Morning eBrief Archive
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Monday, August 23, 2010
Financial Reform: Wrong Diagnosis, Wrong Cure (John O'Leary e21 Exclusive)
South Korea Trade Pact Back on Agenda (Washington Post)
Notes from the Treasury GSE Conference (Phillip Swagel in Greg Mankiw's Blog)
Can Bernanke Quell the Cacophony? (Bank of America)
Healthcare Competition Saves Lives (Marty Gaynor in voxEU)
The Problem of Early Retirement (Bruce Bartlett in Capital Gains and Games)
Will The Next Generation Be Better Than Their Parents' Generation? (Gary Becker's Blog)
Now That's Rich (Paul Krugman in New York Times) -
Friday, August 20, 2010
Save The Date: e21/SOMC Symposium: "Addressing Global Imbalances" (10/12 in NYC)
CBO Says Deficit Shrinks Slightly But Debt Threatens Fiscal Future (Congressional Quarterly)
Is Obama FDR or Hoover? Or Neither? (Ezra Klein in Washington Post)
Leading Economic Index Signals Slow Growth (Wells Fargo)
Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Increase to 500,000 (Economist's View)
Fresh US Recovery Fears Hit Asian Stocks (Financial Times)
Needed: A New Economic Paradigm (Joseph Stiglitz in Financial Times)
Appeasing the Bond Gods (Paul Krugman in New York Times)
The Coming Democratic Split on Social Security (KeithHennessey.com) -
Thursday, August 19, 2010
A Price Worth Paying to Make Banks Safer (Stephen Cecchetti in Financial Times)
How the Fight Over Tax Breaks Affects Your Bottom Line (Washington Post)
Frank: Abolish Fannie and Freddie (Hot Air)
FOMC Warms Up the Helicopter (Roubini Global Economics)
Every 1% Increase in Bank Capital = 0.19% Lost in GDP (Alphaville)
US Banks Receive Basel III Boost (Financial Times)
Fed Wavers as the World Gets Sweats (Richard Cookson in Financial Times)
PAYGO For Thee But Not For Me (KeithHennessey.com)
From Paul Ryan, A Plan That Isn't (The Washington Post) -
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The Future of Housing Finance (Round Up)
Whither Fannie and Freddie? A Proposal for Reforming the Housing GSEs (Marron and Swagel in e21)
Reform the Forgotten GSE (Papaganias in e21)
Stop Subsidizing Wealthy Homeowners (Dean Baker Interview with Ezra Klein)
Why GSE Reform Will Be a Challenge (The American Prospect)
Three Ideas for Mortgage Securitization Reform (Daniel Indiviglio in The Atlantic)
Bill Gross Suggests US Consider Full Nationalization (Bloomberg Video Interview)
The Government Mortgage Subsidy (Kling in EconLog)
Secretary Geithner's Opening Remarks (Conference on the Future of Housing Finance)
Housing Data Wrap Up: August 2010 (Wells Fargo) -
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Inflation, Not Deflation, Mr. Bernanke (Andy Xie in Caixin Online)
US Pressure Grows on Tax Cuts (Financial Times)
Voters Back Tough Steps to Reduce Budget Deficit (Wall Street Journal)
Obama to Tighten Terms of Drilling Permits (Financial Times)
Boston Fed: Economics Couldn’t Reveal Housing Bubble (Real Time Economics)
Growth Picking Up, but Fed Exit Postponed (Morgan Stanley)
Where Are Hedge Funds Placing Their Bets? (ZeroHedge)
Obama Economy Facts (Keith Hennessey in New York Daily News)
Why Denmark is Shrinking its Social Safety Net (Liz Alderman in Economix) -
Monday, August 16, 2010
Lessons From Germany's Economic Recovery (e21 Staff Editorial)
Corker Wants to Prevent a Tax Increase (Politico)
Slow Growth, But Growth Nonetheless (Wells Fargo)
Why Do I Expect the Unemployment Rate to Increase? (Calculated Risk)
The Tax Cut We Can Afford (Mark Zandi in New York Times)
Our Limping Economic Recovery (Richard Posner in Becker-Posner Blog)
Some Big Ideas from Small Countries (Jeff Frankel's Blog)
Are Macro-Prudential Policies Prudent? (Gianluca Benigno in voxEU) -
Friday, August 13, 2010
Making Medicare Solvent (Paul Ryan in Washington Post)
Spending Posts Now a Liability for Lawmakers (New York Times)
The Bush Tax Cuts and Fiscal Responsibility (Economix)
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Increase, Highest Since February (Calculated Risk)
Economists Want Policy Makers to Back Off Now (New York Times)
Paralysis at the Fed (Paul Krugman in New York Times)
Where Are We Now, Three Years After the Onset of the Crisis? (John Taylor)
Can the Nation Stimulate Its Way to Prosperity? (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas) -
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Taxes Aren't The Problem, Spending Is (Jennifer Pollom for e21)
House Passes $26 Billion in State Aid (New York Times)
Treasury Yields Tumble on Fed Move (Financial Times)
US Fund Manager Warns on Mortgage Guarantee (Financial Times)
Wider Trade Gap Signals Weak Growth (Wall Street Journal)
2nd Quarter GDP May Be Revised Even Lower (Economix)
Does the Stimulus Stimulate? (Lawrence Lindsey in Weekly Standard)
The Great False Choice, Stimulus or Austerity (Olivier Blanchard n Financial Times)
Europe Jumps Off the Keynesian Bus (Allan Meltzer in Wall Street Journal) -
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
An Underreported Counterview on Fed Policy (Arpit Gupta e21 Exclusive)
US Regulators Tighten Control Over Wall Street (Financial Times)
Fed Sees Recovery Slowing (Wall Street Journal)
FOMC: Recovery Slower, but Still Intact; Inflation Slows (Wells Fargo)
The Magma Chart (Economix)
What's Wrong with Paul Ryan's Plan? (Megan McArdle)
QE 2 (Wall Street Journal Editorial)
Whatever the Deniers Say, Social Security Needs Reform Soon (Washington Post Editorial) -
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Federal Stimulus Kicks Costs Down The Road (Papagianis and Gupta for e21)
House Leaders Expect State-Aid Bill to Pass (Congressional Quarterly)
Future Recession Risk (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
FOMC Chatter (Macroeconomic Advisers)
US Incomes Tumbled in 2009 (Real Time Economics)
Where Does the Laffer Curve Bend? (Ezra Klein in Washington Post)
Unemployment: What Would Reagan Do? (Henry Olsen in Wall Street Journal)
From Google and Verizon, a Path to an Open Internet (Eric Schmidt in Washington Post)
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