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G-20 Struggles to Reach Accord as Fingers Point at China, U.S.

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  • 11/11/2010 04:27 AM

Cisco Forecasts Fall Short of Estimates; Shares Slide

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  • 11/10/2010 07:43 PM

G-20 to Debate Changing Dollar for Currency Basket, Mantega Says

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  • 11/10/2010 03:11 PM

Fed to Buy $105 Billion of Treasuries in Next Month

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  • 11/10/2010 03:04 PM

Commentary

Credit Bubble Bulletin

by Doug Noland | Nov 5

QE2

QE2 started off with a global bang.

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The Bear's Lair

by Martin Hutchinson | Nov 8

The Great Monetary Battle of 2011

As a spectator sport it will be enjoyable; unfortunately we are all also participants.

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Featured Commentary

by Peter Schiff | Oct 13

The Hail Mary

At a time when we should be trusting the markets to grind out three yards in a cloud of dust, we have put our faith in the Fed's ability to fling a Hail Mary pass, even though all previous attempts have failed.

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Guest Commentary

by Neeraj Chaudhary | Oct 27

Decoupling: Alive and Well

The U.S. consumer is a drag on the world economy, not an engine for growth.

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Quotable

“In a world of businessmen and financial intermediaries who aggressively seek profit, innovators will always outpace regulators; the authorities cannot prevent changes in the structure of portfolios from occurring. What they can do is keep the asset-equity ratio of banks within bounds by setting equity-absorption ratios for various types of assets. If the authorities constrain banks and are aware of the activities of fringe banks and other financial institutions, they are in a better position to attenuate the disruptive expansionary tendencies of our economy.”

Hyman Minsky, 1986


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