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Japan Nominal GDP tells the True Story
For a country caught in a deflationary trap, it makes little sense to follow protocol and focus on real GDP growth, especially when it is driven primarily by falling prices. Recent economic data in Ja… more →
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African Americans and the Recession
drschweitzer wrote 2 days ago: Damien Goodmon of FixExpo.Org shared this story from the Washington Post. The tagline: 34.5 percent … more →
Time Lapse Geography of the Recession
drschweitzer wrote 6 days ago: HT to David Levinson This a an animation from The American Observer on the Geography of the Recessio … more →
Japan Nominal GDP tells the True Story
Michael Lockrow wrote 1 week ago: For a country caught in a deflationary trap, it makes little sense to follow protocol and focus on r … more →
Interesting articles: Bubbles, Bubbles and Bubbles
Michael Lockrow wrote 1 week ago: My Comment: In keeping with my post on “Bubble Mania Beginning?”, I thought these three … more →
Bubble Mania Beginning?
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Michael Lockrow wrote 2 weeks ago: It seems like only yesterday a series of bubbles (oil, China and housing) burst. Today as the bull m … more →
Watch What China Does, Not What It Says About Yuan-Dollar Rate
chinabystander wrote 2 weeks ago: Pay less notice to China’s latest monthly industrial production and retail sales figures — bot … more →
Japan: A Country Lost
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Michael Lockrow wrote 3 weeks ago: There is a growing flock of Economists and Critics who assert greater fiscal spending is what an eco … more →
Jobs not back until 2012??
Michael Lockrow wrote 3 weeks ago: After reading the latest CNN Poll on when jobs will be restored in the US, someone looking for work … more →
Some Indication of early 2010
Michael Lockrow wrote 3 weeks ago: After emerging markets have rallied close to 100% from the bottom in March, it is only natural for i … more →
2010: Bull story really takes shape...
Michael Lockrow wrote 4 weeks ago: As the year comes to a close and the impact of policy stimulus and corporate restructuring seem to b … more →
Losing Trust Fast
Michael Lockrow wrote 1 month ago: When the LDP started to double back on reform, after former PM Koizumi stepped down, many investors … more →
China And Asset-Bubble Management As Monetary Policy
chinabystander wrote 1 month ago: China is still lending its way towards its 8% growth target for the year. Third-quarter growth has c … more →
Wednesday, 10/7 Consumer News and Economic Recap
etfdesk wrote 1 month ago: More links on the Consumer and the Economic Recovery Can’t Find A Job Because You Lost A Job? … more →
The 2008/09 recession in historical perspective
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Djavad wrote 1 month ago: A few clarifications about my last post: The fall in family income and expenditures is not the same … more →
Giving The Economist More Grief
deadondres wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday I left this comment on this article from The Economist: A “new normal” for the world econo … more →
New survey data show precipitous drop in incomes
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Djavad wrote 1 month ago: For the last few days I have been staring with disbelief at the results of the most recent Household … more →
Japan New Government: Crony Capitalism gives way to Socialism
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Michael Lockrow wrote 2 months ago: By Michael Lockrow The new head of the FSA, Shizuka Kamei, was quick to point the finger at the US a … more →
Japan May See ‘Catastrophic’ Finances...
Michael Lockrow wrote 2 months ago: My Comment: As expected, the only comments coming out of economists and pundits regarding the DPJ is … more →
For the pain in Spain, the banks are to blame (amongst others, let's say)
gabrielbcn wrote 2 months ago: Being these days in Barcelona I’m amazed how several publications, I’m thinking of Forbe … more →
