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Europe's Banks.
07/09/2010
Issues of European banks, including recapitalization.
Grouped Articles
Europe's Elusive Stash of Cash
Wall Street Journal 07/09/2010
Crisis Awaits Worldâs Banks as Trillions Come Due
New York Times 07/11/2010
European banks: The last idealists
Economist 12/11/2010
French Banks Warned on Their Greek Debt
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2011
Wall Street Journal 07/13/2011
U.S. Bank Stocks Fall on Anxiety About Europe
New York Times 08/18/2011
GM's IPO offering for November, 2010, and its share price
06/22/2010
General Motors' IPO offering and efforts to pay back about $50 billion of loans to the U.S. government following the government bailout of GM and taking a 60% stake in the company.
Grouped Articles
GM Earnings: Weaker North America Hits Profit
Wall Street Journal 05/03/2013
U.S. to Sell Rest of GM Stake by Year-End
Wall Street Journal 11/22/2013
GM's IPO May Require Hefty Incentives
BusinessWeek 07/15/2010
U.S. Remaining Stake in General Motors
Wall Street Journal 12/10/2013
GM Could Be Free of Taxes for Years
Wall Street Journal 11/03/2010
IPOs Set to Raise Most Cash Since Crisis
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2013
The U.S. housing market in 2010-2013
05/27/2010
According to Karl Case its basically flat in 2010 and quite fragile, with a lot of inventory out there. By 2012 the situation had not changed much, except for Washington D.C. with growth in employment, and a small spurt in 2011 in Phoenix from out of state and Canadian buyers. Prices in Las Vegas and other cities continued to decline and there were fears of more homes being released by banks from foreclosed properties in judicial states such as Florida.
Grouped Articles
Housing Rebound Grows as Prices Climb Sharply
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2013
The economic performance of cities: Following the sun
Economist 05/16/2013
Home Prices Rise, Producing a Buying Mood
New York Times 05/28/2013
Housing Recovery Increasingly Prices Out First-Time Buyers
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2013
Economic Casualties: 'Missing Households'
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2013
Home Prices Jump, but Headwinds Build
Wall Street Journal 07/31/2013
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King and warnings about U.K.'s fiscal deficit.
05/13/2010
With the budget deficit approaching 12% King's comments during the election about the fiscal deficit made it a key issue for voters.
Grouped Articles
The Bank of England's Kingmaker
BusinessWeek 05/13/2010
A Crisis of Faith in Mervyn King, Britain's Central Banker
New York Times 02/06/2011
Speed Overhaul, Banker Tells U.K.
Wall Street Journal 03/02/2011
U.K. Bond Buys Aren't a Sure Cure
Wall Street Journal 10/08/2011
Trade Imbalance Worries Mervyn King, Departing British Central Banker
New York Times 12/10/2012
Inflation in India : 2009-2014
05/13/2010
The poor monsoon in 2009 was a major factor in the rise of prices paid by consumer and farm workers, which saw arise of 14% annually by mid 2010, and were the highest of 17 countries in the Asia-Pacific region in Bloomberg tracking. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India's central bank, is making efforts to control inflation with interest rate increases.
Grouped Articles
How Duvvuri Subbarao Is Steering India's Economy
BusinessWeek 05/13/2010
India's Central Bank Surprises Markets With Rate Increase
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2013
India's Central Banker Lobbies Fed
Wall Street Journal 10/13/2013
Balancing Act for Indiaâs Top Banker
New York Times 11/07/2013
Staying Away from Indian Bonds
Wall Street Journal 12/18/2013
Setting a Course for India's Inflation Nirvana
Wall Street Journal 01/23/2014
How Greece's and Ireland's debt crisis affects Germany, France, Portugal and Spain.
04/28/2010
German banks have large holdings of Greek bonds, and much larger holdings of bonds from the crisis affected countries of Greece, Portugal, Spain and Ireland.
Grouped Articles
Already Holding Junk, Germany Hesitates
New York Times 04/28/2010
Euro Rises After I.M.F. Increases Aid Pledge to Greece
New York Times 04/29/2010
As Greek Drama Plays Out, Where Is Europe?
New York Times 04/29/2010
Europe Acts Swiftly on Long-Delayed Greek Bailout
New York Times 04/29/2010
The Next Global Problem: Portugal
New York Times 04/30/2010
Portugal to cut wages, raise taxes
Wall Street Journal 05/14/2010
Henry Paulson on banking reforms.
02/16/2010
Grouped Articles
New York Times 02/16/2010
HBO’s ‘Too Big to Fail’ and the politics of portrayal - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/24/2011
Rules for global bank reserves under Basel III.
01/21/2010
Grouped Articles
The Battle Over Bank Rules at Basel III
BusinessWeek 05/27/2010
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2010
New Global-Bank Rules Could Require Bigger Cushions
Wall Street Journal 09/07/2010
Basel Rules Unlikely to Force Capital Raising
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2010
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2010
After Basel, the Banks Are Not Safer
BusinessWeek 09/15/2010
Fears that Basel III and European Banking Authority E.U. Stress Tests may not adequately reflect the risks on banks balance sheets.
01/21/2010
The situation after bailout of Irish banks in November 2010 by the EU. The Irish banks had passed European stress tests. Portuguese and Spanish banks may face a similar situation.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2011
Europe Fails Another Stress Test
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2011
The Battle Over Bank Rules at Basel III
BusinessWeek 05/27/2010
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2010
Basel Rules Unlikely to Force Capital Raising
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2010
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2010
Diamond and Kashyap on the banking crisis and possible ways to frame solutions.
01/20/2010
Ways to structure a bank tax.
Grouped Articles
15 Economists Issue Crisis-Prevention Manual
New York Times 06/15/2010
New York Times 01/20/2010
When a Nobel Prize Isnât Enough
New York Times 06/05/2011
China's banking system in 2010-2015
01/12/2010
The effects of the stimulus spending binge and speculative behaviours of local governments and state owned companies, on the loans made by state owned banks.
Grouped Articles
Asia Goes on a Debt Binge as Much of World Sobers Up
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2013
China's 'Shadow Banks' Fan Debt-Bubble Fears
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2013
China's Silver Linings Playbook
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2013
Wall Street Journal 06/25/2013
China Central Bank Warns Banks on Liquidity
Wall Street Journal 06/25/2013
Credit Warnings Offer World a Peek Into Chinaâs Secretive Banks
New York Times 06/24/2013
Hank Greenberg and AIG.
01/09/2010
Hank Greenberg says Goldman's machinations may have caused the difficulties at AIG.
Grouped Articles
BusinessWeek 04/01/2010
Hank Greenberg Still in the Ring at 90, Battling A.I.G. Charges
New York Times 04/30/2015
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2015
In A.I.G. Case, Surprise Ruling That Could End All Bailouts
New York Times 06/15/2015
Ex-A.I.G. Chief Wins Bailout Suit, but Gets No Damages
New York Times 06/15/2015
Evan Greenberg Dropped Out, Then Built Insurance Behemoth
Wall Street Journal 12/16/2015
The state attorneys general in the U.S. and the subprime lending and foreclosure crises and mortgage settlements.
12/08/2009
Federal regulators and the Bush and Obama administrations failed miserably to help homeowners achieve loan modifications. This with the false belief that putting homeowners out of their homes would actually speed up a recovery, considering the huge scale of foreclosures in the USA , the high unemployment and other problems hitting the economy. Feldstein's consistent arguments for homeowner relief throughout 2008 and 2009- considering the large number of homeowners under water- as the mortgage crisis unfolded, were ignored by the Bush and Obama administrations. See the comparisons to Japan's lost decade, as the lack of recovery in housing adds to problems with job losses. The lawsuits, legal action and mortgage settlements facing banks as they make their way through the mortgage mess.
Grouped Articles
A Toxic Subprime Mortgage Bond's Legacy Lives On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2013
Fannieâs and Freddieâs Foreclosure Oversight Questioned
New York Times 10/19/2010
Banks Keep their Mortgage Litigation Reserves a Secret
New York Times 01/16/2014
The Case Against the Bernanke-Obama Financial Rescue
New York Times 05/16/2014
BP’s Cuts May Wound Portfolio Recovery
Wall Street Journal 02/04/2015
Volcker's advice on the writing of regulatory reform
07/09/2010
He advises writing broad rules that are harder for banks to circumvent.
Grouped Articles
Volcker Plans to Restore Faith in Government
New York Times 05/29/13
Volcker Rule to Curb Bank Trading Proves Hard to Write
Wall Street Journal 09/10/13
Paul Volcker Pushes for Reform, and Regrets His Past Silence
New York Times 07/09/10
The Volcker Rule on Bank Risks Approaches Its Final Edits
New York Times 12/03/13
Regulators Set to Approve Toughened 'Volcker Rule'
Wall Street Journal 12/04/13
New York Times 12/14/13
European Central Bank.
06/21/2010
The ECB under Trichet and efforts to give new powers on fiscal issues to the European Commisssion.
Grouped Articles
ECB Chief Seeks Tighter Fiscal Union
Wall Street Journal 06/22/10
Trichet to Push for New Fiscal Surveillance
Wall Street Journal 06/21/10
ECB Walks a Fine Line Siphoning Off Its Liquidity
Wall Street Journal 06/29/10
New Euro-Zone Rules Could Backfire
Wall Street Journal 11/01/10
2 Major European Banks Keep Record-Low Rates
New York Times 11/04/10
ECB Seeks Funds for Capital Base
Wall Street Journal 12/17/10
The Japanese economy and the rising yen in 2010-2012
05/27/2010
The yen reached 86 yen to the dollar by August 2010. Chinese government accumulation of Japanese bonds was amajor factor in the yen's rise in 2010. By August 2011 the yen experienced a new surge going up to 78 yen to the U.S. dollar resulting in intervention by the Bank of Japan in currency markets. Investor flight to safe havens such as the Swiss Franc and the Japanese yen with the debt crisis in the U.S. and the Eurozone. The impact on export markets. The newly elected LDP government of Shinzo took strong action to reverse this and improve export competitiveness in 2013.
Grouped Articles
Japan's Yen Rises Above War Jitters, Deflation
BusinessWeek 05/27/10
Japan Faces Uphill Battle in Curbing Yen's Rise
Wall Street Journal 08/04/10
Behind Japan's Allure: Stagnancy
Wall Street Journal 08/24/10
Electric Cars Make Japan's Gas Engine Industry Anxious
New York Times 11/02/10
Japanese manufacturers: Leaving home
Economist 11/20/10
Nissan to 'Significantly' Reduce Japan Exports
Wall Street Journal 02/01/11
The approach to banking and financial regulation of the new Cameron coalition government in Britain.
05/13/2010
Both Liberals and Conservatives in the U.K. agree on a levy on the banks to raise 1 billion pounds. Liberal's Cable is the new Business Secretary and he favors shrinking the large banks and reducing systemic risk, and a separation of retail and investment banking activities. The Financial Services Authority will continue to operate and examine banks, the Bank of England will oversee systemic risk and regulation of banks.
Grouped Articles
British Treasury Targets Banks to Increase Tax Revenue
New York Times 12/04/14
David Cameron Leads a Call to Thwart Financial Corruption
New York Times 05/12/16
Economist 05/13/10
A Crisis of Faith in Mervyn King, Britain's Central Banker
New York Times 02/06/11
British banks: Vickers in a twist
Economist 01/29/11
British Bank Proposal Expected to Include Stiff Rules
New York Times 04/07/11
Electricity and Power Development in China.
04/29/2010
China's generation of electric power shiud surpass the USA's by 2012. With lowcost capital from state run banks and help from the government electricity gerneration is growing rapidly in China.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 06/06/13
Economist 04/29/10
Wall Street Journal 04/13/15
China Fires Away at Coal Power
Wall Street Journal 05/14/15
Wall Street Journal 07/18/10
India Deal Puts China in GE's League
Wall Street Journal 10/28/10
Simon Johnson and other experts on the capital shortfall and banking crisis in the U.S.
04/15/2010
Johnson points to irreversible damage from the lack of aggressive action with the large banks from the Obama administration. Johnson pointed to the problems with too big to fail banks. now he and Peter Boone give a lucid explanation on the big picture facing America in relation to the task of aggressive action to resolve the banking problem.
Grouped Articles
Weâre All Still Hostages to the Big Banks
New York Times 08/25/13
Irreversible Damage: Why Little Action on Banking Can Do Great Harm.
New York Times 04/30/10
New Life for 'the Volcker Rule'
Wall Street Journal 05/01/10
BusinessWeek 04/15/10
Jamie Dimon: Americaâs Least-Hated Banker
New York Times 12/01/10
After the reforms: Safer, but not yet safe enough
Economist 05/21/11
Larry Kotlikoff and other economists who support strong action to strip banks of risk-taking activities.
02/04/2010
Among those who support such moves are Simon Johnson at MIT, Robert Lucas at the University of Chicago, Jeffrey Sachs at Columbia. Most recently Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England. Glenn Hubbard of Columbia and an advisor to President George W. Bush compares the action needed to breakup "too-big-to-fail" banks to the action taken by Theodore Roosevelt, see the link to Hubbard.
Grouped Articles
Weâre All Still Hostages to the Big Banks
New York Times 08/25/13
How Larry Kotlikoff Would Fix the Financial System
BusinessWeek 02/04/10
Irreversible Damage: Why Little Action on Banking Can Do Great Harm.
New York Times 04/30/10
New Life for 'the Volcker Rule'
Wall Street Journal 05/01/10
BusinessWeek 04/15/10
Ireland Crisis Might Give China Break It Seeks
Unknown 11/19/10
Banking Rules under Basel III and the global banking system
01/21/2010
Grouped Articles
The Battle Over Bank Rules at Basel III
BusinessWeek 05/27/10
Wall Street Journal 09/13/10
Basel Rules Unlikely to Force Capital Raising
Wall Street Journal 09/14/10
Wall Street Journal 09/14/10
After Basel, the Banks Are Not Safer
BusinessWeek 09/15/10
G-20 Endorses New Reserve Rules for Banks
New York Times 11/12/10
David Stockman, Reagan's Budget Director prodigy, on bank behaviour and solutions to the banking and economic crisis.
01/20/2010
Stockman takes on the banks as instruments of the impoverishment of the U.S. economy and of the American middle class. He derides the loose monetary policy of the Fed, that has encouraged insane and socially unproductive behaviours of the American banks.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/18/13
New York Times 07/21/11
Taxing Wall Street Down to Size
New York Times 01/20/10
Four Deformations of the Apocalypse
New York Times 07/31/10
Tom Keene Talks with David Stockman
BusinessWeek 08/12/10
Opinions Are Split on Fed Policy Move
Wall Street Journal 11/01/10
Attorneys General Coakley, Cordray, Madigan, and legal action against large U.S. financial institutions.
01/20/2010
Lawsuits by states against U.S. banks on behalf of homeowners with mortgages and others who suffered losses.
Grouped Articles
Vote Ushers In New Era in Oversight of Lending Practices
New York Times 07/16/13
J.P. Morgan Reaches $4.5 Billion Settlement With Investors
Wall Street Journal 11/17/13
Ohio Attorney General Takes Strong Stand on Crisis
New York Times 10/11/10
State Attorneys General Take Helm in Mortgage Mess
New York Times 10/29/10
How the Banks Put the Economy Underwater
New York Times 10/30/10
Bank Challenger Picked to Run Consumer Agency
Wall Street Journal 07/18/11
Analysis by The Economist and other expert opinion in 2010 of the economic prospects for Europe and the U.S.
01/11/2010
The Economist looks at the near term trends- unemployment not down as much in Britain in August and consumer spending holding up in Britain- as evidence a recovery is looming. And it cites the Suppy Managment Index up slightly in the US. Most other experts see a difficult situation in 2011 as the stimulus fades and local governments cut back- economists such as Stiglitz, Shiller, Krugman, Feldstein and others, and businessmen like Malone.
Grouped Articles
Brazil's north-east: Catching up in a hurry
Economist 05/21/11
Wall Street Journal 04/26/15
The world economy: The odd decouple
Economist 09/04/10
The U.S. Economy: Stuck in Neutral
BusinessWeek 10/14/10
BusinessWeek 10/14/10
America's economy: Not by monetary policy alone
Economist 10/28/10
Growing Risks for the U.S. Economy in 2010-2012.
01/04/2010
Risks of another hit from losses on home equity loans to bank balance sheets in latter part of 2010. The situation with local and state governments in the USA cutting back significantly. The situation in Europe and an overheating Chinese economy.
Grouped Articles
The Home-Equity Hurt Ahead for Banks
BusinessWeek 04/14/10
Beware a Bernanke-Fueled Market Bubble
BusinessWeek 05/13/10
Don't Rule Out a Double Dip Recession
Wall Street Journal 05/24/10
Wall Street Journal 05/22/10
Real Disposable Income: Bad News for Democrats?
BusinessWeek 06/03/10
Wall Street Journal 06/12/10
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