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Consumer Sentiment Leaps to Six-Year High in May Reuters
Monthly Economic Monitor NB Financial
The Fed Is Now In A Lose-Lose Situation Comstock
Beware the Interest Rate Cliff Kass
Average US household far from regaining its wealth BL
What a crash could look like if the Fed shifts course Jubak
Japan's 8-day market plunge offers a glimpse into what might happen when the Fed stops pumping money into the financial markets.
America’s Misplaced Deficit Complacency Feldstein
Negative Interest Rates Cumberland
The Fed’s been keeping the economy afloat. That’s the problem Irwin
Schiff doubles down on Doomsday views MW Mish - Sprott - Salmon - Smith - Yardeni
Goldman: This US Treasury Sell-Off Is For Real CNBC
Choosing the Next Head of the Federal Reserve Economix
Monetary Policy, the Tax Code, and the Real Effects of Energy Shocks FRBSL
FX Outlook Scotia
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What began in 1996 as an effort by the Treasury Department to simplify the U.S. tax code mistakenly ended up as a massive tax loophole for corporate America, which seized upon it and has never let go.
Detroit’s Davos NYT
Seniors Warned, Think Twice Before Selling Pension CNBC
What’s Inside the Government’s Deal With Citigroup? Weil
Goldman Sachs receives 17,000 applications for internship programme Guardian
Watch: What Hedge Funds Are Doing With Gold CNBC
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Japan deflation ebbs, output up; Bank of Japan target still elusive Reuters
Tokyo’s high-end hookers get lift from ‘Abenomics’ Tokyo Reporter
Euro-Area Jobless Rate Rose to Record in April Amid Recession BL
Italy Jobless Rate Reaches 12%, 36-Year-High BL
Mandelson joins board of Russian firm 'with organised crime links' Guardian
Brazil faces 70s stagflation as resource boom wilts Telegraph
Deficits in French pension schemes – need for reform DBR
Defined Contribution: Lessons learnt from around the world Schroders
China's Rural Credit Problem Asia Sentinel
Christie's 5-day auction in HK yields US$418m Shanghai Daily
New portrait of China's 185 million seniors CNN
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No saviour in sight as world credit cycle rolls over Pritchard
Companies are borrowing cheap to buy back their own stock at nosebleed prices, and doing so en masse with the carefree abandon of those pre-Lehman days. By some estimates this has driven half the US equity gains this year.
Volcker Weighs In on Fed's Easy Money Policies Reuters
Bill Gross: Bernanke's lost control MW
Another reason to be scared Hulbert
Fly Bernanke’s helicopter and play other central bank games MW
4 ways the end of QE will surprise everyone Lynn
Risky derivatives make return for returns' sake Reuters
Fed’s 100-Year Roots Grew From Virginia Congressman BL
Rising Mortgage Rates, Home Prices a Lethal Brew CNBC
Sales of bank-owned homes hit 5-year low in 1Q AP
Mr. Global & GOLD Long (YouTube)
EU Requires Spain to Raise Vat Mish Keen - Smith - Priceonomics
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What would be the largest Chinese acquisition of a U.S. company
Unusual trading on Smithfield calls before deal raises eyebrows G&M
Buffett’s MidAmerican Expands West With $5.6 Billion Deal BL
Buffett Buys the Dip BeSpoke
Moody's downgrades Alcoa into junk territory MW
Lehman, Barclays clash in court over 2008 sale Reuters
Commodities Forecast: Consumers, beware of higher USD amid likely H2 sell-off Danske
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Brazil Raises Rate to 8% as Inflation Threatens Recovery BL
Carney will devalue sterling, Pimco warns Telegraph
China Failure to Grow With $1 Trillion Is Warning to Li BL
Structured products limp back into favour Finance Asia
Highest price for land parcel Shanghai Daily
China's Rural Credit Problem Asia Sentinel
In China, Big Data Is Becoming Big Business BL
EU Conservatives Have a Hungary Problem Spiegel
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Rosengren Says Significant Fed Accommodation Still Needed BL
The ‘cult of capitalism’ and U.S. moral decline Farrell
"Buying Stampede" Saut
What On Htrae Is Going On? Things That Make You Go Hmmm...
Are We There Yet? Mauldin
Interview with Barry Eichengreen FRBC
Europe’s Banks Turn to U.S. Subprime for Salvation BL
Volatile US Bond Market a Major Risk for Global Economy: OECD BL
Black: Our System is So Flawed That Fraud is Mathematically Guaranteed PP
Get Set for a Summer of Discontent Forsyth
U.S. accuses currency exchange of laundering $6 billion Reuters
Preserving their monopoly on monopoly money WT
Kansas City Fed Wanted to Raise Discount Rate WSJ
"Can Japan Export Its Way to Recovery?" EB Smith
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Flippers Ride Housing Wave–Again WSJ
Former KPMG partner pleads guilty to insider trading scheme Reuters
He faces a maximum term of 20 years in federal prison and a maximum fine of $5 million
5 stocks Buffett and insiders like MW
Gold Diverging From Fine Wine as Bullion Investors Lose Faith BL
Gold Futures May Drop to Lowest Since 2010: Technical Analysis BL
U.S. oil boom divides OPEC MW
Port Volumes Lead Trucking on Spending Optimism BL
Income Inequality Gets Worse When You Slash Taxes On The Rich: Study HP
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OECD cuts growth forecasts and calls for QE in eurozone Telegraph
World yet to shake off crisis effect: Kuroda MW
Yuan rising against US dollar China Daily
China Growth Outlook Cut by IMF as “Decisive” Reforms Urged BL
China vows to repel EU's harsh penalties Shanghai Daily
Canadian Finance Chief on Those Betting Against Housing Market: “I Wish Them Bad Luck” WSJ
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U.S. Stocks Rise as Home Prices, Consumer Confidence Jump BL
Home Prices Jump 10.9%, Largest Annual Gain in 7 Years WSJ
Rock, Paper, Scissors Hussman
Global warning Price
Bears cite performance chasing as stocks rise MW
Was jittery Thursday a foretaste of another global economic crash? Observer
Do The Math Grant William (YouTube)
Stock Bubble: Wait For It To Pop GoldScents
Fear & Greed Index tilts toward 'Extreme Greed' CNN
Pimco Favorite Crushed by Bernanke QE Unwind Talk: Mexico Credit BL
IMM Positioning: USD longs as stretched as in June 2012 Danske
Larry Summers has an edge in the race to head the Federal Reserve? FT
Wide Range of Data on Holiday-Shortened Week WSJ
Reinhart-Rogoff, Debt, and Assets Baker Lindzon - Mish
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Fund managers' short positions...in gold were at a record 79,416 contracts in the week ended May 21
Brent May Break $100 as Supply Weighs CNBC
Commodities Provide Tailwind WSJ (via Google)
'Taking Responsibility':German Banking Giant Quits Food Speculation Spiegel
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Li Says China Confronts “Huge Challenges” as Growth Levels Slow BL
Can China breathe life into 'ghost towns'? CNN
China Said to Study U.S. Property Investments With Reserves BW
Buyout Offer Brings China Into the Orbit of Club Med NYT
Property price rises stoke fears of a new housing bubble Guardian
Greece becomes trade battleground as foreign investors swoop Guardian
Europe’s Banks Sell U.S. Subprime Debt for Salvation BL
Five undervalued international stocks to buy G&M
Canada’s Bond-Dumping Frenzy Escalates as Pensions Unload BL
Europe and China Trade Talks End Bitterly NYT
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Economic reality finally cracks market fervour Reuters
Stiglitz Says Too Soon to Cut U.S. Stimulus as Growth Not Normal BL
Gold Bets Reach Five-Year Low With Prices Whipsawed BL
Is It All Downhill for Commodity Currencies? CNBC
Executive Sweet? Contrary Investor
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BOJ's April 26 meeting saw rift over ambitious price goal Reuters
Kuroda Backs Japan Bulls After Slump in Shares Jolts Abenomics BL
Hard to See Smooth QE Exit in US, Japan: Dallara CNBC
China Leaders Signal Slowdown Tolerance as Shift Planned BL
China profit growth quickens, no harbinger of recovery Reuters
Britain is a lab rat for George Osborne's austerity programme experiment Guardian
Derivatives Traders Targeted in Iceland Currency Experiment BL