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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Reader Question: Does the.

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Reader Question: Does the Fed Balance Sheet Properly Reflect QE Announcements? The feds balance sheet doesnt reflect it. The balance sheet was up $720 billion from Aug 1, 2012 to Aug 1, 2013 ($309B in treasuries and $393B in MBS) but that is only $60B per month. Feds Balance Sheet.

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"Whatever It Takes" Stage Two; Headwinds Explain Why Draghi Will Fail This Time

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Having already cut interest rates to record lows and saying they can go no lower, Draghi is now focused on boosting the ECB’s balance sheet. He told reporters today that he expects to increase assets back toward March 2012 levels. His move to boost the balance sheet of the ECB will not spur lending either.

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How Companies Can Use Investors to Their Advantage

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Nikon, the legendary Japanese camera maker, provides a textbook study in how smart managers can work with strategic investors to transform a struggling business. They had surged with the rise of digital camera only to peak in 2012, coming back down as smart phones became widely used. Heini Wehrle/BIA/Minden Pictures/Getty Images.

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FOMC Minutes and Economic Projections: Dissent in Both Directions

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However, several members judged that a reduction in asset purchases would likely soon be warranted , in light of the cumulative decline in unemployment since the September meeting and ongoing increases in private payrolls, which had increased their confidence in the outlook for sustained improvement in labor market conditions. Unemployment.

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Nifty-Fifty Becomes Fab-Five; Return of the "Four Horseman"; Ozone Layer

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New Four Horseman On January 6 2012, GeekWire proclaimed Meet the new ‘four horsemen’ of tech: Sorry, Microsoft, Dell, Cisco and Intel. Fast forward to 2012, and the makeup looks quite different. Final Four, Elite Eight, Sweet Sixteen Amazon, Google, Apple, and IBM were billed as the new four horsemen in 2012.

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Prisoner's Dilemma Game in Greece; Contagion-Spread Eurozone Breakup More Likely Now; How will Greece NOT pay back €320 billion?

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Also recall that Greek debt was restructured twice to meet those targets. The vote sets the scene for a tense meeting when troika representatives return to Athens this month. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management.

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Shockingly Bad Fiscal Health of Chicago (and the Financial Engineering Chicago Uses to Hide that Fact)

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That is, until 2012: About $54 million from a tax-exempt bond helped cover a legal judgment awarded to African-Americans who were denied a chance to become firefighters by a 1990s entrance exam that favored white applicants. From 2003 to 2012, these projects have ranged from $54.2 It is not a balance sheet test, but a cash flow test.