Wall Street Journal
By AARON LUCCHETTI The European debt crisis and worries about a precarious US budget impasse took their toll on Wall Street stock and bond sales during the second quarter. Global securities underwriting activity dropped to $1.67 trillion during the ...
See all stories on this topic »It's China's turn to wrestle with a pile of bad debt
msnbc.com
This being China, though, the story isn't playing out like an ordinary Western financial crisis. Life Inc.: Lifehacker offers up some tips on how you can dodge the boss and get some shuteye on the company's dime. The source of China's current problem ...
See all stories on this topic »Mired in a Colossal Muddle
CounterPunch
But that creates a big problem for the economy, because new investment is crucial to keeping things running smoothly. Here's how John Bellamy Foster and Fred Magdoff explain it in their book "The Great Financial Crisis": "For a capitalist economy to ...
See all stories on this topic »SA Report June 2011: The economy
ABC Online
The story so far is a good one with economic and employment growth rates forecast to make inroads into out relatively low unemployment rate over the next few years. We might have escaped the worst impacts of the global financial crisis but the high ...
See all stories on this topic »Europe and China: Readers speak
FXstreet.com
The ECB's actions during the financial crisis have not only weighed heavily on its balance sheet, but also its credibility. Firstly, as a paper published by the ECB last year noted, "The perceptions of a central bank's financial strength have an impact ...
See all stories on this topic »Understand FATCA: Taxing Americans living abroad
Jerusalem Post
Among the economic reforms introduced by the administration of US President Barack Obama in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, one particular piece of legislation will have a wide-reaching effect on millions of American living abroad. ...
See all stories on this topic »Analysis: Risks may staunch emerging bond issue flood
IBTimes Hong Kong
But this year, even as euro zone states such as Greece teeter on the brink of default, countries such as Latvia and Iceland have returned to bond markets for the first time since high-profile IMF bailouts from the 2008 global financial crisis. ...
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| The Great Misdiagnosis of the US Economy, Problem is Insolvency Not Liquidity The Market Oracle Only those Americans who leave behind the financial markets dominated by paper values will survive to thrive in the next chapter. THE HAT TRICK LETTER PROFITS IN THE CURRENT CRISIS. At least 30 recently on correct forecasts regarding the bailout parade ... See all stories on this topic » |  The Market Oracle |
The Downey Patriot
It has a $914 billion cushion of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) it acquired in the financial crisis, which as it sells, will be replaced by more treasuries. At best, with its current programs, the Fed can max out to about a $2.5 trillion share of the ...
See all stories on this topic »Temporary Dip, Or Rebel Without A Pause?
NASDAQ
It is no secret that government activism has surged since the onset of the global financial crisis. But, less known, is that deficit-driven economies will experience more frequent bursts and lapses in growth, speeding up the cyclical rhythms compared ...
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| Stocks Advance as Concern Over Greek Debt Eases; Dollar, Treasuries Fall Bloomberg The gauge has fallen 2 percent in June, heading for a second straight monthly loss, amid concern about the European debt crisis and weaker-than-expected economic data. The benchmark index for US stocks has still gained 4.9 percent in 2011 on government ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Japan Stocks Rise for Third Day on Greek Vote, Nuclear Restart Prospects Bloomberg Japanese shares had also weakened on signs the US economic recovery is slowing and amid the Greek debt crisis, which the International Monetary Fund said might “spill over,” hurting banks that hold the country's bonds. Futures on the Standard & Poor's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Taking advantage of complacent markets to protect your portfolio Financial Post To add some perspective, this is similar to levels seen in early 2007 and well below the highs of 80 during the financial crisis in 2008/2009. This is also 60% below the level reached during the mild correction in the spring of 2010. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| About Michael Duerr - Gill Marcus Politicsweb In times of such great uncertainty it is important for a central bank to remain focused on its primary responsibilities, but vigilant and aware of what is happening in the global and domestic economic environment. The financial crisis has focused ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Getting used to life without food Real News Network 11 Following the collapse of the dot.com stock bubble in 2000, as Wall Street and other major financial players began seeking alternatives, commodities and high-risk derivatives based on baskets of commodities became a major speculative investment ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Keep market exposure — apply caution in late July Middle East North Africa Financial Network It sparked visions of a financial crisis a la subprime mortgages in 2008, in which one little domino falls on another domino, and then a bigger one, and pretty soon Chase can't pay the 0.3% interest on Grandma's money market account in the state of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Great Misdiagnosis Gold Seek ... for the next asset bubble instead of rebuilding the industrial base. Only those Americans who leave behind the financial markets dominated by paper values will survive to thrive in the next chapter. THE HAT TRICK LETTER PROFITS IN THE CURRENT CRISIS. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Public spending has not been cut, it's just been stopped from rising The Guardian It was because of under regulated global financial institutions. The UK is sluggish because Osborne is relying on the creaking and gross city to get us out of it, but has forgotten that in order to do that we need to spend. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Newspaper Briefing, including ' US risks severe shock over debt talks' - Daily ... Proactive Investors UK Richard Alderman said that the agency was helping American authorities with an inquiry into whether banks and other financial companies may have violated anti-corruption laws in their dealings with the government-owned investment vehicles. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Private equity emperor says funds have emerged fitter, stronger The Australian KKR and the private equity model it helped shape have emerged fit and wealthy from the ravages of the global financial crisis. And, what's more, despite what we might have read, private equity was not one of the forces that released the GFC. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Scotland debates Taking Scotland Forward: Infrastructure and Capital Investment DeHavilland (press release) (subscription) We have also had funding of about £150 million from the European Investment Bank for Stepps and Haggs on the M80. The money is there, but civil servants and ministers have to get a grip and work really hard to get it. I am pleased that the cabinet ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Greece backs austerity measures, holding off default, but protests against ... Washington Post Some market experts had predicted a Greek default could have trigged another world financial meltdown, like what happened after the Lehman Brothers investment house collapsed in 2008 in the United States. The risk is that banks, both in Europe and the ... See all stories on this topic » |
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