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Damn the Bubbles, More Printing Ahead; Property Bubbles and the Perils of Easy Money

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Finance reports Yellen strongly defends easy Fed policies, cites U.S. trillion shadow-banking system, trust financing has been key to fueling the nation’s 10 percent annual growth rate in the past decade by providing easy credit to companies considered too risky by banks. Part of China’s $7.5 trillion yuan ($1.8 defaulted on its debt.

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Is the Stock Market in Big Trouble?

The Fearless Marketer

Do you remember the stock market crash of 2008? On Monday, September 29, 2008. On Monday, September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. in October for its biggest monthly drop since October 2008, while a 6.9% The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 777.68 points in intra-day trading. So far, so good.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Spain Levies Consumption.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. The tax is just enough to make sure that homeowners cannot gather and store solar energy cheaper than state-sponsored providers. The tax, labeled a "backup toll" is high enough to ensure that it will be cheaper to keep buying energy from current providers.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Only Hope For Italy is.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. And in Italy in the last thirty years, the credit market has served to finance the public debt. There are so many resources that should be used to finance the growth of businesses, but only served to finance the growth of the state. December 2008 (85).

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Energy Price Deflation: Crude Dips 6% to 7-Year Low; Gasoline Below $1.50; Central Banks to Blame for What's About to Happen

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The price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light sweet crude is down 6 percent today to lows last seen late 2008 and January 2009. By cheapening interest rates, financing of rigs became too easy. Now the energy sector is in a mess. And it's not just the energy sector that's a mess. A chart of Brent crude looks similar.

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Scranton Needs 117% Property Tax Hike to Balance Budget

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Scranton taxpayers could face a 117 percent increase in taxes next year as the citys finances continue to spiral out of control. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78). October 2008 (108). September 2008 (140). August 2008 (93).

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Japan Exports and Trade Balance vs. the Yen; Abenomics in Review

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The Yen was in this general area, at times, in 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2014. The CHART OF THE DAY shows the value of Japan’s exports is 23 percent below a March 2008 peak, even as those of South Korea, the U.S. percent, according to finance ministry data. One intent of Abenomics was to devalue the Yen to aid exports.

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