The Successful Failure of U.S. Money Printing

To hear the papers tell it, US stocks are being weighed down by troubles in Europe.

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Yeah. The problems are all in Europe. If it weren’t for the Greeks, and Italians, and Spaniards…it would be clear sailing here in the US.

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But the main difference is probably that the Europeans don’t cheat as much as we do. For example, unemployment in Spain is terrible, at 17% according to the figures we saw for March.

But wait, Yale economist Robert Shiller says unemployment in the US is miscalculated. It’s really almost 16%. Not much difference with Spain.

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Meanwhile, fire off a gun in Las Vegas and you’re going to hit a homeowner who is underwater. Almost 3 out of 4 of them are below the surface. And get this…house prices are dropping at the rate of about 1% per month, according to the aforementioned Mr. Shiller.

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