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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Bernanke Wants 2.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. The steady rise in the share of young adults who live in their parents’ home appears to be driven by a combination of economic, educational and cultural factors. Fed Policies Exacerbate Trend. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78).

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Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. That means they benefited from cheap financing as the Fed kept short-term interest rates near zero for more than four years. Until recently, mortgage REITs have benefited from the Feds easy money policy. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78).

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Fed Balance Sheet vs. Stock Market; Will QE Cause Inflation?

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. With respect to monetary policy, the Fed has now pushed the size of the monetary base to over 20 cents per dollar of nominal GDP. This underscores the fact that reducing the pace of quantitative easing is not the same thing as raising the Fed’s policy rates.

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EU officials Give Greece Three Days to Deliver Reforms or Face

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. If they fail, the International Monetary Fund might have to withdraw from the 240 billion euro ($313 billion) bailout to avoid violating its own rules, which require a borrower to be financed a year ahead. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78).

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Portugal Uncorks Bottle of.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Portugal was plunged into crisis last week after Paulo Portas, leader of the junior coalition party, resigned as foreign minister less than 24 hours after Vítor Gaspar also quit as finance minister amid tensions caused by government austerity policies.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Italy Faces Huge Losses on.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Some of the derivatives date back to 1994-1996 when Italy dressed up its finances to meet Maastricht treaty criteria, including a budget deficit. public interest so far as concerns the economic policy of the European. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78).

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Treasury Yields Surge Following Allegedly Good Data

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday admitted there has been some confusion as the central bank has tried to explain plans to scale back its stimulus policies, but said he thought financial markets were “beginning to understand our message.”

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