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- Regional Bank Failures Bad for Home Owners, Small Businesses
- Edward Harrison submits: Recently, I have been writing a lot about regional banks and the capital problems they have been having. This is having a direct impact on lending capacity available to small and medium sized businesses SMEs and households. As a result, a lot of workers are losing jobs...
- External links 2009-12-03
- Next Time, Let Goldman Fail
- Edward Harrison submits: John Gapper had a good piece in the FT Wednesday called “Goldman should be allowed to fail.” His conclusion is that Goldman is allowed to game the system. It is a broker-dealer masquerading as a bank. It takes on much more risk than a traditional bank. It...
- External links 2009-10-23
- Charlie as a Too Big to Fail Bank
- Edward Harrison submits: You are a teacher at a local primary school. Each school day you and some of your colleagues watch over the children at the school playground to make sure all of the children follow the rules and keep their hands to themselves. Your role is to keep...
- External links 2009-10-21
- Hands Off Goldman Bonuses
- Edward Harrison submits: The title of this post is somewhat misleading – designed to be provocative to get you to read what I have to say. Indeed, I am going to defend Goldman Sachs' GS right to pay what it likes to its employees. But, I am also going to...
- External links 2009-10-21
- Nationalized Citibank in Mexico Redux
- Edward Harrison submits: Back in March when the US Government felt compelled to bail out out Citigroup C, Tracy Alloway over at FT Alphaville noticed a curious thing – Citigroup had effectively been nationalized. No, they were not seized by government, but Citi was controlled by government. ...
- External links 2009-10-21
- How U.S. Financial Sector Could Be Downsized
- Edward Harrison submits: I was heartened to hear that Alan Greenspan has repudiated the Too Big to Fail doctrine as practiced in the Bush and Obama Administrations in such unequivocal terms. He almost sounded like a Teddy Roosevelt trust buster. Nevertheless, President Obama clearly believes the line fed...
- External links 2009-10-18
- Ireland's Next Stop Could Be IMF
- Edward Harrison submits: Ireland has made heroic strides in trying to deal with its economic problem after a spectacular property bust. But it is looking increasingly like it will not be enough. According to a senior Irish minister, the next stop for Ireland could be the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
- External links 2009-10-18
- Swedish House Prices: The Latest Bubble Warning
- Edward Harrison submits: There is mounting evidence that bubbles are forming again everywhere across the globe as easy money makes itself felt in asset prices. The latest evidence comes from Sweden where Europe’s lowest home loan rates have pushed up the price of residential property. At issue is...
- External links 2009-10-26
- GMAC Has Finally Been Nationalized
- Edward Harrison submits: And you thought the bailouts were over and market discipline might be restored. Not a chance – the bailouts will continue, come hell or high water. The latest demonstration of this is GMAC, where the government will now be majority owner. GMAC has officially been nationalized....
- External links 2009-10-30
- Increasing Rates: And Norway Makes Three
- Edward Harrison submits: The Norwegian central bank has hiked rates 25 basis points, making it the third central bank and first European central bank to do so since the global recovery process started. The Financial Times says: by Edward Harrison
- External links 2009-10-28
- Andy Xie Joins Roubini in Worrying About Incipient Asset Bubble
- Edward Harrison submits: Former Morgan Stanley economist Andy Xie joins other famed prognosticators like Nouriel Roubini in worrying about an incipient asset bubble. The Rosetta Stone Advisors board member sees the huge increase in money supply created by central banks as fuel to an asset bubble fire. He even goes...
- External links 2009-10-28
- On 'Banksters': Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game
- Edward Harrison submits: In the months since I began my website, I have had some fairly harsh things to say about economic policy in the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere. I have consistently condemned what I think is a captured government promoting an unstable financial system and a bloated financial...
- External links 2009-10-26
- Elizabeth Warren: 'Big Banks Always Get What They Want'
- Edward Harrison submits: Elizabeth Warren, chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel, certainly looks to be fighting the good fight. At the conclusion of the Buttonwood Gathering in New York on Fixing Finance, she met with Tech Ticker’s Aaron Task and gave him quite an ear full. Listen to...
- External links 2009-10-18
- Preposterous: FDIC to Get Credit from Banks?
- Edward Harrison submits: In the latest inexplicable move to extricate the U.S. banking system from crisis, the FDIC is reportedly close to asking the very banks it regulates for a loan to top up its balances. The plan is “strongly supported by bankers and their lobbyists” according to the New...
- External links 2009-09-22
- Barclays and Protium - Back to the Future
- Edward Harrison submits: I am astounded at how quickly we have returned to the pre-crisis days of yore. Credit spreads are down, the stock market is up, volatility is down, earnings are up and bonuses are up. It looks like happy days are here again. But, I can’t help...
- External links 2009-09-20
- Judge Rakoff: BofA / SEC Deal Suggests Collusion
- Edward Harrison submits: Below is a good video analysis by Jess Bravin of the Wall Street Journal on the BofA-Merrill Lynch saga. Bravin discusses the recent rejection by Judge Jed Rakoff of the out-of-court settlement between the SEC and Bank of America BAC in which BofA was to pay...
- External links 2009-09-16
- 'Lessons from Lehman' - As If We Have Learned Anything
- Edward Harrison submits: Everyone is running with his or her own “Lessons from Lehman” post as if we have actually learned anything from the financial crisis – and as if it is already over and behind us. Well, I have some lessons learned for you via Dharma Joint (hat tip...
- External links 2009-09-16
- Roger Bootle: Banking Does Not Operate in Competitive Markets
- Edward Harrison submits: Roger Bootle sat down with the Telegraph and ran through a few themes in regards to the stock market, the financial crisis, government debt, currencies and compensation in the financial sector. He has a lot to say, in particular on banks, which he argues do not...
- External links 2009-10-14
- Fed: Jawboning the Market?
- Edward Harrison submits: I tend to think so. Thursday, Ben Bernanke made what some media outlets are calling hawkish statements. This, combined with heavy currency intervention by Asian central banks, helped to strengthen the U.S. dollar. However one must ask if there is anything fundamental about these moves. Just...
- External links 2009-10-10
- Reserve Bank of Australia Raises Rates - Will Others Follow?
- Edward Harrison submits: The Reserve Bank of Australia unexpectedly raised rates by 25 basis points to cool down its economy. It will “gradually reduce stimulus” in anticipation of sustained recovery. Australia has probably been the major economy least affected by the global economic slowdown, so one would expect the RBA...
- External links 2009-10-07
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