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zero hedge Fri 2010-05-21 13:45 EDT

"If The US Can Do It, So Can We": Japan To Keep Pumping Cash And Monetizing Debt Until Deflation Goes Away

And with that Japan joins the competitive devaluation currency race...Speaking before lawmakers BOJ governor Masaaki Shirakawa, who recently said Japan was powerless to fight deflation on its own, has changed his tune, and today said that Japan will print the kitchen sink if it has to to beat "stubborn deflation."...Shirakawa noted that monetization is happily chugging along: "We are buying JGBs in order to inject ample funds into financial markets in a stable manner and we are buying Y21.6 trillion of JGBs annually" and he made it clear that adjusting for scale differences, the Japanese monetization program is three times faster than the Fed's Treasury QE...

Deflation Goes Away; Japan; Keep Pumping Cash; Monetize Debt; Zero Hedge.

Fri 2010-04-02 19:53 EDT

Homage To Haiti: A War Nerd Classic - By Gary Brecher - The eXiled

Haiti popped into the news again, and I decided it was time to tell the whole military history of the place. It's got to be the most amazing, bloodsoaked, heroic, messed-up story in the Western Hemisphere: slave armies defeating Napoleon's troops, huge castles built in the middle of the jungle, endless three-cornered war between whites, blacks and mulattos...Haiti's history isn't just a lot of killing, either. A lot of Haitian leaders were brilliant guys who weren't afraid of anybody -- not Napoleon, not Jesus, not nobody. These guys were self-made black Roman Emperors. They came up the hard way, out of slavery in the cane fields, and beat the European armies that tried to take the place back. All comers--French, British, Spanish -- the Haitians took them all on and put the fear into them.

exiled; Gary Brecher; Haiti; homage; War Nerd Classic.

naked capitalism Wed 2009-10-14 12:03 EDT

New York Times: Missing in Action on Health Insurance Lobby Duplicity

...the dubious reporting object lesson is the New York Times, on what is supposedly its most prized beat: Washington DC political reporting. The Times ran two articles that verged on sycophantic in its coverage of the health insurance industry as it moved its chess pieces on the health care reform game board. The Times acted as close to a PR outlet...The Financial Times reports tonight that the health insurance industry, after its great show of making nice to the Obama administration, backstabbed it on the eve of a key vote. Do we see any coverage of this duplicity in the US media, much less the New York Times? [excellent commentary by kevin de bruxelles ``Washington General'' and DownSouth ``political theater, perfect dictatorship, and junkyard dogs'']

action; Health Insurance Lobby Duplicity; missing; naked capitalism; New York time.

Tue 2009-06-16 00:00 EDT

Jesse's Café Américain: Goldman Sachs Buries Losses to Beat the Estimates

Jesse's Café Américain: Goldman Sachs Buries Losses to Beat the Estimates

beat; estimated; Goldman Sachs Buries Losses; Jesse's Café Américain.

Thu 2009-05-07 00:00 EDT

Beat the Press Archive | The American Prospect

first quarter wage growth slowed below inflation rate, reducing consumer purchasing power

American Prospect; beat; Press archival.

Mon 2009-01-19 00:00 EST

Jesse's Café Américain: The Worst Is Yet to Come (But We Beat the Numbers) - J. P. Morgan

Jesse's Café Américain: The Worst Is Yet to Come (But We Beat the Numbers) - J. P. Morgan

beat; comes; J.P. Morgan; Jesse's Café Américain; numbers; worst.

Fri 2009-01-16 00:00 EST

CHINESE CHECKMATE << Culture of Life News

``There is a game of chicken developing here: both China and Japan hold more than $1.5 trillion in US paper and whoever drops it off the cliff first, will beat the one who hesitates...Will they do it? I would think so! This will probably happen after Saudi Arabia falls to revolutionaries...It is the focal point of all of bin Ladens works and dreams. And it will happen if oil drops below $30 a barrel.'' ``Store shelfs are packed with goods. But let that not fool us! These are the detritus from deals made at least a year ago if not longer. There is nothing in the pipeline. Once the shelves are cleared of goods, there will be few replacements.'' ``The US and EU refused to police our bankers and brokers. So the Communist Chinese will do this for us. No one will bank with the West. They will bank with China if China has good controls...And our money will have Mao grinning at us. We deserve this.''

CHINESE CHECKMATE; Culture; Life News.

Wed 2008-06-25 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Thomas Palley: "Beating the Oil Barons" (And the Misunderstood Role of Inventories)

speculative basis for commodity price surges?

beat; Inventories; Misunderstood Role; naked capitalism; oil barons; Thomas Palley.

Fri 2008-03-21 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: How To Beat The Street (the old fashioned way)

Goldman level 3 assets rise about 9 billion; net income 1.5 billion

beat; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; old-fashioned way; Street.

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