http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/economics Blog Articles Tagged with 'economics' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1119889?rsstype=tag&tag=economics Let me, for one, endorse pretty much everything he says: Bronte Capital: The Reality Based Community and Frannie: I estimated the earnings power of Fannie Mae at about 10 billion per annum. Fannie has something near a trillion in debt... at 130bps o... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:49:50 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1119889?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1119890?rsstype=tag&tag=economics Al Yoon writes: S&P slashes Fannie, Freddie preferred stock to junk: NEW YORK, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's on Sunday cut the ratings on Fannie Mae (FNM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Freddie Mac (FRE.N: Quote, Profile, Research... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:28:31 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1119890?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1119891?rsstype=tag&tag=economics OK. Here is what is going on:* Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac give the Treasury each 80% of their (common) stock and $1B (each).* The Teasury promises to keep Fannie and Freddie solvent according to GAAP by lending it money at 10% per year.* The Treasury... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:22:25 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1119891?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1119892?rsstype=tag&tag=economics Henry Paulson did it: he nationalized the GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: hp-1129: Statement by Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. on Treasury and Federal Housing Finance Agency Action to Protect Financial Markets and Taxpayers: Washington, DC-- Good ... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:13:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1119892?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1119886?rsstype=tag&tag=economics So much for a relaxing weekend! We spilled plenty of pixels on Fannie (FNM) & Freddie (FRE)this weekend, as did lots of other folks. What follows is all of the relevant commentary I could scratch together: Here's TBP recap: Treasury Takeover of GS... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1119886?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/becker-posner-blog/1119848?rsstype=tag&tag=economics Becker points to India as an example of a society in which competition has been more effective than law in reducing discrimination in employment. As with most analyses of historical phenomena, determining causation is rife with uncertainty. Had the I... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:48:27 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/becker-posner-blog/1119848?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1119816?rsstype=tag&tag=economics For the last few weeks, I ve been writing a weekly article on energy storage, a long-neglected industrial sector that most consider boring but I believe will be the next major investment trend. While I m bullish over the prospects for almost all ... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:42:27 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1119816?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1119817?rsstype=tag&tag=economics With seven consecutive years of rising gold prices, the gold mining industry has had ample reason to boost output. The demand for gold has grown and will continue to grow and legendary profits can be won for shareholders. But in provocative fashi... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:35:51 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1119817?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1119729?rsstype=tag&tag=economics I don't think we will know if the war in Iraq was a success or not until many years, decades even, after we are gone. If, for example, a few years after we leave, Iraq breaks down terribly and alliances that are very much against our geopolitical int... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:33:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1119729?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1119730?rsstype=tag&tag=economics Greg Mankiw says that if your goal is to keep dividend taxes low, you should vote for Obama:On Dividend Taxes, It s a Post-Partisan Race, by N, Gregory Mankiw, Economic View, NY Times: ...Before 2003, when a person received dividends from his stock... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:24:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1119730?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1119651?rsstype=tag&tag=economics Richard Green:What has been the real benefit of Fannie and Freddie?, Richard Green: It is almost certainly not homeowning, and it is almost certainly not funnelling money into underserved neighborhoods or toward underserved borrowers.Rather, is has b... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:22:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1119651?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1119645?rsstype=tag&tag=economics A moral-economy market-logic historical finger exercise: null - Upload a Document to Scribd Read this document on Scribd: null Download: http://tiny... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:54:08 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1119645?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1119610?rsstype=tag&tag=economics From the CAPosphere: Which Eight Years Did McCain Prefer?: The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its monthly employment data, and the picture is bleak: the American economy lost 84,000 jobs in August, and the employment rate jumped to 6.1%, th... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:59:40 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1119610?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1119612?rsstype=tag&tag=economics There are stupid ways to run a modern economy. And there are smart ways. Nearly everyone with a clue has long agreed that the short-term money market--the supply and demand of liquid assets--has to be a government-controlled market rather than a free... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:39:46 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1119612?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1119572?rsstype=tag&tag=economics Here's more on the employment report from The Economist:Postpone the optimism, The Economist: Not long ago economists and policymakers in America clung to hopes that the economy, after lurching through the depths of a financial crisis earlier this ye... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:42:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1119572?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1119525?rsstype=tag&tag=economics U6 is: Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of all civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers... Recession city. The Fed should not be thinking about ra... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:20:33 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1119525?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1119532?rsstype=tag&tag=economics How will this play with respect to the election? Can McCain run against the bailout? Is there some way for Obama to use this to his advantage, e.g. by talking about the failure to impose adequate regulatory control under the Bush administration and h... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:20:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1119532?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/infectious-greed/1119512?rsstype=tag&tag=economics Hi, Tom Vanderwell here with another of my Mortgage Market Week in Review guest posts. Thanks to Paul for giving me the privilege of putting it here.....Well, it's Friday again, everyone is backin school, my 18 year old is off to college (only 35 ... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:34:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/infectious-greed/1119512?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1119494?rsstype=tag&tag=economics Andrew Leonard at Salon sums up recent commentary on Chinese investments in U.S. bonds that is going sour, and provides some of his own:A Chinese conspiracy theory, Andrew Leonard: Hardly a day goes by without Dean Baker finding something to get angr... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:25:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1119494?rsstype=tag&tag=economics http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1119495?rsstype=tag&tag=economics Are you better off today than you were eight years ago? If you are the top of the food chain, the answer is yes, but for everyone else the answer is generally no. And today's news doesn't help. The unemployment rate rose from 5.7 to 6.1 percent in Au... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:15:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1119495?rsstype=tag&tag=economics