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What’s in the Cards for Our Economy? APM Marketplace

{ Posted on Jun 08 2010 by Economics - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com }
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TEXT OF INTERVIEW: KAI RYSSDAL: 3M and McDonald's aren't the most likely of corporate bedfellows. But they made similar news this morning. Both said problems in Europe -- specifically the falling Euro, which makes what they sell more expensive over ...Read More »

Systemic Risk: High in Europe, Not So Bad in the U.S.

{ Posted on Jun 08 2010 by Economics - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com }
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(Click to enlarge)Two weeks ago I highlighted the spike in swap spreads both here and in Europe, noting that they indicated deep-seated fears of banking risk in Europe, and the possibilty that this could end up tipping the U.S. economy ...Read More »

Economists Strive For Better Forecasting Regime

{ Posted on Jun 08 2010 by Economics - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com }
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Economists have almost as much trouble making sense of the past as they do in their fundamental role of forecasting the future path of the economy. ... Read More »

A View From the Financial Overhaul Conference

{ Posted on Jun 08 2010 by Economics - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com }
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As top Democrats met Tuesday to plan their end-game on new financial regulations, Sen. Judd Gregg (R., N.H.) warned in an interview that many parts of the bill could have a devastating impact on the economy if they arent fixed. ...Read More »

Tuesday Reading

{ Posted on Jun 08 2010 by Economics - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com }
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Some reads for a Tuesday afternoon . . . Kass: Placing Our Bets, Once More, on the Banks? (TheStreet.com) U.S. s $13 Trillion Debt Poised to Overtake GDP (Bloomberg) ...Read More »

U.K. Facing ‘Formidable’ Challenge in Reducing Deficit

{ Posted on Jun 08 2010 by Economics - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com }
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The scale of the United Kingdom s (UK) ( AAA /Stable Outlook) fiscal challenge is formidable and warrants a strong medium term consolidation strategy including a ...Read More »

Today’s Headlines

{ Posted on Jun 08 2010 by Economics - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com }
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Bloomberg:Fitch Says U.K. Fiscal Challenge 'Formidable;' Pound Declines. Britain is facing a fiscal challenge and needs to accelerate plans to reduce its budget deficit, Fitch Ratings said. The...[[ This is only a summary. Visit Between the Hedges ... Read More »

Make Up Your Own Facts

{ Posted on Jun 08 2010 by Economics - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com }
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Barry Ritholtz takes on Art Laffer's recent opinion piece in the WSJ arguing that we're headed for economic disaster if the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy are allowed to expire:Art Laffer: Make Up Your Own Facts Here, by Barry ...Read More »

Hedge Fund Trends: Overall Very Low Net Long

{ Posted on Jun 08 2010 by Economics - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com }
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Given the recent market downturn and ramp up in volatility, it should come as no surprise that hedge funds have been unwinding risk as of late. Bank of America Merrill Lynch's newest hedge fund monitor report ...Read More »

How to Solve the Fiscal Dilemma

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How should governments deal with enormous budget deficits? In Europe, the playbook seems to be clear: announce enormous budget cuts (see Germany, UK) only to be told that they re still not big ...Read More »
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