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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement FED The Committee continues to anticipate...that it likely will be appropriate to maintain the current target range for the federal funds rate for a considerable time after the asset purchase program ends... U.S. Consumer Prices Drop for First Time in a Year BL Essays On The Federal Reserve & Markets Scotia Fed Bringing Stock Turbulence to Traders as VIX Climbs BL Feds exit plan may be a bumpy ride for investors MW The Federal Reserves next tightening cycle wont look like anything investors have seen before. Yield Forecast Update - Monetary policy divergence intensifying Danske Why investors may get a rude awakening: Siegel CNBC Financial Repression Authority - Ronald-Peter Stoeferle G. Long Markets Rose-Tinted World El-Erian Crash Ahead!!! Above The Market Fleckenstein on missing the rally: So what? CNBC If you want to pursue idiots like the Fed doing crazy policies, and if you think you can get out in time, go for it When and How To Exit Quantitative Easing? FRBSL New data shows Americans' incomes still stagnant after recession Reuters The figures make it easier to understand why many Americans think the United States remains in recession and why Obama's approval ratings have hovered near 40 percent. The Income Chart That Explains American Politics Cassidy
Alibaba risk: China's rise leaves out investors AP Citigroup and Bank of America Offer Mortgages With Discounted Rates WSJ Bill Gross Used $45 Billion Derivatives to Lift Fund Gains BL China advances gold exchange launch, Singapore delays contract Reuters State Street tells FX chief to stay home: Report CNBC Goldman Trader Swaps Financial Services for Speedy Food Delivery BL
Russian tycoon Vladimir Yevtushenkov's arrest sparks fears of 'second Yukos' AFP Billionaire's house arrest sends stocks crashing AP China Adds Stimulus With Reported $81 Billion Bank Injection BL Monitor: Chinese Credit Crunch Danske China housing bubble on eve of destruction Macrobusiness Economic souffle at risk of implosion FT Beyond Venezuelas Default Debate Brookings Softbanks Masayoshi Son Becomes Japans Richest Person With $16.6 Billion BL
Scots Independence Campaigns Make Last Appeal for Victory BL Good riddance, Scotland: We dont need you Lynn
The market grows more treacherous Mirhaydari The Perfect (Dollar) Storm - When Currencies Collide Part 2 Puplava The Return of the Currency Wars WSJ Dollar Stability, Not Inflation, Is Our Big Problem Right Now Forbes Central Bank Bullying: Investor Implications Merk The U.S. stock market's bears have gone into hibernation WSJ (via Google) In the past month, three of the last bearish brokerage-firm strategists...have waved the white flag and ditched their pessimistic predictions. "Then and Now" Saut Central banks inflating 'elevated' asset prices: BIS Reuters BIS Quarterly Review The best peace conference of all Hutchinson Why we are forever blowing bubbles China Daily Crony Capitalism Has Deep Roots Standard Good Times, Bad Times Alhambra Mish OECD cuts US growth forecast, warns on risk assets CNBC
The Alibaba Seven Soar as Chinese Traders Gain From IPO BL Alibaba Boosts Size of U.S. IPO to $21.8 Billion Amid Demand BL Calpers to Exit Hedge Funds, Divest $4 Billion Stake BL The board of the $298 billion pension, known as Calpers, hasnt decided where to invest the money after the pullout, which will take about a year... Why Pensions Went Away: A Theory WSJ Spelling out the high cost of tax inversions WT Sears borrows $400m from CEOs hedge fund MW
Britain gives Chinese renminbi a big endorsement MW China's overseas investment soars as FDI drops again AFP Half of Chinas rich plan to emigrate Shanghai Daily Academics Get Caught Up in Debate Over Chinas Interest Rates WSJ Default Risk Haunts Top 100 on Debt-Fueled Growth: Asean Credit BL The only way for these companies to keep growing seems to be leveraging up Only a monetary 'nuclear bomb' can save Italy now, says Mediobanca Pritchard Aussie at 85 U.S. Cents Wont Ease Economys Pain, May Spur RBA BL China Bans Use of Coal With High Ash or Sulfur to Combat Smog BL
Warning from Graham and Dodd Hussman Record S&P 500 Masks 47% of Nasdaq Mired in Bear Market BL The divergence shows the appetite for risk is narrowing as the Federal Reserve reins in economic stimulus after a five-year rally that added almost $16 trillion to equity values. Are You Prepared for a Market Correction? Morningstar A Scary World, but... WSJ (via Google) Investors widely believe the Federal Reserve and other central banks will do what it takes to keep economies and financial markets healthy. The roughed-up American Samuelson
Ron Pauls Audit the Fed bill returns to Congress WT A Fireside Chat With Charlie Munger WSJ El-Erian Q&A Gold Industry Needs Cleansing of Weakest, Fidelity Says Telegraph Alarm as almond farms consume California's water Guardian "The people of the state of California are more or less destroying themselves in order to give cheap almonds to the world." 5 lessons from my $650,000 lunch with Warren Buffett MW
Canadian Household-Debt Ratio Nears Record on Mortgages BL London Property Premium Over U.K. at Widest in at Least 19 Years BL House prices: Bubble? What London bubble? Telegraph Japan's Abe says 'neutral' on whether to raise sales tax to 10% Reuters Korean economy and 'Greenspan's bubbles' Korea Times Venezuela's newest shortage: breast implants AFP "It's a culture of 'I want to be more beautiful than you.' That's why even people who live in the slums get implants U.S. warns China over antimonopoly efforts MW Why Asia is probably poorer than we think Guardian
The Global Week Ahead Scotia Whats on Your Radar Screen? Mauldin King Dollar and the Peripheries Noland Global banks retreat as the US and China tighten in lockstep Pritchard The glory days of "maximum liquidity" we have enjoyed in the post-Lehman era are coming to an end Why US Interest Rates Can Never Rise (In 1 Chilling CBO Chart) ZH Feds Fischer Leads Panel Watching for Asset-Price Bubbles BL Six Years After Lehmans Bankruptcy, Wall Street Is as Reckless as Ever Fiscal Times Global Views Scotia Global Equity BMO Weekly Focus: FOMC meeting to mark a hawkish shift in the Fed stance Danske Tail Risks Sheehan Kohls & The Rest of the retailers are in deep doo doo Burning Platform Tax Revenues for FY14 Hit Record Through August; Govt Still Runs $589B Deficit CNS Heavy PM Shorting Bullish ZEAL The Perils of Our Lopsided Income Growth Morningstar
Distressed Corporate Credit: A Tale of Two Markets PIMCO HSBC Agrees to Pay $550 Million to End U.S. Mortgage Claims BL
China August factory growth slows to near six-year low, calls grow for more stimulus R Exclusive: Brazil assessing whether to cut key fiscal goal in 2014 Reuters China Credit Gauge Misses Estimates as Growth Risks Escalate BL Why Internal Devaluation is Not Leading to Export-Led Growth in Greece Brookings Putin trying to destroy Ukraine, says prime minister Reuters
The Nasdaq is poised to top 5,000 within months Gold When we get to the final frontier of bubbles, plus an EM rally MW Will Currencies Undermine Calm in Markets? El-Erian David Rosenberg: U.S. stocks in correction, but bull market intact Reuters Government Bonds Fall Around World as Ruble Slides to Low BL Share Buybacks Economist Companies have been gobbling up their own shares at an exceptional rate. There are good reasons to worry about this Economist McCulley: Yellen faces big challenge CNBC Dollar heads for best run in 17 years Reuters Jobless Rate May Be a Flawed Indicator for Fed Policy Norris Bank of America pulls forward Fed rate hike forecast to June 2015 MW There's no fear in the markets: Time to worry? CNBC Sovereign Debt Restructuring: UN Takes a Big Step Forward Triple Crisis Parallels to 1937 Shiller
Treasury Is Weighing Action on Hedge-Fund Tax Loophole BL Most Hedge-Fund Managers Are Overpaid, Big Investor Says BL Madoff Son Andrew Leaves More Than $15 Million in Will BL Mexican companies sue Yahoo, law firm, allege conspiracy to avoid $2.7 billion judgment R Public Pensions Are Still Marching to Their Death Forbes India's love affair with gold may be over, as prices slide Reuters
Venezuela Threatens Harvard Professor for Default Comment BL Draghi Says Investment Rebound Needs Reform and Stimulus BL China remains magnet for foreign investment Xinhua China's monthly new yuan loans nearly double SD Scottish yes vote threatens market turmoil, warns IMF Guardian No Leads Poll Japan Seen Needing $47 Billion Stimulus for Next Tax Bump BL China, Russia to build seaport: report AFP Exclusive: U.S. to sanction Sberbank, tighten limits on other Russian banks - sources Reuters
Bullish Sentiment Retreats BeSpoke
Recognizing Bubbles, but Still Cautious on Deflating Them Dealbook The only 2 words that will matter at the Fed next week MW Bears become bullish as strategists lift S&P 500 targets MW Never confuse risk and volatility Saft Schiff Stronger Groove NA Outlook Equities Monitor NB Financial Restructuring Debt Restructuring Eichengreen Republican-run Senate could speed stock crash Farrell Quantifying the macroeconomic effects of large-scale asset purchases VOX
Senators urge Burger King to ditch move to Canada Reuters Munger Hosts Groupies, Mocks Wall Street, Praises Buffett BL Icahns firm's fat-finger error in filing NYT Oil demand growth slips to 'remarkable' 2½-year low CNBC The gloom that's good for gold Hulbert Platinum Fixing Under the Microscope HFJ Fragmentation in Europe means German hegemony, if we're lucky Pritchard London Housing Cools After Price Boom That Stretched Buyers BL Crowdfunding Breathes Life Into China Property Speculators as Rules Ease BL Yuan's value hits 6-month peak China Daily Scotlands fateful choice FT An Independent Scotland? Outside The Box RBS will leave Scotland if voters back independence Guardian Argentina Default Flashes Warning to Emerging Markets YALE China, Russia to build seaport: report AFP Russia, China agree to settle more trade in yuan and rouble Reuters Chinese Pilots Push Back at US Spy Planes Asia Sentinel Obama: 'Systematic campaign' against ISIS CNBC
It's a hard-knock life for bulls Hulbert Government Debt Isn't the Problem - Private Debt Is Atlantic Escape Fandango McCulley World Bank warns of global jobs crisis AFP -- G20 labour markets: outlook, key challenges and policy responses LLO This political scenario brings a stock crash in 2015 Farrell Are Subprime Mortgages Coming Back? NYT Commercial Traders No Longer Tailwind For Higher Stock Prices GaveKal Currencies Break, Gold Does Not Alhambra
Top LBO Fund Investors Pile on Leverage to Boost Returns BL Banks $85 Billion Loan Pipeline Meets Investor Unease BL Departing official describes Dimon call as key moment CNBC Dollar General to go hostile with $9.1 billion Family Dollar bid: sources Reuters Trump casinos file Chapter 11; seek concessions AP McDonald's: 'That's Not Ketchup...It's Blood' Barrons Walmart Workers Complain They Can't Afford New Dress Code HP
BOJ's action could further weaken yen Nikkei Purchasing such bonds is an extremely unusual move for any central bank, and was likely intended to signal the BOJ's commitment to monetary easing and boosting the economy. China Central Bank Adrift Without Policy Anchor Amid Credit Slump BL Foreign investors set sights on new targets China Daily Scottish Indenpence Vote: Investor Implications Merk Carney: interest rates likely to rise months before wages do Guardian
Democracy is road kill on Chinas financial highway Finance Asia
The Seeds of U.S. Inflation Have Sprouted and Could Be in Full Flower in 2016 Kasriel "Calm Down 2" Saut What Happens When the Fed Stops Propping Up Stocks? Fiscal Times Stock gap: American stock holdings at 18-year low CNBC The survey said only 14% of Americans own stocks directly-down from 21 percent in 2001 The return of the stock market bubble MyBudget Why this stock market will never go down MW Assessing Expectations of Monetary Policy FRBSF Why the holy grail of escape velocity still eludes the global economy Rosenberg These Kinds Of Market-Rigging "Practices" Will No Longer Be Allowed On The CME ZH FX Traders Said to Be Surprised by Scope of BOE Probe BL The Inflation Fighters Want to Increase the Debt Burden on Our Children Baker The slow decay of American economic competitiveness Fortune
Trump Entertainment Files for Bankruptcy in Delaware BL Apple disrupting Chinese supply chains: Report CNBC Ex-SAC Fund Manager Martoma Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison BL For the most lucrative insider-trading scheme in history Billionaire Guo Buys Fashion Brands as He Chases Buffett BL What Does It Mean When a House Sells for $50 Million? BL Gold Falls to 12-Week Low as Dollar Rally Damps Demand BL A sugar rush may be coming, traders say CNBC Home Depot confirms breach in US, Canada stores AP
Venezuelan Default Suggested by Harvard Economist BL Draghi Plea for ABS Support Rebuffed by France, Germany BL Debts weighing on steelmakers China Daily EU Slows New Russia Sanctions as It Gauges Ukraine Truce BL Rosneft President Igor Sechin: 'Russia Didn't Initiate the Ukraine Crisis' Spiegel Bulls Return to Indian Art Market Asia Sentinel
Consumer Credit in U.S. Surges on More Loans for Automobiles BL The Two Pillars of Full-Cycle Investing Hussman Europe Takes the QE Baton Mauldin Young, Bummed, and in Debt Reason The death spiral of capitalism Hutchinson Fed Seeks to Calm Congress Demand for More Oversight BL This stock market is long in the tooth Keenan 5 Consequences Of A Stronger Dollar GaveKal Other perspectives on the new bond market conundrum EB The Federal Reserve in the run-up to the Global Crisis VOX
Electrolux targets Whirlpool in $3.3 billion deal with GE Reuters RBS U.S. Unit Seeks Valuation Up to $14 Billion in IPO BL Benchmark Brent oil price falls under $100 in London AFP
Japan Economy Contracts More Than Initial Estimate on Tax BL The ECB's eurozone medicine is nonsense Keen China Posts Record Surplus as Exports-Imports Diverge BL China's housing market is on the brink of collapse. Should Australia be worried Guardian EU moves to crack down on banks dodging bonus cap Guardian Russia's PM signals $40 billion state help for Rosneft possible: Vedomosti Reuters
The Global Week Ahead Scotia Do Whatever it Takes to Shock and Awe Noland Why Calls for a Top Still Seem Premature Sheridan Why a Market Correction Now Would be the Best Scenario Harding Beware The Coming Winter of Discontent II QE3s Ominous End Looms ZEAL New Report - Only a Huge Bear Market Can Reverse Today's Epic Optimism EW Are the bears coming for Wall Street? Mirhaydari Alternative Seasonal Adjustments Confirm Augusts Disappointing Jobs Numbers Brookings Still Missing: 3.9 Million Prime-Age Jobs BL Fed tightening a risk? Fidelity Chart Spotlight Cross Currents Student debt becoming a larger albatross for economic growth MyBudget Global Views Scotia Global Equity BMO Weekly Focus: ECB steps up with last cut in rates Danske
At Goldman Sachs, Even the Legal Fees Are Different Morgenson
Alibaba seeks to raise more than $21 billion in record U.S. tech IPO Reuters Fitch downgrades N.J. debt, saying Christie is repudiating his pension reform SL
Can the eurozone avoid Japanification? NTrust
Payrolls in U.S. Rose 142,000 in August, Fewest This Year BL Give Money to the People and Let Them Eat Cake Hahn Different Positions about the Federal Reserve's Policies Comstock Is economic stagnation the new normal? LATimes Don't Get Ruined by These 10 Popular Investment Myths (Part III) EW Predicting an M Top G. Long Why many billionaires are bracing for a major market crash MW Are Stocks Really "Fairly Valued"? GaveKal Here's Why the Market Could Crash--Not in Two Years, But Now Smith Dallas Fed chief: Yelln like Hindu deity MW I have been involved with the credit markets since 1975. I have never seen such ebullient credit markets Fed's Kocherlakota: US rates are not low enough Reuters Why taxpayers will be on the hook when it's time to raise rates AEI The Deflation Caucus Krugman Baker
The U.S. South Rises as a Manufacturing Hub BW Rogue trader Jerome Kerviel freed Guardian At Lego, Everything Is Awesome BW Bitcoin trader enters guilty plea BBC The secret bull case for gold in September MW
Draghi Sees Almost $1 Trillion Stimulus With No QE Fight BL ECB Now a Hedge Fund Mish Euro Path Set as Lower Rates Invigorate Carry Traders BL Draghis feeble attempt to save the eurozone is bound to fail Telegraph China in renminbi push through preferred shares Finance Asia BOJ Kuroda Calls for Tax Hike to 10 Pct Jiji If the economy contracts sharply due to the additional tax increase, fiscal and monetary policy measures could be taken Russian Inflation Accelerates as Putin Bans Food Imports BL Canada Posts Surprise August Job Decline BL
Draghi Says ECB Readying Sizable ABS Purchases After Rate Cut BL U.S. trade deficit smallest in six months on rising exports Reuters Jobless Claims in U.S. Little Changed as Firings Dwindle BL Private job growth slows The American economy's great growth slowdown Fortune What's Next for the Dollar and Gold? Merk Yields Driven Under 1% on Almost Half Worlds Government Bonds BL Demographics and the bond market conundrum Saft More Unexpected That Was Actually Expected By Unexpected Economists Alhambra The Exaggerated Death of Inflation Rogoff Many of the same pundits who never imagined that advanced economies could have massive financial crises are now sure that advanced economies can never have inflation crises. Have We Reached a Financial Singularity? Smith Mish
When the next housing bust hits, blame bankers MW Jack Bogle: Fed not reason market rallied CNBC Madoff sons death adds complication for victims CNBC Have We Reached Peak Burger? BW Lawyers spar over Detroit bankruptcy plan MW
ECB Unexpectedly Cuts Interest Rates as Outlook Darkens BL Draghi's Push for ECB Easing Intensifies Focus on ABS Plan BL ...banks from Commerzbank AG to Barclays Plc say Draghi may commit to buying asset-backed securities What does a good Chinese adjustment look like? Pettis BoJ holds off fresh stimulus despite weaker economy AFP Mario Draghi cannot launch QE without German political assent Pritchard It is surely wishful thinking to suppose that the ECB is ready to launch full-fledged QE at its meeting this week, given its political make-up France and Friends:Merkel Increasingly Isolated on Austerity Spiegel Asia $3.1b bond sales ease pipeline pressure Finance Asia New accounting rules to pump up profits at Japanese companies Nikkei
Putin Offers Ukraine Peace Plan After Truce Talks BL
For Wonks Only PIMCO (Gross) "Homesick" Saut Back to the future Price Dont Be Fooled: Americas Deficit is Still a Problem Brookings Mind the jobs gap? Scars remain from crisis CNBC OECD Where's the growth going to come from? Hutchinson Contrarians are starting to like this stock market Hulbert Sam Zell: Stock market correction coming CNBC Despite Growing Risks it's Still Janet Yellen's Market Browne Demography Having an Impact on Inflation and Bond Yield Yardeni Fed: US consumers have decided to 'hoard money' CNBC -- What Does Money Velocity Tell Us about Low Inflation in the U.S.? FRBSL Magic Fairies Cause Recessions Noah Smith 'Mortgage crisis' is coming this winter: Bove CNBC Central Bank Monetary Policy Enables Us to Put Off Real Reforms Smith Embry
Financial crisis villain unsure why everybodys so mad at him HP From Chocolate to Beer, Shrinkflation Is Unseen Pressure BL U.S. bank regulators set to adopt liquidity, swaps margin rules Reuters Why Citigroup would be better in bits Reuters Why Cash for Clunkers reduced spending on new vehicles VOX
Nikkei jumps to 7-month high on renewed "Abenomics" hopes Reuters Germany Resists Calls for ECB Aid in Euro Growth Dilemma BL China Services Gauges Rebound in Signal of Rebalancing BL Huarongs Shadow Bank Bailout: This Changes Everything Triple Crisis Shanghais land market plunges SD Sensex hits fresh all-time high above 27,200 Reuters
Investors brace for troubles amid Ukraine crisis Reuters Bond Market Tilts Toward Frankfurt as Draghi Negates Feds Hawks BL Bond market conundrum redux EB Some Stock Strategists Brace for Autumn Swoon WSJ Financial reforms will make the next crisis even messier FT The Exaggerated Death of Inflation Rogoff A Cheer or a Bronx Cheer for the Fed? Pollock Why the Fed should always be in focus: O'Neill It's Settled: Central Banks Trade S&P500 Futures ZHedge IMM positioning: Investors add net shorts in EUR and JPY Danske Hussman Funds Annual Report Hussman How Corporate Share Buybacks are Destroying America RBroker
Fast food workers plan biggest US strike to date over minimum wage Guardian The Human Toll of Offshoring Nocera U.S. business lobby says concerned China antitrust probes unfair Reuters The World's Hangover Cure Finally Comes to the U.S. BW China Banks Boost Precious Metals Hoard Amid Lease Demand BL
Swiss Economy Unexpectedly Stalls as Euro Area Takes Toll BL French 2-year yield turns negative for first time MW Top State banks' asset quality weakens in H1 China Daily Asia leveraged loans liquid despite US sell-off Finance Asia Home Purchase Failures Rising in U.K. With Banking Limits BL Japan's 'Abenomics' feared in trouble as challenges build Reuters ...gloomy economic data suggests the plan is not succeeding as hoped and the only short-term contingency plans appear to be further central bank stimulus...
Russia breaks ground on new gas pipeline to China AFP Russia Said to Plan Sovereign Fund Move Over Sanctions BL Hedge fund manager in "Occupy" column spat Finance Asia Failed Diplomacy:NATO Hardliners Push for Firmer Stance against Russia Spiegel
Hedge Funds Cut Gold Bull Bets to Lowest Since June BL Growth Mauldin Pondering the Summers of 2012 and 2014 Noland Stocks vs Bonds: Who Will Win? Short side of Long Heres what history says about the stock market in September Hulbert The Greater Depression DeLong A bear market is coming, sooner or later MW The Eurozone Is a Growing Problem for U.S. Economy Harding Despite Aggressive Deleveraging, Generation X Remains "Generation Debt" FRBSL Henry Kissinger on the Assembly of a New World Order WSJ Don't Get Ruined by These 10 Popular Investment Myths (Part II) EW Could the everywhere bull market become the everywhere bear market? Saler If consumers are so confident why arent they spending? JimQ Global Views Scotia Global Equity BMO Performance 2014 - World Stock Markets Weekly Focus: Very dovish ECB to keep hopes of more easing alive Danske Two Economies, Two Recoveries: The Same, but Different BMO Sound Familiar? Schwab Unhappy, Worried, & Pessimistic: Americans in the Aftermath of the Great Recession Rutgers
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Shadow Banking Financial Sense Did Wall Street Know About the Housing Bubble? AEI Exclusive: Bitcoin promoter to plead guilty to unlicensed money transmission Reuters Retiring: Increasingly, Retirees Dump Their Possessions and Hit the Road NYT Low-Cost Transcontinental Gold ZEAL
Chinas Property Slump Leads to Record Loans to Builders BL China Loses Growth Momentum as Manufacturing Pulls Back BL Spectre of 1929 crash looms over FTSE 100 as traders take on record debts Telegraph China real-estate: A bubble bursting Investors' eyes pinned on ECB as Europe's health deteriorates Reuters Russia tensions may help cut knot on euro zone policy Saft Russian rouble falls to new low BBC Russia shuts 12 McDonalds restaurants MW A Possible Housing Bubble in Canada Boston
Inflation Stays Below the Feds Target for 27th Straight Month WSJ U.S. Consumer Spending Falls for First Time in Six Months BL Treasury Market Rally Is Stronger Than Every Economist Predicted BL The bond market still has more room to rally Grand Central: Fed Job Index a Year Away From Normalcy WSJ US economy: the persistent myth of deleveraging Smithers Don't Fall for the Strong U.S. GDP Number: Here's Why EW A Crash This Fall? Forbes What, Me Worry? Cooper Bullish Sentiment Above 50% BeS The Killing Fields Sheehan A day of reckoning has arrived to retiring Americans MyBudget America Has Hit Peak Gun and the Obama Gun Bubble Is Bursting BW Who's minding public pensions? LAT 30 Blocks of murals & cigarette taxes for children JimQ Negative Real Interest Rates Are Just Income Redistribution Disguised As Monetary Policy Dorfman The 'Escape Velocity' Myth Saville
Employers Arent Just Whining - the Skills Gap Is Real HBR Yellen still a multimillionaire, records show MW The Hypocritical Attacks on Warren Buffett Ritholtz Watch Gold & Silver Steps Aden
Euro Inflation Slows as Draghi Hints at More ECB Stimulus BL Italy's CPI has first yearly fall since 1959 MW European Bond Market: Bubble of all Bubbles! Econmatters Whats The Matter With France? Krugman Japan economy stalls as incomes, spending languish AP Corporate Japan issuing bonds at record-low rates Nikkei Ecuador heralds 'digital currency' plans AP Which some analysts believe could be a first step toward abandoning the country's existing currency, the U.S. dollar London Property Market Stalls as Buyers Resist Higher Prices BL Japan Fearing Toilet Paper Panic Makes Stockpiling Plea BL ICBC mulls massive share issue Standard
Ukraine Invasion Claims Wipe Out Russia Bondholder Gains BL
Ukraine: 'This is a full-scale invasion' CNN Economy in U.S. Expands 4.2%, More Than Previously Forecast BL Jobless Claims in U.S. Little Changed as Job Market Strengthens BL Central bankers face confidence bubble FT (via Google) A 60% correction ahead? Two experts think so CNBC What's the Real U.S. Unemployment Rate? We Have No Idea BW Merkel Slams US Hegemony? "America Can't Solve All The World's Problems Anymore" ZH The Federal Debt: All You Need to Know in Three Minutes Brookings The Housing Echo-Bubble Is Popping Smith Time for a Copernican revolution in economics Keen Most Americans Think The Recession Permanently Damaged The Economy: Survey AP Boomer Wealth Dented by Mortgages Poses U.S. Risk BL CBO forecasts $506 billion budget deficit for 2014 MW CBO
JPMorgan, Four Other Banks Hit by Hackers: U.S. Official BL FBI, Secret Service investigate reports of cyber attacks on U.S. banks Reuters 7 companies with $50 billion offshore CNN How investors are betting on golf's decline CNBC Gold-Price Indicator Fading as ETPs Tumble by $71 Billion BL Bitcoin shows staying power as online merchants chase digital sparkle Reuters IMF chief charged with 'negligence' over graft case AFP Central California residents rely on bottled water as wells run dry LAT
China Property Developer Debt Risk Rises as Sales Miss BL The ratio of debt to equity...of 84 Chinese property companies has climbed to 128%, the highest since at least 2005 and almost double the Bloomberg World Real Estate Indexs 76% Falling Housing Prices Are Causing Violent Protests In China IBD Is Chinas property bust cyclical or structural? MacroB Chinese developer offers home discounts for Taobao shoppers DW China reforms will check local government debt Finance Asia Italys Top Banks Said Seeking Up to $36 Billion From ECB BL The loans, known as targeted long-term refinance operations, or TLTROs, are part of a historic package of ECB measures to drive an expansion of credit... ECB easing - will it work? No. 4: Impact on growth and inflation Danske U.S. Says Russia May Be Directing Ukraine Rebel Offensive BL |
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