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Confident Dudley Expects Rate Hikes Will Continue, Hurricane Effect to Provide Long Run “Economic Benefit”

MishTalk

New York Fed president William Dudley expects the Fed to proceed with its asset reduction plan at the September FOMC meeting. trillion balance sheet at its Sept. 19-20 meeting in Washington while keeping rates on hold amid a spate of disappointingly weak readings on inflation. percent to 1.5 Dudley is clueless at best.

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The age old tale of financial crises

Tom Spencer

Lender of last resort policies are not one size fits all, and ever since Tiberius used his LOLR power the policies have twisted and turned to cope with new crises in a variety of ways. Post-failure balance sheets show that Lehmann Brothers actually had twenty billion dollars of assets in excess of its debts.

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FOMC Minutes and Economic Projections: Dissent in Both Directions

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Balanced Budget Ammendment Sign the Balanced Budget Petition. Going forward, he viewed it as particularly important for the Committee to monitor price developments closely and to adapt its policy in response to incoming economic information.

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Bulls and Bears Debate China: Property Bubble Expands Again; GDP Growth Picks Up; Economic Recovery Underway? No Says Michael Pettis

MishTalk

We are often told that a fall in housing prices won’t affect the real economy in China much because, unlike in the US, the amount of real estate financed by mortgages is quite low. This means that the foreign currency reserves are simply the asset side of a balance sheet against which there are liabilities. billion yuan in July.

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

MishTalk

Chicago finances are even worse than I thought which is saying quite a bit because I have written about the sorry state of Chicago finances on numerous occasion. Many of these uses of bond proceeds are not eligible for tax-exempt financing under the federal tax code." Who Is Kristi Culpepper? You should be.

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10 Flaws with Mainstream Economics

Tom Spencer

Corporate finance academics argue that firms should act to maximise shareholder value, since shareholders are the owners of the firm. Herbert Simon called this approach to decision making ‘ bounded rationality ‘ 2. Profit maximisation. Economics assumes that firms aim to maximise profits. In reality, firms have a range of goals.

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Reflections on 2013; What's Important, What's Not? What's Ahead?

MishTalk

Had I suggested in 2007 that the Fed balance sheet expansion of $75 billion a month would have been considered "tightening" people would have thought I was nuts. Total credit in the economy (total social financing) showed a 40 per cent rise in November over the prior month and is on course for growth this year of almost 20 per cent.