Household Debt Service and Financial Obligations Ratios
Last week, we looked at both Household Debt and the net change in total household liabilities. The discussion on Household Debt provoked...
How Much Does Sarbanes-Oxley Cost?
There’s a meme circulating now amongst the sloping forehead crowd that Sarbanes-Oxley costs exceed $1.4 trillion dollars. The way...
Financial Sentiment by Party
Interesting observation from Mike Panzner. He notes that people self identified by party have very different basis for how they determine...
Quote of the Day: U of Mich (prelim)
A REMINDER THAT THIS IS A SURVEY OF 250 PEOPLE WHO AREN’T SMART ENOUGH TO LET THE ANSWERING MACHINE PICK-UP. -Joan McCullough, East...
Baltic Dry Index
Ignore the spin and follow the main story: "Rates for shipping iron ore, grain, coal and other commodities have fallen nearly 25% in...
Julian Robertson interview
Julian Robertson predicts trouble ahead (May 2005): click for video "I am more disturbed than I have ever been in my...
WSJ: Debate on the Fed
> Here comes the reveal of the "project" referred to earlier today: Econoblog: What should the Fed do? What will the Fed...
Conundrum, hmmm? Boost interest rates, I must.
Paul LaMonica of CNN/Money indulges his inner Jedi. (I just saw Revenge of the Sith this weekend) Conundrum, hmmm? Boost interest rates,...
Economy or Stock Market ?
Alan Abelson writes in this week’s Barron’s: "In his letter to the Times, Mr. Mankiw [former Chairman, Council of...
Net change in total liabilities
The previous discussion on Household Debt, based on St. Louis Fed’s chart, generated a robust discussion in comments. Lest anyone...