In Big Picture - Posted 1 week ago

click for iTunes Excellent series of podcasts by Tom Keene of Bloomberg on the Economy. Highlights include conversations with Nobel Laureates, profess...

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In Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Se - Posted 1 week ago

Let us turn the microphone over to Tim Echols, Treasurer for Paul Broun, R-GA: FYI, all the Georgia Republicans voted against the bail-out. As FRC sai...

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In Capital Markets & Economic Analysis - Posted 1 week ago

Paulson is working hard to get the clearence to set up a $700 bil.broker / dealer on the taxpayers' pad. He might even add a unitto do merchant bankin...

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In Economist's View - Posted 2 weeks ago

Robert Reich makes an argument for including help for Main Street as part of the bailout package:Why Paulson and Bernanke are only Partly Correct, and...

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In Calculated Risk - Posted 2 weeks ago

Wells Fargo Jumbo 30 year fixed mortgage rates are now at 9.0% (9.176% APR). (hat tip patrick.net) Click on graph for larger image in new window.This...

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In Economist's View - Posted 2 weeks ago

Bill Clinton on deregulation and the bailout:Bill Clinton Revisits His Economic Legacy, Dana Goldstein: At a meeting with progressive bloggers and jou...

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In Big Picture - Posted 2 weeks ago

A Modest Proposal: The housing crisis worsened over the summer of 2008, prompting Congress to debate various bailout proposals. But the housing mark...

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In Calculated Risk - Posted 2 weeks ago

This is quite a decline in mortgage rates over the last few weeks.From MarketWatch: Freddie Mac: 30-year fixed-rate mortgage average drops Freddie Mac...

In Calculated Risk - Posted 3 weeks ago

Update: Here are the new guidelines from Fannie Mae (hat tip MaxedOutMama)NOTE THAT THE 85% LTV applies to cash out refis. Purchase Money Mortgage (n...

In BusinessWeek Online -- Hot Property - Posted 4 weeks ago

Normally when an unpopular ceo gets the boot, the company s share price climbs in a massive sigh of relief. Kerry Killinger, ceo of troubled thrift ...

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