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• Backlit Butterfly - Macro Monday

  
  A Little Piece of Me — Authority: 111
  An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. ~Henry David Thoreau About the Image: Taken on the morning of 06-05-11 - Gateway Trail - Blacksburg Virginia I dont know the ID on this little guy. Yesterdays Post has a Free February 2012 Calendar Download - HERE For More Great Macro ...
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• Moscow rules

  
  TradingFloor — Authority: 523
  Every time I visit Russia I feel that things are about to change, yet I am always let down. This time however it feels different and the timing is perfect with planned demonstrations on February 4 and the presidential election in March.
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• Meagre spending growth in the US in Dec; EU summit gets underway

  
  TradingFloor — Authority: 523
  December figures on US spending and income will be released Monday, revealing details on a part of economy not in the GDP report. Before that we get Italian bond auctions and Eurozone confidence numbers ahead of the 1400 GMT start of the EU summit.
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• Was Riksbank monetary policy in 1930s innovative?

  
  Mostly Economics — Authority: 117
  Riksbank is seen as the first bank to start price level targeting during great depression. This was a precursor to inflation targeting  and is often cited as an example for central banks taking up price level targeting. This along with several other novel initiatives makes it an innovative central bank. This paper ...
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• School of Fail: It’s Like They Coordinate This Stuff

  
  FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments — Authority: 667
  [IMG: http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/epic-fail-photos-school-of-fail-its-like-they-coordinate-this-stuff.jpg]
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• Grains of Sand

  
  That Voice Again — Authority: 114
  [IMG: http://thatvoiceagain.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/2207338.jpg?w=529&h=396]
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• object of affection

  
  Shutter Sisters — Authority: 485
  This tiny stuffed horse might not look like much, but seeing it gives me that inner "awwwww". My son has moved on to bigger and better toys recently. He prefers balls, loud plastic items and constant physical activity. So even looking back on a sweet, soft toy that he loved just a few months ago makes me all ...
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• US economy set to accelerate for third straight quarter

  
  TradingFloor — Authority: 523
  The US economy has so far proved resilient enough to withstand drags from fiscal tightening and the Eurozone debt crisis debacle. Todays 4Q11 GDP report is expected to show 3 percent growth annualised, according to consensus.
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• Natural

  
  At Down Under — Authority: 89
  There are places or topics that never fail to inspire. And nature is undeniable one of them to me. It may be the big picture or the small detail, it never ceases to amaze, surprise and soothe me. I like how a simple stroll in the green can clear the mind and make you feel [...]
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• Federal Reserves helicopter Ben vs. ECBs super Mario

  
  TradingFloor — Authority: 523
  The reality of the situation is that the world’s two most powerful central bankers are, perhaps unwittingly, in a race to the bottom for their respective front-end interest rates.
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• Durable Goods Orders last piece of puzzle before GDP tomorrow

  
  TradingFloor — Authority: 523
  The earnings season continues unabated today with Hennes & Mauritz (beating expectations slightly), Caterpillar and Nokia, among many others. On the economic side we have Durable Goods Orders and New Home Sales from the US.
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• Fed Gives Green Light to Gold Stocks

  
  Mercenary Trader — Authority: 103
  The old cliches stick around for a reason. “Don’t fight the Fed” is back on traders’ lips after yesterday’s policy driven rally. On Wednesday the Fed revealed plans to keep interest rates near zero well into 2014, and refused to rule out more bond purchases. (Einstein once defined insanity as doing the ...
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• Bernanke Fed a fool in the shower?

  
  TradingFloor — Authority: 523
  The best column out there on yesterdays dovish FOMC statement comes, not so surprisingly, from the great Fed and bond market commentator over at Bloomberg, Caroline Baum.
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• Obama Pushes Tax Reform, Job Training in State of the Union

  
  Wall St. Cheat Sheet — Authority: 603
  President Barack Obama called on Congress to raise taxes for the wealthiest Americans in his State of the Union address last night, asking them to embrace a tax plan that would require those making $1 million or more annually to pay at least 30 percent in taxes. Hot Feature: Patriot Act Threatens American Cloud ...
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• FOMC/Europe/Asia

  
  The Big Picture — Authority: 123
  The best way of reading the interest rate forecasts from the 10 voting members of the FOMC today is to know that the doves will want them low for longer and the hawks will be quicker to hike rates. Of the 10, 8 are doves, thus a blended forecast of where the fed funds will be is as low as possible for as long as ...
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• Quotation of the Day…

  
  Cafe Hayek — Authority: 655
  … is from page 201 of my colleague Richard Wagner’s valuable 1987 essay “Liability Rules, Fiscal Institutions and Debt,” which is chapter 11 in the important 1987 collection Deficits (James M. Buchanan, Charles K. Rowley, & Robert D. Tollison, eds): The claims of Keynesian macroeconomic theory and ...
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• Books on newspaper/media dynasties

  
  Mostly Economics — Authority: 117
  Dynasties and in particular newspaper dynasties are a great topic to follow and read. Amanda Smith picks five books which provide some more spice on the topic. Newspaper dynasties are the subject of the five books we’re about to discuss, and of your recent ...
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• kiss my paper

  
  BLOGitse — Authority: 95
      makroviikko / macro week challenge #44       teema / theme: paperi / paper        
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• Are markets now overestimating risks in Europe?

  
  Mostly Economics — Authority: 117
  Paul De Grauwe and Yuemei Ji have written a paper on the same. They summarise it here. They say first markets underestimated the risks between 2001-08  and are now overdoing things. In a new paper (De Grauwe and Ji 2012) we argue that financial markets have not suddenly found the truth. Since the start of the ...
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• RES Annual Essay Competition for Students 2012

  
  Economics — Authority: 122
  The 2012 Royal Economic Society Essay Competition for students is launched today. Details below… The RES judging panel has settled on six essay titles covering a range of macro and micro economic issues . They are listed below. The first prize will once again be £1,000 together with an engraved trophy together ...
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