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China’s Exclusive Relationship with the U.S. Treasury Revealed

May 22, 2012, 3:02 AM

China can now bypass Wall Street when buying U.S. government debt and go straight to the U.S. Treasury, in what is the Treasury’s first-ever direct relationship... Read »

JPMorgan (JPM) Only Suffered a Trading Loss – Platt

May 21, 2012, 4:50 PM

Michael Platt of BlueCrest Capital Management spoke with Bloomberg Television’s Stephanie Ruhle and Erik Schatzker today and said that “Greece will never give... Read »

Inspiring Words for New Graduates

May 21, 2012, 2:09 PM

Members of the Class of 2012, As a former secretary of labor and current professor, I feel I owe it to you to tell you the truth about the pieces of parchment you’re... Read »

Options Activity Alert: LOW, CBE, AIG

May 21, 2012, 1:59 PM

LOW – Lowe’s Companies, Inc. – Shares in Lowe’s were hammered Monday after the home improvement retailer lowered its full-year earnings forecast and... Read »

Greece is Not Real (It’s Nominal)

May 21, 2012, 1:16 PM

Lots of people believe the structural view of the current global recession; some of them are smarter than me.  But everywhere I look I see more and more evidence... Read »

Republican War On Economic Data is Anti-Business and Anti-Growth

May 21, 2012, 1:01 PM

The House Republicans appear to be conducting a war on economic data. They seem to think that defunding data collection is all gain and no loss. In fact, the anti-data... Read »

Tax Policy Shocks and the Business Cycle

May 21, 2012, 12:42 PM

I have to admit that I never ascribed much importance to the idea of “tax policy shocks” as an important driver of the U.S. postwar business cycle. I... Read »

JPMorgan (JPM): A Monster That’s Out Of Control

May 21, 2012, 10:02 AM

Like the horror movie where the little monster created in a test tube in the lab grows and grows only to wind up threatening the whole village, the JPMorgan (JPM)... Read »

Chicago Fed National Activity Index Rose In April

May 21, 2012, 9:57 AM

A broad reading on economic activity turned higher last month. “Led by improvements in production-related indicators, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI)... Read »

Will the Fed Take Facebook (FB) Shares as Collateral?

May 21, 2012, 9:00 AM 1

Friday’s news was dominated by the Facebook (FB) IPO.  I don’t have much to say about Facebook qua Facebook or IPOs: not my area.  I will just say that it... Read »

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