
Analysis Topic: Economic Trends Analysis
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Thursday, March 05, 2009
China's Economy Recovers as Stock Markets Turn Bullish / Economics / China Economy
By: Prieur_du_Plessis

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Wednesday, March 04, 2009
When Debt Securitization Blew Up So Did the Economy / Economics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Mike_Whitney
"Nothing we do for banks is for banks. It's all for the benefit of the people that depend on banks -- the businesses, the families, the students -- that require credit in order to do things that are important to their future." Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner PBS Jim Lehrer News Hour
One thing is certain, this isn't a normal recession. In a normal recession aggregate demand declines, economic activity slows, and GDP shrinks. While those things are taking place now, the reasons are quite different. The present slump wasn't brought on by a downturn in the business cycle or a mismatch in supply and demand. It was caused by a meltdown in the credit system's central core.
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Iron Law Of The Burden Of Debt / Economics / US Debt
By: Professor_Emeritus
In my article Growth and Debt: Is There a Trade-off? (February 12, 2009) I have stated the "Iron Law of the Burden of Debt": The liquidation value of total debt doubles every time the rate of interest is halved.
I have received several comments from thoughtful readers.
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Deflationary Depression or Hyperinflation? / Economics / Economic Depression
By: Brian_Bloom
In summary, the following analysis / argument concludes that Depression is a far more likely outcome than Hyperinflation.
The mathematics of inflation is as follows:
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009
The Old Consumer Economy Faces A New Era Of Thrift / Economics / US Economy
By: Guy_Lerner

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Tuesday, March 03, 2009
The End of the Consumer Credit Empire: Stairway to Retail Heaven / Economics / US Economy
By: James_Quinn

All that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
When she gets there she knows
If the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009
U.S. Economic Crisis Replay of Japan's Lost Decade Depression / Economics / Economic Depression
By: Money_Morning

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Monday, March 02, 2009
U.S. ISM Manufacturing Sector Contracts 13th Consecutive Month / Economics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Mike_Shedlock

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Monday, March 02, 2009
U.S. Lost Decade as Record Job Losses to Continue / Economics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Money_Morning

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Sunday, March 01, 2009
Global Recession Deepens as No End to Financial Collapse / Economics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Prieur_du_Plessis

“Renowned investor George Soros said on Friday the world financial system has effectively disintegrated, adding that there is yet no prospect of a near-term resolution to the crisis.
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Sunday, March 01, 2009
Saving America From Further Crisis In The Age Of The Great Depression II / Economics / Economic Depression
By: Submissions
Dr. Raju M. Mathew writes:
The Great Depression II
America is in the grip of the Great Depression II of 2009. It is in crisis for a minimum period of five years. Its economy is weak and sick. It is not at all competitive for its cost of production is the highest as its cost of living. The American thinks tanks and lobbyists of big corporations, especially of the defense industry and arm traders have made everything complex without any simple solution with their wrong projections and ill-advices.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
World Economy Faces Credit Catastrophe, Eastern Europe in Meltdown / Economics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Money_and_Markets
Mike Larson Writes: Three market developments keeping me up at night - I'm a worrier by nature. I can't help it. My job is to peer around the corner, figure out what's next, and most importantly, discern what can really go WRONG in the economy and the markets.
And right now, I see three troubling developments that are keeping me up at night. These problems aren't front-page news … yet. But they are circling in the background and threatening to explode into the headlines — derailing the market in the process. I suggest you sit up and take notice. I sure am.
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
Electricity: How to Tell When the Recession is Over / Economics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Q1_Publishing
Government economists must be nice folks. They've had to break a lot of bad news to us since this recession started over a year ago. But they're nice. They're breaking it to us as gently as possible.
They ask, “Do you want the bad news first? Or the really bad news?”
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Friday, February 27, 2009
The Great Financial Crisis / Economics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Mike_Whitney
Interview of John Bellamy Foster - John Bellamy Foster is editor of Monthly Review and professor of sociology at the University of Oregon. He is the coauthor with Fred Magdoff of The Great Financial Crisis: Causes and Consequences, recently published by Monthly Review Press.
MW :Do you think that the American people have been misled into believing that the current financial crisis is the result of subprime loans and toxic assets? Aren't these merely the symptoms of a deeper problem; financialization? Can you explain financialization and how the economy became more and more detached from productive activity and more and more dependent on the accumulation of paper wealth?
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Friday, February 27, 2009
A Crisis of Confidence / Economics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Andy_Sutton

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Friday, February 27, 2009
Old fashioned Leverage as China takes out its Wallet / Economics / China Economy
By: HRA_Advisory

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Thursday, February 26, 2009
How Credit Unions Survived the Crash of Casino Capitalism / Economics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Submissions

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Thursday, February 26, 2009
How Business can cope with Contraction during Economic Depression / Economics / Deflation
By: EWI

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Thursday, February 26, 2009
NO Economic Depression, Time to Jump into Stock Market Investments? / Economics / Investing 2009
By: Andrew_Butter

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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Japan's Economic Crash as Exports Halve / Economics / Japan Economy
By: Money_Morning

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