May 19th, 2008 |
By Dave Gonigam |
Category: Politics & Economics
Are people starting to catch on that government economic statistics are widely manipulated? After my post last week broaching this possibility, I just wanted to briefly keep score.
Tags: Bill Bonner, Consumer Price Index, David Rosenberg, economics, inflation, Kevin Phillips, Merrill Lynch, politics
Posted in Politics & Economics |
May 1st, 2008 |
By Addison Wiggin |
Category: US Dollar & Forex Trading
In 2004, then Treasury Secretary John Snow was traipsing about the globe trying to “talk the dollar down.” Why? In a word: debt.
Tags: , bear market, Ben Bernanke, Bretton Woods, David Rosenberg, Deficit, Devaluation, dollar, Dollar Bear, ERM, Exchange Rate Mechanism, George Soros, Interest Payments, John Snow, Strong Dollar, The Bank of Japan, Treasury Secretary, Weak Dollar
Posted in US Dollar & Forex Trading |
Apr 28th, 2008 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Stock Market Investing
U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers will likely cut its key interest rate to 2.0% from 2.25% this, which would mark the seventh such move since the central bank launched its rate-reduction campaign in mid-September.
Tags: , AAPL, ABK, Airbus, BA, BAC, BSC, COP, CS, CVX, DAL, David Rosenberg, dollar, ECB, economics, fed, Gdp, inflation, JPM, MCD, MER, Merrill Lynch, MRK, MSFT, NBER, NFLX, NVS, NWA, NWS.A, ODP, PM, politics, RSH, SAF, SBUX, TRY, Txn, Ups, US stocks, WEN, XOM, YHOO
Posted in Stock Market Investing |