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New Tools! More Pure Bank Profit!

MishTalk

Inquiring minds are monitoring the Fed''s Balance Sheet. One more week like this and the FED balance sheet will be $1 trillion more than last year at this time. Three rounds of so-called quantitative easing have enlarged the Fed’s balance sheet to almost $3.8 click on chart for sharper image.

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Political Greenwashing: US Exports Coal Pollution to Europe; What About China?

MishTalk

exports of power plant-grade coal to Germany have more than doubled since 2008. That’s because it shifts some pollution — and the burden for cleaning it — onto another other country’s balance sheet. Coal mining’s demise in Germany comes as the country is experiencing a resurgence in coal-fired power, one which the U.S.

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

MishTalk

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). October 2008 (108). September 2008 (140). August 2008 (93). July 2008 (104). June 2008 (97).

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Simple Ethics Rules for Better Risk Management

Harvard Business

But as more organizations fall prey to complex intangible risks, from unwanted disclosure due to rampant cyber threats to breaches of conduct driven by skewed incentive systems, the aperture of risk management is expanding from protecting the balance sheet to promoting ethical leadership and values-based decision making.

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