I hate “lazy” charting, and I think it’s important to constantly challenge one’s assumptions. During yesterday’s session, I began considering the possibility that my initial labeling of the smallish correction back on March 12 as a 4th wave&…
“Shadow inventory,” the number of homes that are either in foreclosure or are likely to end up in foreclosure, creates substantial but hidden pressure on housing prices and potential losses to banks and investors. This is a critical figure for …
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Fiscal Policy: Kind of a Drag
by CalculatedRisk on 1/10/2012 04:54:00 PM
Cardiff Garcia at the Financial Times Alphaville has posted a new graph from economist Alec Phillips of Goldman Sachs: Fiscal flailing, continued
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Gingrich tax ‘plan’ starves government, feeds the wealthy, rests on flawed assumptions
Angry Bear Blog|Dec. 14, 2011, 8:41 AM|55|1
by Linda Beale
In case you hadn’t heard about it, Gingrich would offer taxpayers a choice to pay tax under current polic…
Here’s what I know for certain: there’s a big move coming.
With the new high on Friday, stocks have reached a critical inflection point which could drastically change the expectations and projections going forward. Since the r…
AS PROTESTS against financial power sweep the world this week, science may have confirmed the protesters’ worst fears.
An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, ma…
With the mainstream media reporting the seasonally adjusted first time unemployment claims down by 6,000 it’s time for a reminder that this number is fake,…
The market had a big pile of new paper to settle last Monday, but then had plenty of POMO through the week and $18 billion…
I have been wanting to discuss a horrifically misleading article for a week now: Americans Shun Cheapest Homes in 40 Years as Ownership Fades.
It is an object lesson in how an industry spokesgroup, engaging in biased analysis, used poor econometric…
