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What the heck is a “Punk Staffer”?

{ Posted on Mar 18 2010 by Menzie Chinn }
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And how does a "punk staffer" differ from a non-punk staffer? Read More »

CBO Scoring of HR3590 plus Reconciliation Legislation

{ Posted on Mar 18 2010 by Menzie Chinn }
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The CBO and the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation have just released its scoring of "budgetary effects of the reconciliation proposal, in combination with the effects of H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), as passed by ...Read More »

Obama after One Year: Crisis, Response, Recovery

{ Posted on Mar 18 2010 by Menzie Chinn }
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A couple days ago, I presented my views on the policy response to the financial crisis and the Great Recession in a UW Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy / UW CIBER / MITA and ICE sponsored event. ...Read More »

Bank supervision and the Federal Reserve

{ Posted on Mar 17 2010 by James Hamilton }
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In testimony today before Congress, Fed Chair Ben Bernanke outlined his reasons why the Federal Reserve is uniquely suited to be the regulatory supervisor for U.S. banks. Read More »

Fed Plan to End Mortgage-Backed Securities Purchase Program Brings Market Anxiety

{ Posted on Mar 16 2010 by Kerri Shannon }
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Anxiety surrounds Tuesday's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting as the central bank's year-long mortgage-backed securities (MBS) purchase program nears its scheduled March 31 close,... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in ...Read More »

It’s Time to Invest in Canada

{ Posted on Mar 16 2010 by Martin Hutchinson }
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This isn't the first time that I've written about Canada, a well-run country that has avoided many of the mistakes made by the United States. Its budget deficit is moderate, its... Money Morning is here to help investors ...Read More »

Stock Market Buying Power Hits New Rally High, as Demand Outpaces Supply

{ Posted on Mar 16 2010 by Jon D. Markman }
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Checking in with the volume experts over at Lowry Research Corp., it appears that U.S. stock market buying power hit a new rally high last week, while selling pressure hit a new low. That ... Money Morning ...Read More »

What Do Business Economists Think the ARRA Accomplished?

{ Posted on Mar 16 2010 by Menzie Chinn }
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Or, counterfactuals, yet again. Or, rejoinder to Casey Mulligan, Joseph Lawler, david, tim kemper and others. From the WSJ March survey survey of forecasters, the results indicate that instead of the 0.15% growth rate recorded in 09Q4 y/y growth, the growth rate ...Read More »

2010 Econbrowser NCAA tournament challenge

{ Posted on Mar 15 2010 by James Hamilton }
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If you're both a very faithful and a very passive Econbrowser reader, for two years now you've sat on the sidelines while you watched other, equally faithful but less passive readers participate in the world-famous Econbrowser NCAA Tournament Challenge, in ...Read More »

Chinese Premier Wen Rejects U.S. & European Pleas, Says Yuan to Stay Stable

{ Posted on Mar 15 2010 by Don Miller }
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China's Premier Wen Jiabao vigorously defended his country's economic policies on Sunday, rejecting calls to let the yuan appreciate, and ratcheting up trade tensions with the United States where... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic ...Read More »
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