Small Enough to Fail: Community Banks in the Bailout —...
Small Enough to Fail: Community Banks in the Bailout On Wednesday, June 10, 2009, EPI hosted the first of a series of forums on the...
CPI June 2009
Oops! This was supposed to launch at 1, but somehow didn’t After a near decade of an aggressive rising inflation level, we are...
Geithner Before Senate Banking Committee Re: Reg Reform —...
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is making a credible appearance before the Senate Banking Committee today. Somebody has been...
Obama Reform Plan Fails to Fix Whats Broken
So much for “not letting a crisis go to waste.” The initial read on the Obama Regulatory plan was an enormous disappointment....
WSJ: Bailout Nation Author: “Big Banks Should Be Allowed...
Barry Ritholtz, author of “Bailout Nation” says the Obama administration did the right thing in letting poorly run automakers...
Jobless Claims
Initial Claims totaled 608k, 4k more than consensus and up from 605k last week which was revised up by 4k. The 4 week average fell to...
Stock markets: retreat in store?
Stock markets: retreat in store? It seems as if the spring rally has probably exhausted itself. And it is about time given the extent and...
Technical noise/Fighting the last war
With triple witch expiration Friday, where the open interest in the 900 strike in the SPX is huge and within just a few points of the 200...
Bailout Costs vs Big Historical Events
It is exceedingly difficult to convey exactly how much we are spending on all these bailouts. Whenever I start talking trillions (versus...
Dylan Ratigan Take FinTV Journos to School
Terrific pressing TV journalism by Dylan Ratigan who refused to take glib short evasions for an answer: >