• Heathrow waiting times 'breached 107 times in two weeks'

    Updated: 2012-04-30 19:11:28
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  • Juncker says would support Germany’s Schaeuble as Eurogroup head

    Updated: 2012-04-30 18:36:50
    May as well make it official: Germany rules the EU!

  • Barack Obama's new campaign ad – video

    Updated: 2012-04-30 18:00:36
    Barack Obama's re-election campaign has unveiled a short film with a new slogan: 'Forward'

  • Australian owner axes 1,400 jobs at Yorkshire and Clydesdale banks

    Updated: 2012-04-30 17:56:50
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  • Al-Qaida affiliate offers to free British hostage in exchange for Abu Qatada

    Updated: 2012-04-30 17:45:42
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  • At least François Hollande is not Nicolas Sarkozy

    Updated: 2012-04-30 17:44:38
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  • Indian ferry capsizes in heavy storm

    Updated: 2012-04-30 17:18:43
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  • NY Fed Annces Expanded RRP Counterparty List,Adds 8 Bank Names

    Updated: 2012-04-30 15:50:12
    NEW YORK (MNI) – Following is the text of a release published Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York announcing Monday it expanded its reverse repo counterparties list: Reverse Repo Counterparties List To prepare for the potential need to conduct large-scale reverse repurchase agreement transactions, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is [...]

  • Central Banks Show No Signs Of Shutting Down Printing Presses

    Updated: 2012-04-30 15:24:59
    Subscribe About Michael Maloney The Company Hiring Opportunities Premium Content Current Analysis Classic Maloney Essays Fundamentals How-To Events Contact Search Login The Weekly Cycle Market Insights Every Wednesday Wealth Cycle Principle Start My Trial Home Premium Current Analysis Classic Maloney Fundamentals How To Video Resources External Resources FAQ Glossary Visual Economy Blogs Market Commentary Chart Blog Login Register Home Blogs Central Banks Show No Signs Of Shutting Down Printing Presses Apr 30 2012 Bank of Japan BOJ continues to take its turn at reflating the global economy via various forms of currency creation . In its semi-annual report , Japan’s central bank announced it would increase the total quantity of printing by an additional 10 trillion yen 123 billion

  • Eurozone crisis live: Spanish crisis deepens as recession confirmed - as it happened

    Updated: 2012-04-30 11:32:16
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  • Spanish Yields Steady After Weak Data

    Updated: 2012-04-30 01:57:53
    The situation in Spain remains fragile. From CNN: NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Spain has fallen into its second recession since 2009 as its economy shrank for the second consecutive quarter, according to a government report Monday.There are now a dozen European nations that have had their economies shrink for two consecutive quarters, a condition that [...]

  • Our Fiscal Cliff–What Will It Be, a Fence or an Ambulance?

    Updated: 2012-04-29 19:33:50
    As our fiscal cliff looms closer and closer, I’m reminded of a poem from my childhood: A Fence or An Ambulance, by Joseph Malins. The first stanza goes as follows: “Twas a dangerous cliff, as they freely confessed, Though to walk near its crest was so pleasant; But over its terrible edge there had slipped [...]

  • Elena Panaritis’ interview on Hispan TV: http://www.hispantv.com/detail.aspx?id=179982

    Updated: 2012-04-29 17:10:25
    : : Elena Panaritis Home Book The book Reviews and articles Author Order the book Media Print Video Photos Radio Social Media Media requests Blog PGTFA Contact X Elena Panaritis is a panelist at the 2nd Annual INSEAD Americas Alumni Forum Leadership Challenges in Uncertain Times which will be held on April 27-29 in New York City Welcome Prosperity Unbound by Elena Panaritis presents an innovative approach to resolving the ambiguity of the informal” contracts that affect property ownership in many developed and developing countries . It illustrates how informality in property can be treated as an opportunity to unlock the potential for business expansion , economic growth , social cohesion , and wealth creation for the lower and middle classes in many places . Subscribe to the RSS feed

  • "Spanish Freefall" by David Lizoain

    Updated: 2012-04-28 10:17:58
    The bad news in Spain continues unabated. 15% of all jobs have now been destroyed since the start of the crisis. Meanwhile, the IMF has suggested a public bailout of the financial sector may be needed: To avoid resolution costs becoming too high for the industry to bear, especially in a reasonable time period, greater reliance [...]

  • Who Bailed Out Whom in Greece?

    Updated: 2012-04-28 00:43:00
    : Greek Default Watch A blog about Greece's need to create a sustainable economic path for itself and to do so quickly , in difficult circumstances , and under great . pressure Friday , April 27, 2012 Who Bailed Out Whom in Greece We often say that Greece got a bailout . 8221 But is that really accurate If you think you understand the Greek bailout , I would suggest you take a close look at the numbers below . What I have tried to do is look at Greece’s finances for 2010 and 2011 to answer three questions : how much money did Greece need in 2010 and 2011 For what purpose And who provided that money The answers are really interesting . nbsp The analysis is based almost exclusively on published reports by the International Monetary Fund . Since the numbers do not quite add up in the IMF’s

  • Ποιος Διέσωσε Ποιόν στο Μνημόνιο;

    Updated: 2012-04-27 20:16:00
    : Greek Default Watch A blog about Greece's need to create a sustainable economic path for itself and to do so quickly , in difficult circumstances , and under great . pressure Friday , April 27, 2012 Ποιος Διέσωσε Ποιόν στο Μνημόνιο Λέμε συχνά ότι η Ελλάδα πήρε ένα πακέτο διάσωσης» . Αλλά τι εννοούμε Εάν νομίζετε ότι καταλαβαίνετε καλά το πρώτο μνημόνιο , θα σας πρότεινα να δείτε προσεκτικά τους παρακάτω αριθμούς . nbsp Έχω προσπαθήσει να αναλύσω τα χρηματοοικονομικά της χώρας για να απαντήσω σε τρία ερωτήματα : πόσα χρήματα χρειαζόταν η Ελλάδα για να καλύψει τις ανάγκες της το 2010 και το 2011 Για την κάλυψη ποιων συγκεκριμένων αναγκών τα χρειαζόταν Και ποιος τα παρείχε Η ανάλυση βασίζεται σχεδόν αποκλειστικά στις εκθέσεις του Διεθνούς Νομισματικού Ταμείου . Επειδή οι αριθμοί δεν

  • Sluggish U.S. growth continues

    Updated: 2012-04-27 18:58:30
    : . Econbrowser Analysis of current economic conditions and policy Labor Market Interventions and Learning from Other Countries Main April 27, 2012 Sluggish U.S . growth continues The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported today that U.S . real GDP grew at a 2.2 annual rate during the first quarter , down from the 3.0 growth of 2011:Q4, and below the 2.4-2.9 range that the FOMC indicated yesterday it is anticipating for 2012 as a whole . I see some reasons to agree with the Fed that the rest of the year may be slightly better than the first . quarter Lower spending by federal , state , and local governments subtracted 0.6 from the first quarter's growth rate . Continuing federal fiscal drag seems likely for the rest of the year . An even bigger disappointment in the 2012:Q1 GDP report might

  • Market Internals Mixed

    Updated: 2012-04-27 18:28:02
    The numbers below can move rather quickly before the close, but as of post-lunch on Friday, the green box looks good and the orange box looks so-so.

  • First Quarter’s 2.2% GDP Stronger than Fourth Quarter’s 3.0%

    Updated: 2012-04-27 15:15:21
    This morning’s initial first quarter real GDP increase at a 2.2 percent annual rate was stronger than the fourth quarter’s 3.0 percent after adjustment for volatile inventory fluctuations. An inventory buildup accounted for two-thirds of the fourth quarter increase. Real Final Sales—GDP minus inventories—grew only 1.1 percent in the first quarter versus 1.6 percent in [...]

  • Breadth, VIX, And Trends Give Slight Edge To Bulls

    Updated: 2012-04-27 01:40:04
    On April 26, we mentioned the chart of the VIX “Fear Index” (VXX) relative to the S&P 500 (SPY) represented a good way to monitor risk in an environment with some conflicting signals. An updated version of the chart, as of Thursday’s close, is shown below. The bulls made some progress with the [...]

  • "The New Voodoo Economics" by Paul Krugman

    Updated: 2012-04-27 00:01:50
    Every time I think we might be making progress against the prejudices and myths that pass for judicious thinking these days, something like this editorial in the FT comes along to renew my despair. The editorial is a response to the latest bad UK economic news, which it says offers no reason at all to reconsider austerity [...]

  • Spain Downgraded After Close

    Updated: 2012-04-26 23:09:50
    Obviously, this is not good news. From Bloomberg: Spain’s sovereign credit rating was cut to BBB+ from A by Standard & Poor’s on concern the nation will have to provide further fiscal support to the banking sector as the economy contracts.

  • Sentiment, Checklist Favor Bulls

    Updated: 2012-04-26 20:38:28
    We noted on April 25 that roughly 60% of the “we would like to see” boxes had been checked relative to increasing the odds of a sustainable turn in the markets. Today’s trade thus far has added quite a bit of green to the table below. The table is based on the S&P [...]

  • "Cameron’s Remarkable Achievement" by Paul Krugman

    Updated: 2012-04-26 07:00:40
    From Britain’s Office of National Statistics (pdf): When David Cameron became PM, and announced his austerity plans — buying completely into both the confidence fairy and the invisible bond vigilantes — many were the hosannas, from both sides of the Atlantic. Pundits here urged Obama to “do a Cameron”; Cameron and Osborne were the toast of Very Serious People [...]

  • Markets Not All That Impressive Today

    Updated: 2012-04-25 20:25:07
    The following comments are as of 2:40 p.m. when the S&P 500 was up 14.93 points. They are subject to change based on how we close today. You would think it would be easy to find attractive buy candidates across numerous asset classes today. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Our ETF screens currently [...]

  • "Complacent, arrogant posh boys don't get it - all across Europe | UK recession" by Andrew Watt

    Updated: 2012-04-25 14:35:04
    News is in that the UK is back in recession, its economy having contracted in the last quarter of 2011 and the first of this year. In fact whether output growth is a fraction above or below zero is of more symbolic than real significance – and the figures for the first quarter may subsequently [...]

  • "Now confirmed - Double Dip Recession in the UK" by Henning Meyer

    Updated: 2012-04-25 10:20:35
    Austerity is really working wonders, isn’t it? The widely predicted - at least on SEJ and other progressive outlets – severely negative impact on growth of this nonsensical austerity politics is becoming clearer and clearer. Since today, the UK is officially in a double dip recession. BBC News reports: The UK economy has returned to recession, [...]

  • "The Impact of Inequality and Macroeconomics" by Henning Meyer

    Updated: 2012-04-25 09:37:54
    I have blogged before about the very interesting INET conference ‘Paradigm Lost’ that was held in Berlin two weeks ago. One session in particular struck me as really interesting and rather novel: the session on inequality and macroeconomics. There are videos of this panel on INET’s YouTube channel but I thought I would share the bits I personally found most [...]

  • Fed Statement To Set Market’s Tone

    Updated: 2012-04-24 03:04:01
    The markets advanced early Tuesday after a report on home sales exceeded forecasts. On the earnings front, AT&T (T) and 3M (MMM) came in above consensus. With an important Fed statement and a durable goods report coming on Wednesday, we will be monitoring our market models, support, and moving averages closely. After the recent [...]

  • CCM Model EOD Estimates

    Updated: 2012-04-23 18:50:49
    While some of our models use data that is available only after the close (EOD/end-of-day), we can make decent intraday estimates. Using estimates for the CCM BMSI, 80-20, and Market Risk Model, we anticipate our end-of-day recommended allocation to risk will drop to somewhere in the neighborhood of 62%, which is still above our [...]

  • "Proof if it were needed that Voltaire was smarter than Hans-Werner Sinn is" by Andrew Watt

    Updated: 2012-04-23 01:41:38
    Last week I criticised Hans-Werner Sinn for, well, quite a lot of things. One of them was advocating, as the only viable solution to the challenge of limiting climate change, a “Super-Kyoto system, combining all consuming countries into a seamless demand cartel using a world-wide cap-and-trade system”, while rejecting government initiatives to limit energy consumption [...]

  • Pearidge, Trauma; 99 to 1; and The Self-Made Myth

    Updated: 2012-04-20 00:29:53
    The evening before Easter, well wined and dined at a fine Italian restaurant, we have returned to my mother’s house in DC. My brother and I are extracting our 92-year-old mother from his giant Chevy Tahoe. We turn, and there is my husband Tom, crumpled in the gutter, a pool of blood spreading under his [...]

  • "Gerhard Schroeder on German and European Politics" by Henning Meyer

    Updated: 2012-04-19 18:43:21
    At the beginning of the week I attended a Belgian/German conference jointly organised by the Bertelsmann Foundation and the Egmont Institute. The conference included a keynote speech by former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on his Agenda 2010 and current European politics. I have always been very critical of the Agenda 2010 (and still am) – [...]

  • Recovery and Rebalancing

    Updated: 2012-04-19 09:20:35
    : Econbrowser Analysis of current economic conditions and policy A ban on oil speculation Main April 19, 2012 Recovery and Rebalancing Several new items regarding assessing recoveries , here and abroad and the prospects for . rebalancing The IMF View , and the Recovery Compared The IMF released its semi-annual World Economic Outlook on Tuesday , with an overview chapter reviewing the state of the world economy One of the topics was a cross country comparison of this recovery against previous post-War recoveries . From Ayhan Kose Prakash Loungani and Marco Terrones entitled The Global Recovery : Where Do We Stand the current recovery in advanced economies has been extremely weak , reflecting in part the legacy of the global financial crisis , particularly the ongoing need for balance sheet

  • The European Stabilization Mechanism, Or How the Goldman Vampire Squid Just Captured Europe

    Updated: 2012-04-18 17:26:15
    The Goldman Sachs coup that failed in America has nearly succeeded in Europe—a permanent, irrevocable, unchallengeable bailout for the banks underwritten by the taxpayers.  In September 2008, Henry Paulson, former CEO of Goldman Sachs, managed to extort a $700 billion bank bailout from Congress.  But to pull it off, he had to fall on his [...]

  • "Why a Fair Economy is not incompatible with Growth but essential to it" by Robert Reich

    Updated: 2012-04-18 10:23:02
    One of the most pernicious falsehoods you’ll hear during the next seven months of political campaigning is there’s a necessary tradeoff between fairness and economic growth. By this view, if we raise taxes on the wealthy the economy can’t grow as fast. Wrong. Taxes were far higher on top incomes in the three decades after [...]

  • The current recovery in historical context

    Updated: 2012-04-16 23:38:11
    : Econbrowser Analysis of current economic conditions and policy Links for 2012-04-14 Main April 16, 2012 The current recovery in historical context Or why Ed Lazear should have heeded R a bit . more From Credit : A Starring Role in the Downturn , by Òscar Jordà based on an examination of 14 advanced economies over 140 : years We are unlikely to learn how the United States will recover from the Great Recession by examining other post-World War II downturns . In the United States , the past six decades have completely lacked another financial event like the one experienced from 2007 to 2009. Professor Jorda's : reasoning Is the intensity of credit creation in the expansion phase systematically related to the severity of the subsequent recession And is there a difference between how credit

  • The Question to Ask Greek Politicians

    Updated: 2012-04-16 05:48:00
    : Greek Default Watch A blog about Greece's need to create a sustainable economic path for itself and to do so quickly , in difficult circumstances , and under great . pressure Monday , April 16, 2012 The Question to Ask Greek Politicians When a country nears an election , it is natural to ask politicians , what will you do if elected But in the run up to the May 6 election , the Greek people should ask a different question : what do you think went wrong The answer will convey more information than slogans , promises or programs . To survive this crisis and to tolerate the hardships that still lie ahead , the Greek people need a narrative about what happened and how the country will escape its misery . And a grand narrative begins with a diagnosis . The political elites , as a whole , have

  • Europe’s Short Vacation

    Updated: 2012-04-13 15:33:26
    Since last November, the European Central Bank, under its new president, Mario Draghi, has reduced its policy rates and undertaken two injections of more than €1 trillion of liquidity into the eurozone banking system. This led to a temporary reduction in the financial strains confronting the debt endangered countries on the eurozone’s periphery (Greece, Spain, [...]

  • Haiti Reconstruction Fund: Building Back …When?

    Updated: 2012-04-12 22:24:15
    : About Us Press Center Publications Issues Economists Research Tools Events Publications Op-Eds Columns Data Bytes Blogs Graphic Economics Briefings Testimony Scorecard Series Books Films En Español Other Languages Multimedia En Español Other Languages COLUMNS Mark Weisbrot Co-Director Dean Baker Co-Director Home Publications Blogs Haiti : Relief and Reconstruction Watch Haiti Reconstruction Fund : Building Back When Haiti Reconstruction Fund : Building Back When Thursday , 12 April 2012 16:24 The Haiti Reconstruction Fund HRF was a center piece of the international community’s pledge to build back better” , yet its latest financial report reveals that despite receiving a significant share of donor disbursements , very little has thus far been spent on the ground Additionally , without

  • Tourism Continues to Disappoint in Greece

    Updated: 2012-04-12 00:41:00
    : Greek Default Watch A blog about Greece's need to create a sustainable economic path for itself and to do so quickly , in difficult circumstances , and under great . pressure Wednesday , April 11, 2012 Tourism Continues to Disappoint in Greece Make a list with industries on which Greece can rely to generate growth , and tourism will inevitably rank near the top . Yet tourism has been a massive disappointment in recent years . A recovery in the Greek economy will require a recovery in tourism and a recovery in tourism will require changes in the way that the industry operates today . The first few lines in the table above show the number of tourists visiting Greece , as reported by the Bank of Greece . This number grew by 2.2 on average between 2005 and 2011. Interestingly , the

  • Ο Ελληνικός Τουρισμός Εξακολουθεί να Απογοητεύει

    Updated: 2012-04-12 00:00:00
    : Greek Default Watch A blog about Greece's need to create a sustainable economic path for itself and to do so quickly , in difficult circumstances , and under great . pressure Wednesday , April 11, 2012 Ο Ελληνικός Τουρισμός Εξακολουθεί να Απογοητεύει Η ανάκαμψη της ελληνικής οικονομίας απαιτεί και την ανάκαμψη του ελληνικού τουρισμού , ο οποίος αποτελεί μια τεράστια απογοήτευση τα τελευταία χρόνια . Και η ανάκαμψη του τουρισμού απαιτεί αλλαγές στον τρόπο με τον οποίο λειτουργεί ο κλάδος σήμερα . Ο πίνακας παρουσιάζει τα βασικά στοιχεία του τουρισμού στην Ελλάδα . Από το 2005 ως το 2011, ο αριθμός των τουριστών αυξήθηκε κατά 2,2 ετησίως . Ωστόσο , η σύνθεση των επισκεπτών έχει αλλάξει . Το 2005, το 50 των επισκεπτών προέρχονταν από την Ευρωζώνη , το μερίδιο της οποίας μειώθηκε σε 40 το

  • Krugman/Keen Kerfuffle

    Updated: 2012-04-10 21:44:25
    Quite the online kerfuffle happened last week between New York Times columnist and economics Nobel laureate Paul Krugman and Australian left economist Steve Keen, author of Debunking Economics (see over above), of the blog Steve Keen’s Debt Watch, and of one of the articles in our book The Economic Crisis Reader, “The ‘Credit Tsunami’” (the [...]

  • Jim O’Neil and Nouriel Roubini on Global Economic Recovery

    Updated: 2012-04-10 18:00:39
    In case you missed it, from Bloomberg, March 30, 2012: Goldman Sachs Asset Management Chairman Jim O’Neill and Roubini Global Economics Chairman Nouriel Roubini discuss the European debt crisis, oil prices and the outlook for the U.S. economy.  

  • The Three-Day Wait

    Updated: 2012-04-08 21:51:40
    I dutifully got up early (central time zone) to hear Friday morning’s disappointing employment report. Then I remembered the stock markets were closed for Good Friday. After a lifetime of watching the economy and the stock market reaction to it, I must admit I don’t know what to expect Monday morning. I suppose the safest [...]

  • Philadelphia Freedom: Birthplace of the Constitution Takes Center Stage

    Updated: 2012-04-08 21:34:01
     ‘Cause I live and breathe this Philadelphia freedom From the day that I was born I’ve waved the flag Philadelphia freedom took me knee-high to a man Yeah, gave me peace of mind my daddy never had.           – Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Philadelphia  Freedom” It is well known that Philadelphia was the birthplace of the U.S. [...]

  • It’s All About Jobs

    Updated: 2012-04-07 20:35:00
    Sign in Join Home Investor Blogs Global Emerging Markets Stock Research Multimedia Investment News Thoughts From The Frontline It’s All About Jobs It’s All About Jobs Thoughts From The Frontline Home About Contact Blog Subscription Form Email Notifications Go Syndication RSS for Posts Atom RSS for Comments Frontline Thoughts Audio Don't have time to read the weekly newsletter The audio version of my Frontline Thoughts are now available via Podcast on InvestorsInsight.com . nbsp Consume the feed here Have You Seen This Recent Posts A Gold Standard A Little Bull’s Eye Investing The War for Spain It’s All About Jobs All Spain All the Time Tags China Consumer Spending Credit Crisis Debt Deficit Deflation Economic Forecast Economy Employment Euro Europe GDP Greece Housing Inflation Jobs John

  • Big Bad Banks

    Updated: 2012-04-06 19:37:33
    If the size of our largest banks had anything to do with precipitating the financial crisis, or making it worse, then it is ironic that they grew bigger during the crisis. If we are to punish them for size now, through various provisions of Dodd-Frank, and lawsuits, or even by breaking them up, as some [...]

  • Trayvon Martin, Fear of Crime, and Mass Incarceration

    Updated: 2012-04-04 17:56:30
    This is the first of a series of guest posts we’ll be running by Peter Wagner, executive director of the Prison Policy Initiative; this post originally appeared at PPI’s website last week. The recent killing of unarmed African-American 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida by a leader of a Community Watch program is sparking an overdue [...]

  • A Divorce Settlement for the Eurozone

    Updated: 2012-04-02 20:14:23
    From the FT: The European Central Bank has averted disaster, sparking a powerful relief rally – but nothing fundamental has been resolved. Greece may need another debt restructuring; Portugal and Ireland may need restructuring too. Spain and Italy may yet come under the gun. Banking crises are hardly ever resolved without removing toxic assets or [...]

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