The Housing Market

Check out the following commentary by Economics Finance blog contributor Tyler Stoffers
Article Link:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-25/u-s-existing-home-sales-exceed-estimates-rise-10-to-4-53-million-rate.html

All-time low mortgage rates have slightly helped to stabilize the current housing market which is facing huge numbers in foreclosures and unemployment. In September, purchases have increased 10 % to a 4.53 million annual rate. This can be partly contributed [...]

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Bernanke Blows Bubble
Check out the following commentary by Economics Finance blog contributor Alex Knapp.

QE2 or not to QE2, that is the question. Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve have been strongly hinting at the fact that they are planning on more quantitative easing, which has widely been referred to as QE2. Because of the economy’s [...]

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Fed Chief Gets Set to Apply Lessons of Japan’s History

Check out the following article from The Wall Street Journal and the accompanying commentary by Economics Finance blog contributor Justin Temple.

Article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704518104575546084161525708.html?mod=WSJ_economy_LeftTopHighlights

Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke’s economic lessons on Japan’s ailing economy in the 1990’s have come full circle and are now lessons that he [...]

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The Bulls & Bears
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“History’s biggest rogue trading scandal”

Check out the following article about French trader Jerome Kerviel on Yahoo!
Article Link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101005/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_france_trader_on_trial

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Officially out of the Recession?
Check out the following article from The Economist and the accompanying commentary by Economics Finance blog contributor Jonas Grazulis.
Article:
http://www.economist.com/node/17041738?story_id=17041738

“We are officially out of the recession.” This is what I heard from a fellow student last week, after many news stories spread regarding the subject. Are we really out [...]

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The Bulls & Bears
The Bulls & Bears Press is the most widely distributed intercollegiate publication in the world. It is distributed to finance and investment clubs at over 70 universities including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, 4 universities in Singapore, 4 in Australia, and 3 in India.
Please check out the latest issue that includes stories highlighting [...]

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