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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: FHA Swamped By Defaults.

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That forecast is significantly worse than the one reported by independent auditor Integrated Financial Engineering Inc., While these reforms may improve FHAs balance sheet over the long term, they would also reduce market liquidity, which in turn could cause home prices to fall. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78).

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Michael Pettis on the China.

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By the way I seriously discount much the overexcited talk in the market about how the PBoC engineered the freeze the markets in order to punish the banks and to force discipline onto the financial system. the country’s balance sheet, and this will mean not a collapse but. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78).

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BIS Slams the Fed; Ridiculous Question of the Day: "Is The Fed Going To Attempt A Controlled Collapse?"

MishTalk

It is essential to move away from debt as the main engine of growth. " Historical evidence shows that this rarely happens following a balance sheet recession. The BIS slammed the Fed in numerous places and in numerous ways, especially regarding the Fed''s reliance on QE.

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Google Chrome Approaching World Domination?

MishTalk

Search Engine Traffic Search engine traffic (if someone found by blog via a search rather than a bookmark) looks like this. Google took over in 2008, introducing its Chrome browser, which caught up with Firefox by 2012. Stat-Counter keeps track of all kinds of things as does Google Analytics.

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Ben Bernanke vs. John Hussman; Beauty of Truth vs. Beast of Dogma; Four Questions

MishTalk

An activist Federal Reserve is an engine of disaster and little more. Without paying banks interest to hold excess reserves idle in the banking system, the Fed could reduce its balance sheet by more than one-third (over $1.4 More Questions If the Fed could prevent stock market collapses why didn't it do so in 2008?

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

Most major producers with large balance sheets will likely hedge their bets and attempt both. Or they can develop conventional reservoirs where it will require long-term investments in new technologies to bring the cycle times and costs more in line with those of nimble shale producers.

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What You Should Know About Dodd-Frank and What Happens If It’s Rolled Back

Harvard Business

On February 3 President Trump issued an executive order directing the Treasury Department to conduct a sweeping review of financial regulation, including Dodd-Frank , the financial reform bill passed, in 2010, as part of the Obama administration’s response to the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent recession. Nick Lovegrove.

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