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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 05/27/2010
Japan Faces Uphill Battle in Curbing Yen's Rise
Wall Street Journal 08/04/2010
Behind Japan's Allure: Stagnancy
Wall Street Journal 08/24/2010
Electric Cars Make Japan's Gas Engine Industry Anxious
New York Times 11/02/2010
Japanese manufacturers: Leaving home
Economist 11/20/2010
Nissan to 'Significantly' Reduce Japan Exports
Wall Street Journal 02/01/2011
Progress on the appreciation of China's currency, the yuan, in 2010-2013
05/17/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 10/04/2011
Europeâs Debt Crisis Is Casting a Shadow Over China
New York Times 05/17/2010
Brawny Yuan Stands Apart from the Crowd
Wall Street Journal 12/10/2013
The Long View of Changes in Chinaâs Currency
New York Times 09/21/2010
An Accord (and Lessons) to Remember
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2010
U.S. Strains Mount After China Devalues Yuan
Wall Street Journal 08/12/2015
The European Union and the financial crisis of 2010-2011
05/13/2010
The E.U. and the $1 trillion package to calm the panic in financial markets after the crisis in Greece. Efforts to prevent the contagion effects spreading to Spain and Portugal.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 05/22/2014
Economist 05/13/2010
Don't Rule Out a Double Dip Recession
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2010
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2010
Luxembourg Foots a Big Piece of the Greek Tab
BusinessWeek 05/27/2010
ECB Chief Seeks Tighter Fiscal Union
Wall Street Journal 06/22/2010
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
Canada's real estate bubble in 2010-2015
05/06/2010
Grouped Articles
Global property markets: Boom and gloom
Economist 05/27/2013
Central Bankers Hone Tools to Pop Bubbles
Wall Street Journal 07/08/2013
Where Will the Next Financial Bubble Be?
BusinessWeek 05/06/2010
IMF Says Canada Housing Market Likely to Achieve ‘Soft Landing’
Wall Street Journal 04/30/2015
Canada Grapples With Housing Bubble Risk
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2016
Vancouver's Real Estate Bubble Trouble
BusinessWeek 06/24/2010
April 2010 Defense Department biannual report on the war in Afghanistan.
04/29/2010
It shows little progress from the escalated effort, and the critical fact of the lack of acceptance of the Karzai government remains. Of 92 districts assessed in this report none are sympathetic to the Karzai government.
Grouped Articles
Gates Faults Obama Over Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 01/08/2014
U.S. Report on Afghan War Finds Few Gains in 6 Months
New York Times 04/29/2010
Strategy vs. Tactics in Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 06/02/2010
Official Admits Militancyâs Deep Roots in Pakistan
New York Times 06/02/2010
McChrystal article renews attention to split with Biden over Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/2010
McChrystalâs Fate in Limbo as He Prepares to Meet Obama
New York Times 06/23/2010
Assessment of Financial reforms bills in Congress- June 2010.
04/16/2010
Christopher Whalen of the Institutional Ris Anlayst sees the reform bills as inadequate to meet a future crisis. And watered down in Congressional negotiation, responding more to symptoms than the root causes of the last crisis.
Grouped Articles
Trench Warfare: Send In the Deputies
New York Times 04/16/2010
New York Times 04/18/2010
A Dubious Way to Prevent Fiscal Crisis
New York Times 06/04/2010
The Fates and Faces of the Affected
Wall Street Journal 06/07/2010
Financial Bill Would Create World Model, Volcker Says
New York Times 06/09/2010
Giving In on Trading, Banks Focus on Other Losses
New York Times 06/14/2010
Ford Motor's financial position in 2010.
03/29/2010
Grouped Articles
Detroit News 03/29/2010
Ford Is Hemmed In as It Drives for Profit
Wall Street Journal 04/27/2010
Ford Slashes Debt by More Than $4 Billion
Wall Street Journal 07/01/2010
Ford's Latest Financing Incentive: Paying Debt
Wall Street Journal 07/01/2010
Governments Help Ford Cut Debt
Wall Street Journal 08/08/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/26/2010
Toyota crisis and changes in direction for Japanese economy in 2010.
02/09/2010
Experts in Japan ponder the future direction of Japan's economy, possibly into a US style service industry dominated economy away from the mass manufacturing of the postwar era.
Grouped Articles
In Toyota Mess, Lesson for Japan
New York Times 02/09/2010
Japanâs Prime Minister Warns That Debt Could Bring a Crisis Like That of Greece
New York Times 06/11/2010
Electric Cars Make Japan's Gas Engine Industry Anxious
New York Times 11/02/2010
Toyota's Domestic Plant Problem
Wall Street Journal 02/09/2011
Shaking up Japan: Bold, or plain reckless?
Economist 02/05/2011
Toyota Unveils New Business Plan
Wall Street Journal 03/09/2011
Toyota reforms after the 2010 recall disaster.
01/29/2010
Reforms and restructuring after the 2010 recalls.
Grouped Articles
Toyota Director Aims to Speed Up Decision Making
Wall Street Journal 07/23/2013
Inside Toyota, Executives Trade Blame Over Debacle
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2010
Detroit News 03/01/2010
Toyota Assigns 1,000 Engineers to Quality Drive
Wall Street Journal 07/07/2010
Wall Street Journal 07/14/2011
Wall Street Journal 01/29/2010
Chile- changing administration in 2010.
01/20/2010
Grouped Articles
A Sign of Latin America’s Fading Polarization
New York Times 01/20/2010
Protesters Aim to Teach Chile Lessons
Wall Street Journal 09/02/2011
2010 high Inflation and asset price bubbles in in India and China, and low or no inflation in Europe, Japan and the USA.
01/14/2010
Wide divergence in conditions and the prospects of tightening credit in Asia affecting export prospects of the USA which depends on exports for half the growth generated in 2009 and early 2010 according to Commerce Department figures.
Grouped Articles
Japanese Economic Data Give Abe a Lift
Wall Street Journal 06/10/2013
Central Bankers Hone Tools to Pop Bubbles
Wall Street Journal 07/08/2013
India's Central Banker Lobbies Fed
Wall Street Journal 10/13/2013
Staying Away from Indian Bonds
Wall Street Journal 12/18/2013
Corrosive Inflation Eats at Developing World
Wall Street Journal 02/11/2014
Japan and China: Edging closer
Economist 10/06/2014
China's car market 2010-2015
01/12/2010
China's car market surpassed the size of the American market in 2009. Sales of cars in China's market increased at a breathtaking pace in the last decade, surpassing the U.S. Sales declined in 2015 with the economic slowdown.
Grouped Articles
Auto Sales Keep Humming in China
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2013
Territorial Dispute Continues to Affect Japanese Car Sales in China
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
Renault to Focus on Building SUVs in China
Wall Street Journal 12/16/2013
Chinese Car Buyers Should Keep On Motoring
Wall Street Journal 12/26/2013
China Car Sales Driven Lower by Slowing Economy
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2015
China Tops U.S. in Vehicle Sales, Aided By Government Incentives
Wall Street Journal 01/12/2010
Japanese companies moving manufacturing overseas in 2010-2011 as yen strengthens
05/27/2010
The 2011 earthquake further accelerates this trend.
Grouped Articles
Weaker Yen Puts Japanese Profits on a New Track
Wall Street Journal 05/07/13
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
The falling yen: Low-calibre munitions
Economist 12/01/14
Japan Turns Tables on Korea Inc.
Wall Street Journal 12/12/14
Japanese manufacturers: Leaving home
Economist 11/20/10
The 2010 austerity budget and the European financial crisis affecting Spain.
05/13/2010
The contagion effect affecting Spain after Greece and Portugal similar to the manner in which the Asian financial crisis spread during a prior decade.
Grouped Articles
New Spanish Budget Free of Austerity Measures
New York Times 09/27/13
Saying No to Austerity, Spain Unveils Tax Cuts
New York Times 06/20/14
Spain is simply shifting the problem
Wall Street Journal 05/14/10
Amid Europe's challenges, citizens face lifestyle shifts
Wall Street Journal 05/14/10
French Cracks Are Showing in Euro-Zone Core
Wall Street Journal 05/13/10
Wall Street Journal 05/13/10
Britain's new 2010 Budget marks a big change from the past.
05/13/2010
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, put forward a budget with a 25% spending cut by 2015 in all departments except health and international aid. This marks a huge departure in years of spending by the Labor governments. The new Conservative-Liberal coalition government is determined to take austerity measures to reduce the national debt.
Grouped Articles
Britain's accidental revolution
Economist 05/13/10
U-Turn in the U.K.: Big Spending Cuts
Wall Street Journal 10/14/10
Britain Details Radical Spending Cuts, Citing Debt
New York Times 10/20/10
U.K. Plans New Taxes on Banks, Multinationals
Wall Street Journal 12/04/14
Tough Slog to Balancing U.K.’s Budget
Wall Street Journal 12/04/14
Overheard: Digging for Answers on Coal
Wall Street Journal 03/29/15
Cameron's new coalition government in Britain in 2010
05/07/2010
The U.K. has a new coalition government after all parties fell short of a majority in the 2010 election.
Grouped Articles
U.K. Tories Suffer in Election
Wall Street Journal 05/04/13
Britain's accidental revolution
Economist 05/13/10
In U.K. Election, It’s Jobs Boom vs. Stagnant Wages
Wall Street Journal 05/07/15
New York Times 05/07/10
U.K. Government Prepares For Deep Budget Cuts
Wall Street Journal 06/22/10
BusinessWeek 06/24/10
Robert Gordon and other experts on the economic growth prospects for 2010 and into 2011.
04/30/2010
Gordon sees a weakening in growth from the 3.24% growth in 1st quarter 2010 (BEA numbers) as exports are not holding up and state and local government spending is deteriorating rapidly. The inventory change numbers which were signifcant this quarter as businesses replaced equipment and IT, will be winding down in size.
Grouped Articles
At Least 50 of Cityâs Senior Centers Expected to Close to Save Money
New York Times 04/30/10
Business Spending Propels Recovery
Wall Street Journal 05/01/10
Guest Contribution: Gordon Outlines Pessimist, Optimist Takes on GDP
Wall Street Journal 04/30/10
Economists React: GDP Indicates Road Ahead Still Bumpy
Wall Street Journal 04/30/10
Real Disposable Income: Bad News for Democrats?
BusinessWeek 06/03/10
Wall Street Journal 06/12/10
Financial Regulatory Reform Bill in Congress- April 2010.
04/16/2010
The drafting of legislation on financial regulatory refor. Proposal by Senator Blanche Lincoln for derivatives to be strictly traded on exchanges and other reforms that are being formulated.
Grouped Articles
How Wall Street Gamed Derivatives Reform
BusinessWeek 05/27/10
New York Times 04/18/10
Trench Warfare: Send In the Deputies
New York Times 04/16/10
New York Times 04/18/10
Goldman and Its Lobbyists Spurned in Fight on Bill
New York Times 04/28/10
Republicans Allow Debate on Financial Overhaul
New York Times 04/28/10
Experts on China and the USA in 2010 and beyond.
04/15/2010
Charlie Rose talks to the Prime minister of Singapore on China in the world in 2010 and beyond.
Grouped Articles
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong: The View from Singapore
BusinessWeek 04/15/10
Chinese Economy Treads Risky Path. (Ask Japan.)
New York Times 05/25/10
Don't Rule Out a Double Dip Recession
Wall Street Journal 05/24/10
New York Times 09/25/10
Fed’s $2 Trillion May Buy Little Improvement in Jobs
BusinessWeek 10/07/10
Singapore's Lee Hsien Loong Looks Ahead
BusinessWeek 01/13/11
IMF in the Eurozone financial crisis of 2010-2012
03/03/2010
Aid package to Greece and funds for other eurozone countries. The IMF's involvement in protecting the eurozone.
Grouped Articles
A Warning Light to Alert the I.M.F.
New York Times 09/21/11
EU Dismisses IMF's Criticism On Greek Bailout
Wall Street Journal 06/07/13
Policy âTroikaâ for Europe Financial Woes at Odds
New York Times 06/07/13
Wall Street Journal 03/03/10
Greece Can Learn IMF Austerity from Turkey
BusinessWeek 05/27/10
Past Rifts Over Greece Cloud Talks on Rescue
Wall Street Journal 10/07/13
A new Industrial Policy for the U.S. after 2010 and the Economic Crisis.
02/08/2010
Hofmeister and others call for a new Industrial Policy for the USA.
Grouped Articles
How to Fix the Economy: An Expert Panel
BusinessWeek 09/16/10
The U.S. Needs an Industrial Policy
Wall Street Journal 02/08/10
New York Times 10/10/10
The U.S. Economy: Stuck in Neutral
BusinessWeek 10/14/10
Washington Post 09/06/11
Stimulus and the Depression: The Untold Story
Wall Street Journal 09/26/11
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 07/16/11
Europe Fails Another Stress Test
Wall Street Journal 07/16/11
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
Growing Risks for the Chinese Economy going into 2010-2014
01/14/2010
One is a concern that China may like Japan in the 1980's is getting into a property and asset price bubble after aperiod of rapid industrialization and shifting of rural population to the cities. The risks of an overheating economy were growing with a 22% jump in a broad measure of money supply in March 2010.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/01/13
I.M.F. Tells China of Urgent Need for Economic Change
New York Times 07/17/13
Economist 01/14/10
BusinessWeek 04/14/10
Fear Pervades China's Stocks As Market's Gains Disappear
Wall Street Journal 05/13/10
Europeâs Debt Crisis Is Casting a Shadow Over China
New York Times 05/17/10
VW worldwide growth in 2010-2014
01/13/2010
Grouped Articles
VW's $1 Billion Bet on U.S. Factory Sputters
Wall Street Journal 09/06/13
Weak European Auto Market in 2013 Sapped Volkswagen Earnings
New York Times 03/13/14
Volkswagen Aims at Fast Lane in U.S.
Wall Street Journal 10/05/10
VW Profit Soars on Chinese Demand
Wall Street Journal 02/28/11
Chinese Demand Fuels VW, BMW Net
Wall Street Journal 03/11/11
Wall Street Journal 05/23/11
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