In BusinessWeek Online -- Hot Property - Posted 6 days ago

Check out this week's BusinessWeek cover story, The Home Price Abyss: Why the threat of a free fall is growing. I and Mara Der Hovanesian wrote the st...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 6 days ago

Congratulations (of sorts) go to the UK as British household debt is highest in history.British households are now more indebted than those of any oth...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 1 week ago

CNN Money is reporting State, city layoffs: 45,000 and counting.With falling revenue from sales and income taxes, and property-tax declines looming, s...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 1 week ago

The infighting between Fed governors as noted in Fed Governors Openly Question Bernanke's Competence, has now become a major turf war involving the Fe...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 1 week ago

Treasuries have been on a bit of a rally recently as the Lehman iShares 20+ year duration treasury fund (TLT) chart shows.click on chart for sharper i...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 1 week ago

FCNBC is reporting Fed May Ease Rules on Private Equity Bank Stakes.The U.S. Federal Reserve is considering steps to make it easier for private-equity...

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In A Canadian Econoview - Posted 1 week ago

By a 5-4 majority (the four liberals in dissent), the Supreme Court ruled that the the District of Columbia's handgun ban and trigger-lock requirement...

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In A Canadian Econoview - Posted 1 week ago

By only a 5-4 vote, but affirmed nevertheless. Justics Scalia, writing for the majority, declares explicitly that the Second Amendment secures an ind...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 1 week ago

The Marlin Company 14th Annual Attitudes in the American Workplace Poll reports the following results on June 24.More than one third (41%) of US worke...

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In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

[I wrote this last night, then decided against posting it, but the issue is getting more attention than I expected and I don't have much else right no...

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