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How Wall St is blowing up US housing, again
By Laura Gottesdiener, a journalist and the author of A Dream Foreclosed: Black America and the Fight for a Place to Call Home, published in August by Zuccotti Park Press.
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
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Taper fades as stocks post another high
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
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Taper rolls over mixed data
Stocks rose again last night as taper expectations continued with the upper hand.
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
1
Australian dollar hit as taper is go!
The Fed minutes were out last night and the taper is back on: Participants generally saw the direct economic effects of the partial shutdown of the federal government as temporary and limited, but a number of them expressed concern about the possible economic effects of repeated fiscal impasses on business and consumer confidence.
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
12
An end to US deleverageing?
From Westpac’s Elliot Clarke today: In the past two weeks, we have highlighted the current status quo for US credit creation and household income.
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
5
Has America hit peak cars?
By Leith van Onselen In what could be a bellwether for the US economy and its struggling car industry, Americans appear to be losing their luster for cars, driving less, obtaining fewer licenses, and using less gasoline.
Leith van Onselen
10 years ago
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Bernanke confronts his Frankenstein
Ben Bernanke has just concluded a speech in the US where he has tried to talk down long bond rates by implying that markets have over reacted to Fed tapering.
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
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The US health system is a mess
By Leith van Onselen The Australian’s Judith Sloan has written an interesting article today describing the sorry state of the US health system, which despite its massive cost, achieves relatively poor health outcomes: Viewed from a distance, the US system of healthcare looks like a very expensive mess.
Leith van Onselen
10 years ago
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Taper on, taper off, only way is up
Last night’s market action was as confused as the Australian Treasury with moves all over the place.
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
Australian dollar up as taper fades
The daily proposition that is the taper diminished Friday as US data came in universally weak and risk was “awn”.
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
1
Yellen about stimulus
It seems markets have priced the odds of tapering for now. Janet Yellen’s dovish testimony last night was enough to give the S&P a little boost (for another record high) and gold too, but long bond yields barely budged, down a pip or so.
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
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Mckinsey lays out tapering blowback
McKinsey Global Institute has produced an in-depth document that states the obvious on the affects of QE and the likely problems with its withdrawal.
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
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More on the promise of a US recovery
More today from Merrill Lynch and an accelerating US economy via FTAlphaville: Getting the exact timing of the acceleration in growth is tough, but the case for better growth next year is strong.
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
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Janet Yellen’s Mission Impossible
Leith van Onselen
10 years ago
12
US to recover strongly in 2014?
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
2
Australian dollar smashed as taper lives
Whoa! And so the BLS over-delivered. (Charts from Calculated Risk): Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 204,000 in October, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 7.3 percent, the U.S.
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
2
The panic of 2008 versus 1907
Find below an interesting speech by Ben Bernanke on Friday putting historical context around the GFC panic.
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
6
Taper on, risk off
Today’s installment in the taper saga is unfortunate for equities.
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
2
Another day, another record high
The S&P500 fell short of another record last night but the Dow didn’t miss out, narrowly scoring a new record high: The causes were twofold.
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
5
History rhymes in US housing echo bubble
Leith van Onselen
10 years ago
5
Has QE stimulated credit?
Westpac’s Elliot Clarke has today released the below note arguing that the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing (QE) measures have done little to boost overall credit creation across the US economy, although it may have forestalled further weakness.
Leith van Onselen
10 years ago
QE “heroin” flows on
Today’s QE update is another mix of warnings, good and bad data.
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
8
Bullard on QE, bubbles and taper
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
2
Taper returns!
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
18
One optimistic Fed
Find below the latest from Westpac’s Elliot Clarke on the US: Throughout the past year, we have continued to expect US growth to disappoint.
David Llewellyn-Smith
10 years ago
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