Whiner of First Resort
Harvard’s Ricardo Hausmann has some tough comments for the US politicians and Fed: Stop whining and take your medicine like a man:...
Open Thread: How About That Fade . . . ?
Mr. Market got the 50 bps he wanted — and after a brief 250 point run up in the Dow, gave just about all of it back. The excuse du...
50 Bps and a Song . . .
FOMC statement: The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to lower its target for the federal funds rate 50 basis points to 3...
Q4 GDP: El Stinko!
The Advance GDP report was released today, and it came in at half of the 1.2% consensus: 0.6%. This is a measure of Real growth,...
Dude: Settle the F%$# Down
My reputation over the past few years — fairly or unfairly — has been that of a Bear. However, even I want to tell Barton...
“Reports of decoupling have been greatly exaggerated.”
So said Simon Johnson, an economic counselor and director of the research department at the IMF, during a recent press briefing. In its...
Open Thread: What’s the Fed Gonna Do Tomorrow?
Okay, we know the FOMC ends their 2 day meeting tomorrow, and at 2:15pm, the announcement gets released. What are they likely to do? a)...
Site of the Day: You Walk Away Dot Com
Yes, its true: Youwalkaway.com I couldn’t make this up if I tried: That’s just wrong on so many levels . . . ~~~~...
Farewell To Ben Stein
Its time to bid a not-so-fond adieu to the New York Times columns of Ben Stein. No, he is not leaving the paper. Rather, we’ve...
