Rich City, Poor City Mauldin
Financial Conditions Noland
Taper (where ?) Party Price
Fed officials criticize, explain taper delay Reuters
Stocks are about to plunge, Wells Fargo pro warns CNBC
A ‘Taper’ in a Teapot Sprott   Fed Unleashes Gold ZEAL Fed causes whiplash: director R
"Rel-to-52" Shows Fading Participation Swenlin
The days of easy money may be over Hulbert
Canadian Billionaire Predicts The End Of The Dollar As Reserve Currency; Warns "It's Likely To Get Ugly" ZH
Dollar Outlook: #Taper, #Yellen, #GermanElections Merk
Has Warren Buffett Nailed Another Market Top? Harding
White House rounding up support for Yellen to take reins at Fed Reuters
Population Growth Forecast From the U.N. May Be Too High Norris
Global Views Scotia Global Equity BMO
Weekly Focus: Risks to global economy coming down fast Danske
The Trouble with Asset Bubbles: If You Stop Pumping, They Pop Smith
The Best, Brightest, and Least Productive? Shiller
A Better Way to Compare C.E.O. Pay Morgenson
It’s Not Too Early to Start Worrying About Banks Again Weil
5 years after financial crash, many losers — and some big winners LAT
Let’s get this straight: Lehman did not cause the financial crisis Ritholtz
The Honey Launderers: Uncovering the Largest Food Fraud in U.S. History BW
8 Eerie Parallels Between Ben Bernanke And Walter White HP
Merkel favored for 3rd term, faces tight outcome AP
Euro Bailout Fund:Germans Pay Less Than Their Neighbors Spiegel
ECB's Asmussen says Ireland should stick to austerity target Reuters
Why Greece Is Not Weimar NYT
Dollar rise frustrates RBA board FR
Bosses at Foxtons land Ł87m windfall as shares soar Inde

Our Chat With Jeremy Grantham WSJ
The Fed is the last great bubble MW
The Fed's Decision Reflects Its Great Concern About The Economy Comstock
The Federal Reserve and the Next Financial Crisis   Harrison
If we learned anything...it's that the Federal Reserve is making this up as it goes and has no better idea of how this will end than it did in 2008...
West’s debt explosion is real story behind Fed QE dance FT
Fed is greatest hedge fund in history, says Buffett Telegraph
The Fed Has Investors Overjoyed, And It's For All the Wrong Reasons Atlantic
Fed lets opportunity knock for more debt FT (Via Google)
Strategy: Fed just removed the biggest tail risk for risk assets Danske
The Default Bull Market Kass
Mini-boom in housing is already over: Realtors CNBC
Debt ceiling fight 'damn dumb,' says Warren Buffett CNBC
House Votes to End Food Stamps for 3.8 Million Americans BL
Going for broke MyBudget Acting Man
Scandals cost JPMorgan $1 billion in fines Reuters
Wall Street has all the fun, we get the hangover Crudele
The Financial Crisis Was A Failure Of Government, Not Free Markets Forbes
Don’t let Wall Street say it’s different this time MW
Hackers offered cash, booze to crack iPhone fingerprint security Reuters
Lead Glut Diminishing as Bear Market Shuts Smelters BW
Gold Traders Most Bullish in Three Weeks After Fed: Commodities BL
RBI surprises with rate hike; trims rupee support steps Reuters
Europe's future - endless debt restructuring and default Warner
Research - Portugal: a risk factor in the euro area Danske
Japan land prices fall at slowest pace in five years as deflation eases Reuters
Japan firms resist Abe's calls to raise wages: Reuters poll Reuters
Urban Chinese find consumer prices too high China Daily
Eight arrested in Britain over alleged Barclays theft Reuters
For Now, Putin Struts on the World Stage YALE

JPMorgan's $920 Million Admission of Guilt BW
Economists React: Fed ‘Was Clearly Spooked’
No Fed taper brings back talk of currency war CNBC
Fed recoils from 1937 tightening error as jobs evaporate Pritchard
Fed does right thing in wrong way for wrong reasons Saft
Fed's dovish turn leaves Wall Street economists mulling taper timing Reuters
Bernanke Saves Companies $700 Billion as Verizon Leads Sales BL
Mr. Bernanke Gets the Jones NYSun  Mr. Bernanke’s Motto
When Doves Cry, "Not Yet" Sonders
Fed postpones the moment of truth H. Gold  Fleck - Warner -
Larger correction may be in store when Fed finally bites the bullet
Bernanke Punts on All Questions Related to Succession WSJ
Bernanke Warns That Lawmakers’ Budget Battles Could Tank Economy WSJ
Obama Should Name Banker, Not Insider, to Fed Lowenstein
Bernanke misquotes another chairman MW
Bill Gross “Not Braggin” After Call on Short-Term Treasuries BL
Foreigners hold less US securities Shanghai Daily
US Homebuilding Loses Momentum Scotia
Census: No sign of economic rebound for many in US AP
Government economic stimulus is powerful medicine... Fabius Maximus Dr. HB - Mish
JPMorgan Whale settlement expected Thursday - source Reuters
Wall Street-funded report defends banks' role in physical commodities Reuters
US companies will have to disclose ratio of CEO pay to that of workers Guardian
Why Bernanke may have ended gold's bear market CNBC
ECB Policy Makers Say Stress Tests Risk Market Confusion BL
China property developers pull down shutters, hoard cash Reuters
Local government debt could exceed $3.3t China Daily
Japan firms' mood dips; export growth fastest in three yrs Reuters
Vacant Japan Homes Show Holes in Abenomics’ Push for Housing BL
Property investors elsewhere in East Asia look to Japan for higher returns SCMP
SNB Says Franc Ceiling “Essential” to Protect Economy BL
Is Britain back to being the sick man of Europe? Guardian
Insurers still 'bribing' advisers, says watchdog Inde
Abe visits Fukushima nuclear plant amid toxic water problem Kyodo

Treasuries Rise as Fed Maintains Pace of Asset Purchases BL FED
Fed Refrains From QE Taper, Keeps Bond Buying at $85 Billion BL
Did inflation delay the Fed's taper? Fortune
Reuters: “Most economists expect the Fed to scale back its monthly purchases by a modest $10 billion...”
Barely a quarter of Americans know what QE is Reuters Fed’s Balance Sheet
Twelve percent of respondents thought QE was a computer-assisted program that the Fed uses to manipulate the dollar.
Beware surprises in Fed's taper Jubak
Analysis: Ageing could weaken central banks, spur rate volatility Reuters
The Need for a New Economics Outside The Box
Are Stock Bulls Banking on a Bubbly Endgame? Santoli
Wall Street Banks Facing Trading Drop Look to Fed for Relief BL
FX Forecast Update - September: No imminent USD support from Fed tapering Danske
Export Nation 2013 Brookings
Can the mortgage market crash again? CNBC
Interest, Social Security to Eat Up Increasing Share of U.S. Budget WSJ
A road to unsustainable debt MyBudget Mish - Armstrong - Kass
15% of Americans live in poverty CNN
Remember "Lehman Weekend": Don't Let Up on Financial Reforms Brookings
JPMorgan Still Has A Huge Problem On Its Hands HP
Armageddon looting machine Brown
Lehman Sign Sells for $14,915, Five Years After Collapse BL
SEC charges 23 firms in short-sale crackdown, including Teachers G&M
U.S. to seize NY skyscraper secretly owned by Iran CNN
The seizure and sale of the property would be the government's largest-ever terrorism-related forfeiture.
Is the Commodity Supercycle Dead? PIMCO
Gold's worst days are coming Fortune  Acting-Man
My grovelling apology to Herr Schauble Pritchard
Merkel Says German Election Is Decision Time for Euro’s Future BL
An independent Scotland faces a 'decade of pain' Telegraph
Greek public sector shuts down for 2-day strike AP
Banks' asset quality 'faces pressure' China Daily
China Developer’s 20% Loan After Bank Rebuff Signals Risk BL
So-called entrusted loans, in which banks are “entrusted” with funds as middlemen between companies, increasingly grease the wheels of China’s economy...
Home prices spike 15% in key Chinese cities CNN
China home prices rise for eighth straight month CNBC
Are Chinese companies sitting on the next debt crisis? China ER
Retail investors catch IPO fever Standard
Cyprus to End Capital Controls in January, President Says BL

The ‘What, Me Worry?’ stock market Hulbert
Less Tapering Becomes Tightening Credit No Matter What Fed Says BL
Northern Trust Makes Biggest Equities Bet Since 2008 on Economy BL
Yellen Said to Top Obama’s Fed List After Summers’s Exit BL
Research US: (Four) Three dilemmas facing the Fed Danske
Fed's taper should start small El-Erian Avoid the dollar?
The earthquake begins as Fed prepares to switch off the printing press Warner
Questions over Fed chief a bigger issue than taper CNBC
Market, economy in rare alignment on Summers Saft
Did Larry Summers Get Borked? Not Really BW
We're Coming Up on 1937 Hutchinson
Economic Hypochondria FOX
How Detroit went broke Det FP Proof Detroit Didn't Have To Go Broke, In 1 Chart
Economist Identifies Best Measure of Global Economic Activity WSJ
The rich are richer than ever CNN
Global banks lock out Americans CNN
Banks Claim They Are Now Safer (By Their Own Measure) HP
Ex-JPMorgan Employees Indicted Over $6.2 Billion Loss BL
'Follow the Money':NSA Monitors Financial World Spiege
Investors too optimistic for their own good MW
Required reading: Textbook prices soar, students try to cope CNBC
Citigroup must pay couple $3.1 million for not overseeing broker: panel Reuters
Penthouse publisher FriendFinder Networks files for bankruptcy Reuters
RBI tightens rules for firms lending against gold Reuters
Don't Be Fooled, Shinzo Abe Has Japan On The Path Toward Economic Ruin Forbes
Analysis: Japan faces record-long trade deficit, little sign can reverse trend Reuters
Japanese Ask, What’s Wrong With a Little Deflation? BL
In China, Change—and Uncertainty—Are in the Air Triple Crisis
Property bubble fragile in 14 cities, expert warns Standard
Exporters to face more trade friction China Daily
Singapore’s Exports Fall As West’s Recovery Slow to Reach Asia WSJ
European auto sales hit new low AP
A New Greek Test for Europe Mody
German Landesbanken's bailout and restructuring so far Reuters

JPMorgan Whale Fines Said to Reach at Least $750 Million BL
Obama Says He Will Not Negotiate With Congress on Debt Ceiling Reuters
Baby Steps Hussman
Our view is that the Federal Reserve will taper its program of quantitative easing this week...
Fed Leadership Doubt Erodes Low-Rate Message as QE Taper Looms BL
Gleanings Saut
Season of mists Price
BIS veteran: excess worse than pre-Lehman Pritchard  BIS Quarterly Review
The share of “leveraged loans” used by the weakest borrowers in the syndicated loan market has jumped to an all-time high...
Summers Quits Race to Succeed Bernanke BL
A Summers rally? - Dollar falls...
“Any possible confirmation process for me would be acrimonious and would not serve the interests of the Federal Reserve...”
Death of 1,000 cuts for Summers MW
Asia stocks up as Summers withdraws from Fed race MW
Pimco: Short-Term Debt to Benefit, Summers Quits Fed Race BL
Amid slow economic recovery, more Americans identify as 'lower class' LAT
Yellen It Is... Mish Krugman - EB - AM
IMM positioning: Positioning points to near-term USD downside Danske
Bob Diamond: Leverage was 'too high in boom years' FT
Five years after Lehman, could a collapse happen all over again? Observer
Five years on, the financial crisis still confounds Samuelson
Americans Still Angry At Wall Street 5 Years After Lehman Collapse HP
Big U.S. banks keeping door open to another financial crisis LA Times
Michael Lewis on the Next Crisis BW
The Behind The Scenes Cronyism That Helped Plant The Seeds Of The Financial Crisis Forbes
Gold Bulls Cut Wagers as Goldman Sees More Losses BL
Kerala temples say no to RBI request on gold Khaleej Times
The other temples have also expressed apprehension over the RBI query.
Wall St. Exploits Ethanol Credits, and Prices Spike NYT
Portugal's next bailout review could drop the compliments Reuters
House prices to continue surge as bubble fears grow Inde
Analysis: China eyes private funds to tackle bad-debt buildup, avoid bailout Reuters
Asian borrowers rush to market ahead of FOMC meet Finance Asia
No Confidence in China Markets Inflates Housing Bubble BL
“Home prices keep rising, so I’d rather buy a place now than put the money in the stock market”
Singapore Banks on Asean Lure as Job Crunch Raises Angst BL
Japan turns off last reactor amid fears of surge in gas prices Guardian
Mother of all sudden stops Accominotti and Eichengreen

Kerry warns Syria: 'Threat of force is real' CNBC
Oil prices down after deal on Syrian chemical weapons AFP
Iran's Rouhani may meet Obama at UN after American president reaches out Guardian

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