completely different debate), Swiss real estate was never really affected by the quasi worldwide slide and GDP in Switzerland is ...
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• ECB and Greece Update

  
  Credit Writedowns — Authority: 639
  Bundesbank President Weber has been the most candid to date about what the ECB could do in case Greece is downgraded again, especially by Moody’s.  Recall the problem:  Prior to the crisis, the ECB would take as collateral only paper rated A- or better.  During the crisis they have extended it to BBB-.  It is ...
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• Interest Rates And Their Bearing On Forex Trading

  
  Free Articles Directory — Authority: 151
  When embarking on forex trading it is important that you understand all aspects of the process. This will make it easier for you to negotiate trades and make better choices. One of the key processes you need to have a firm grounding in to understand the way that forex trading works are interest rates and their ...
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• The impact of wholesale funding

  
  Mostly Economics — Authority: 505
  A paper by Claudio E. Raddatz  of  World Bank looks at wholesale funding by banks in various countries. THe findings: This paper provides systematic evidence of the role of banks’reliance on wholesale funding in the international transmission of the ongoing financial crisis. It conducts an event study to ...
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• Is the global economy headed for a lost decade?

  
  Mostly Economics — Authority: 505
  Jurgen Stark, ECB’s chief economist in his recent speech says it is quite possible: Given the challenging reform agenda and the possible obstacles to global growth that I have outlined earlier, what are the chances of the global economy heading for a lost decade? I feel that there is a widely shared view ...
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• GATA Claims To Have Evidence Of "Massive Physical Short Gold And Silver Positions That Can Not Be Covered"

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 756
  In a letter to the CFTCs Chairman, Gary Gensler , GATA Chairman William Murphy shares the following bombshell: " GATA has evidence that there are enormous physical short positionsin the gold and silver markets that cannot be covered. " Even as the CFTC is meeting later this month to establish position ...
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• How Forex Indicators Are Useful For Fundamental Analysis

  
  Currency Forex Trading Blog — Authority: 144
  Fundamental Analysis is the study of macro-economic causes, which affect the forces of supply and demand of currencies. The economic data of major nations give reasons to buy or sell currencies. For this guide we look at the main data from the United States and how these data affect the speculation of ...
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