blog results Angry Bear (0) | | With all the talk of "Detroit," you would think that Michigan would have lost the most employees, as a percentage of same, on the year. After all, the scariest graph of the U.S. MSAs isn't scary for... | |
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 Angry Bear (0) | | Moody's had always assumed banks and their securities were "Too Big to Fail." Not any more:Moody’s Investors Service will no longer assume that holders of the securities will benefit from government... | |
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 Angry Bear (0) | | Among the people who have been updating The Theory of Finance for the ObamaNation is Gregg Sommerville, whose job depends to some significant extent on people not believing the following riff:More... | |
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The National Academy of Social Insurance report on options for Social Security is public and now available in pdf form. "The purpose of this report is to help analysts and policymakers... | |
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 Angry Bear (0) | | The question:How much was credit being funneled away from all other sectors in the economy?The answer: Very little if any. Neither the general consumer lending:nor the specific Real Estate... | |
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 Angry Bear (0) | | Dr. Black starts digging into the question why so many Georgia-based banks fail. The picture painted isn't pretty:The review also contains a photo of a planned 238 townhouse project that the bank... | |
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 Angry Bear (0) | | Dr. Black had a link to foreclosures in Irvine, California. This one especially caught my eye:5031 Alcorn Lane, Turtle RockAmount owed: $298,876.14Last sale: July 2001, $485,000Auction date & time:... | |
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 Angry Bear (0) | | No original content here, just two posts that make even more sense together:Mark Thoma proves he's an economist (not just an econometrician) by reminding everyone of the Opportunity Cost of the... | |
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 Angry Bear (0) | | As a rule, the Shiller Index uses the CPI as reported for All Urban Consumers (CPIAUCNS on Fred(r)).But the Index is only updated Quarterly, so monthly data is estimated. Which produces a very... | |
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 Angry Bear (0) | | From Constance Ash's discussion of Capitalism: A Love Story:There are some scenes that that must have been shot around the period when enraged screwed-over people gathered at the New York Stock... | |
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