Mishs Global Economic Trend Analysis

Corporate Bankruptcies Slow With Thaw In Lending

mish — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:18:26 -0500

Corporations have managed to forestall bankruptcy with new waves of refinancing. read more »

Financial Coup D'Etat and the Reaction of Gold

mish — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:37:23 -0400

US Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) is talking to Bill Moyers about the state of the economy. read more »

Japan's Steel Production Lowest In 40 Years

mish — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:15:41 -0400

Those interested the steel industry may wish to take a look at SteelGuru. Here are a few links of general interest. read more »

Nassim Taleb: We Still Have The Same Credit Disease

mish — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:33:50 -0400

Reflation or not, end of recession or not, the global economic fundamentals have not changed one bit thanks to the misguided actions of central bankers. read more »

Hackers Prove Global Warming Is A Scam

mish — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:07:07 -0500

It's now official. Much of the hype about global warming is nothing but a complete scam. Thanks to hackers (or an insider) who broke into The University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) and downloaded 156 megaybytes of data including extremely damaging emails, we now know that data su
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Time Lapse Unemployment Visualization

mish — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:49:23 -0500

Inquiring minds are watching The Geography Of A Recession , a time lapse unemployment visualization from the start of the recession until now. Click on the link to play. This is undoubtedly my shortest post ever. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Click Here
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Disingenuous Credit Card Whining And Questionable Risk Policies At Citigroup

mish — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:31:43 -0500

Citigroup is whining that new regulations eliminate pricing for risk. So what does it do? Jack up rates is the answer. To lower interest rates, Citi customers must spend more . read more »

California Students Protest 32% Tuition Hike; State Budget Gridlock II Coming; Massive Deficits In San Francisco

mish — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:37:23 -0500

Massive fiscal problems confront California once again. Let's start with a look at California students hit with 32% hike in tuition .California undergraduates and their parents just got hit with a 32% increase in tuition by next summer. With hundreds of angry students chanting outside their meet
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Ron Paul, Alan Grayson Audit The Fed Bill Approved In House Finance Committee

mish — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:39:14 -0500

Chalk up a rare victory for the little guy (and the nation itself). The Bill To Audit Federal Reserve Passes Key Hurdle In an unprecedented defeat for the Federal Reserve, an amendment to audit the multi-trillion dollar institution was approved by the House Finance Committee with an overwhelming
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Bank Regulators "Reign of Terror" on Small Business Loans

mish — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:54:14 -0500

In response to Freefall In Small Business Loans I received an email from "ABO" the CEO and owner of a bank. ABO, who has been in the banking business 30 years, writes: Mish, I was reading the article you wrote concerning the difficulty of securing small business loans and President Obama prom
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