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I'm flabbergasted. If true, this is a bloody
embarassment: Chicago economist Austan Goolsbee -- once the chief
economic adviser to candidate Barack Obama -- may be less of a shoo-in to chair Obama's White House Council of Economic Advisers than ...
China has said its employment outlook is "grim",
amid worries that economic problems could lead to social
unrest. Unemployment is expected to rise next year as businesses close because of a lack of orders. Chinese leaders are already warning that an ...
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Congress is now considering a federal bailout for
America's Big Three automobile companies. Many want to grant
them at least $25 billion from the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program on top of $25 billion in low-interest loans approved earlier ...
The TIPs say deflation is coming, and will
be here and may stay around for a bit:
Yet, if you believe the yields on US Treasury inflation protected bonds, or Tips, we shall have a 2.2 per cent fall in prices in 2009, a 2.5 per cent decline in 2010 ...
I spent much of the latter part of
the 1990's looking at this graph: During this period,
Pascal St-Amour and I were trying to explain just why stock prices were so volatile; the fundamentals driving the standard C-CAPM were far...
Hedge fund investors pulled a record $40bn out
of the industry in October as poor performance prompted
a flight to cash, according to data on Thursday. Hedge funds were hit by more redemptions in October than at any time since Chicago-based Hedge Fund ...
Barack Obama The country Obama inherits, the report
warns, will no longer be able to 'call the
shots' alone in an increasingly multipolar world. Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters
Douglas Holtz-Eakin says backing the taxpayer rescue of
business was out-of-character for GOP presidential nominee.
Canadian solar panel maker Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:CSIQ)
reported earnings this morning before the market opened. Revenues
for the third quarter came in at $252.4 million, higher than expectations of $248 million. ...
Fascinating interactive chart via Jon Udell : >
Oil Sources, Regional Breakdown: click for regional breakdown North
America 1,648,765 33.56% Africa 980,231 19.95% Middle East 837,841 17.05% South ...
Only a few hours ago, I mentioned that
the 30 yr hit 370 bp, well things move
quickly, closing yield was a record low 345 bp, down 45 bp on the day. The 30 yr swap spread last seen at negative 60 …(remember this is not supposed to happen..) ...
Okay, someone is obviously short the long-bond and
can't find a buyer, because not only did it
rise 5 points during the regular session, it rose another 4 points after 4PM. Up 9+ points on the day. The yield is a paltry 3.44% As a tax payer, I demand ...
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Here's a look at the current TIPs yields-to-maturity
listed by maturity date.
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