Feldstein: Holy S*&#!
Shorter Martin Feldstein: -More Fed regulation of financial institutions is needed; -The national fall in house prices is...
Consumer Prices
A few looks at how recent prices changes are impacting various sectors: via Brian Jacobs The year over year gains are nearing the post...
Inflating Our Way Into Recession
Chart courtesy of Bill King, M. Ramsey Securities > For quite some time in these pages, we have been lamenting the mistaken belief...
Blog Spotlight: naked capitalism
Its been quite a while since our last edition of Blog Spotlight: Tonite, I am pleased to present Yves Smith’s naked capitalism....
Media Appearance: Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo (2/19)
Today’s media fun is CNBC’s Closing Bell at 3pm. Maria Bartiromo and Dylan Ratigan will be interviewing me about the economy,...
Quote of the Day: Hard to Ignore Soaring Food Prices
Last week, the WSJ observed that 3 major food companies were having "their lunches eaten by soaring commodity prices. Costs at...
% of Stocks on the NYSE > than 200 Day Moving Average
We’ve shown this chart several times before, most recently on January 23rd: It is the percentage of NYSE stocks trading above...
While you were driving to work . . .
Here’s some of today’s more surprising headlines: • Credit Suisse Writes Off $2.85 Billion (NYT) • China’s...
Understanding What Recessions Are
One of the misunderstandings about recessions is what actually happens in the real world. A recession is where economic growth stops, and...
Born Standing Up
Quite regularly, this blog references many of the books we enjoy. Since our focus here is markets based economic discussion, we tend to...