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Daily Archives: June 15, 2009

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Another Vote For A Vicious “Double Dip”

Posted: June 15, 2009 at 4:43 am

After several weeks of conviction on the part of most economists that the current recession is a "single" dip which will end later this year, the advocates of a "double ...
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G8 Summit Wishful Thinking

Posted: June 15, 2009 at 4:24 am

The financial ministers of the G8 nations spent the better part of three days and weeks of preparation to reach a point where most of the members believe that it ...
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Remaking Financial Regulation One Brick At A Time

Posted: June 15, 2009 at 4:03 am

The Administration is about to release its new plans and programs to regulate financial firms and the trading markets so the the catastrophe of 2008 can never happen again. The ...
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Oil Prices And The Illusion Of New Inflation

Posted: June 15, 2009 at 3:46 am

It has become commonplace among analysts and oil traders to fear that crude prices are up so much that inflation will have to return the market. A recent piece from ...
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Media Digest 6/15/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 15, 2009 at 3:01 am

Reuters:   The heads of the emerging markets, the so-called BRICs, held their first global summit. Reuters:   Obama will be tested this week on financial reforms. Reuters:   Rich nations are working ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 6/15/2009

Posted: June 15, 2009 at 2:30 am

Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei was down 1% to 10,040. The Hang Seng dropped 1.1% to 18,878. The Shanghai Composite was up 1.7% to 2,790. At the open ...
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