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Economics / banking, Bernanke, deregulation, Federal Reserve Board, interest rates, monetary policy, regulation /

Bernanke Part 2?

August 25, 2009

Obama’s decision to re-appoint Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve Board Chairman has stirred up the dust on Wall Street. Opinions vary wildly over whether it is a sound choice. The single point of agreement appears to be the unanimous idea that this is a very significant moment in the history of the Fed and the […]

Economics / banking, deficits, double dip recession, Federal Debt, federal deficits, Federal Reserve Board, GDP, health care, recession, recovery, stimulus, unemployment /

Hot Topics For the End of Summer

August 24, 2009

We have truly hit the end of summer: the flow of data has ebbed to a lazy trickle, analysts are hanging up their ‘gone fishing’ signs, Wall Street is slow, and the President is on vacation. Even the Federal Reserve Board is taking a break – they had their annual Jackson Hole gathering of world […]

Economics / affordability, existing home sales, home prices, real estate /

Weekend Round-up: Home Sales Bounce Back

August 21, 2009

This has been a quiet week for data. Today’s only significant item being the sales of existing homes report from the National Association of Realtors. And the news is good: sales rose at a 7.2% rate in July reaching a seasonally adjusted 5,240,000 level – the highest since August 2007. The strongest growth came in […]