Saturday, January 30, 2010

Identifying stock bubbles

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Columbia University economics professor Rajiv Sethi discusses identifying stock market bubbles in real time.
Friday, January 29, 2010

The effects of easy money on mortgage lending

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Simon Constable of Dow Jones Newswires points out the harmful side-effects of easy money on mortgage lending: When Bernanke says low interes...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Yes, Virginia, there is still a housing bubble

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Dean Baker, the first economist I'm aware of to spot the housing bubble (although he was still a year-and-a-half behind me), says we...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

CNN cheerleads the home buyer tax credit

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CNN staff writer Les Christie acts as a cheerleader for the home buyer tax credit: There is some hope that this good thing could live on af...
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More bubbles?

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Fortune magazine sees four new asset bubbles. Also, the European Central Bank sees bubbles in emerging markets and some commodities. Jim ...
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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Paul Volcker for Fed chairman!

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I keep hearing people arguing for the renomination of Ben Bernanke by claiming that there's no one else who can do the job. That's s...
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Friday, January 22, 2010

Bernanke out as Fed chairman?

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The New York Times reports bad news for Ben Bernanke. He may not have the votes to be confirmed: The confirmation of Ben S. Bernanke to a s...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Mortgage terms in plain English

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New rules this year clarifies mortgage terms for borrowers: Shopping for a mortgage has just gotten simpler. Lenders are now required to use...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The fed funds rate: Too low for too long?

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Here's an interesting graph. It shows the fraction of the time in each decade that the real fed funds rate was negative, i.e. the nomin...
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Monday, January 18, 2010

Option ARM resets

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Looking at this graph, it looks like Option ARM resets begin to become a problem in about the mid-point of this year, and really shoot up ar...
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