Calculated Risk Tue 2009-09-22 09:30 EDT

Inspector General: FDIC saw risks at IndyMac in 2002

CalculatedRisk

From the Inspector General Report: Between 2001 and 2003, [Division of Insurance and Research] DIR risk assessments and quarterly banking profiles identified concerns about a number of issues, including:*** consumers' ever-increasing debt load, the expansion of adjustable rate mortgages, and a potential housing bubble; *** subprime and high loan-to-value (HLTV) lending as a risk in the event that the United States economy suffered a significant recession; and *** pricing and modeling charge-off risk with respect to the originate-to-sell model of the mortgage business.

2002; Calculated Risk; FDIC saw risks; IndyMac; Inspector generally.

The Guardian World News Sun 2009-09-20 10:57 EDT

Sarkozy refuses to fret over GDP

Nicolas Sarkozy called for a "great revolution" in the way national wealth is measured today, throwing his weight behind a report which criticises "GDP fetishism" and prioritises quality of life over financial growth. Speaking days before the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, France's president urged the rest of the world to follow his example as he ordered a shake-up in research methods aimed at providing a more balanced reading of countries' performance. Endorsing the recommendations of a report given to him by Nobel prize winners Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen, he said governments should do away with the "religion of statistics" in which financial prowess was the sole indicator of a country's state of health.

fret; GDP; Guardian World News; Sarkozy refuses.

Thu 2009-09-17 10:02 EDT

``No One Saw This Coming'': Understanding Financial Crisis Through Accounting Models - Munich RePEc Personal Archive

Dirk J. Bezemer

This paper presents evidence that accounting (or flow-of-fund) macroeconomic models helped anticipate the credit crisis and economic recession. Equilibrium models ubiquitous in mainstream policy and research did not. This study identifies core differences, traces their intellectual pedigrees, and includes case studies of both types of models. It so provides constructive recommendations on revising methods of financial stability assessment. Overall, the paper is a plea for research into the link between accounting concepts and practices and macro economic outcomes.

accounts model; comes; Munich RePEc Personal Archive; saw; Understanding Financial Crisis.

Thu 2009-07-23 00:00 EDT

The big drop: Trade and the Great Recession | vox - Research-based policy analysis and commentary from leading economists

unprecedented global trade collapse

big drop; commentary; Great Recession; leading economists; research-based policy analysis; trading; Vox.

Tue 2009-06-16 00:00 EDT

New Data Reveals Largest US Banks at Risk of Failure According to Weiss Research: JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Wells Fargo, HSBC USA, Goldman Sachs, SunTrust, Compass, Fifth Third, and Huntington

bank; Citibank; compassion; failure; Goldman Sachs; HSBC USA; Huntington; JPMorgan chasing; New Data Reveals Largest; Risk; SunTrust; Weiss Research; Wells Fargo.

Tue 2009-06-16 00:00 EDT

China's ``dollar trap'': Lessons from France's 1920s ``sterling trap'' | vox - Research-based policy analysis and commentary from leading economists

China's "dollar trap": Lessons from France's 1920s "sterling trap" | vox - Research-based policy analysis and commentary from leading economists; ``Frances sterling trap ended disastrously. Sterling suffered a major currency crisis, French authorities lost a lot of money, and subsequent policy reactions deepened the Great Depression.''

China's; commentary; Dollar Trap; France's 1920s; leading economists; Lessons; research-based policy analysis; sterling trap; Vox.

Mon 2009-01-19 00:00 EST

naked capitalism: Mother-In-Law Research and JP Morgan

JP Morgan; Law research; mother; naked capitalism.

Tue 2008-05-13 00:00 EDT

Blame the models | vox - Research-based policy analysis and commentary from leading economists

Blame the models, by Jon Danielsson; model-driven mispricing enabled credit crisis

blames; commentary; leading economists; model; research-based policy analysis; Vox.

Sun 2008-05-04 00:00 EDT

'Perhaps 60% of today's oil price is pure speculation'

Perhaps 60% of todays oil price is pure speculation, by F. William Engdahl, Global Research

perhaps 60; pure speculation; s oil price.

Tue 2008-04-01 00:00 EDT

Financial Meltdown: U.S. Treasury Regulatory Reform Proposals: Hapless, Helpless, Hopeless

by Richard C. Cook, Global Research

financial meltdown; hapless; helpless; hopelessly; U.S. Treasury Regulatory Reform Proposals.

Thu 2008-03-27 00:00 EDT

GlobalResearch.ca - Centre for Research on Globalization

State of Vermont: House resolution calling for the orderly withdrawal of American military forces from Iraq

CA; Centres; Global; GlobalResearch; research.

Sun 2008-03-23 00:00 EDT

GlobalResearch.ca - Centre for Research on Globalization

The $200 billion bail-out for predator banks and Spitzer charges are intimately linked, by Greg Palast

CA; Centres; Global; GlobalResearch; research.

Tue 2007-11-20 00:00 EST

Subprime fallout: Preparing for the next financial crisis | vox - Research-based policy analysis and commentary from Europe's leading economists

Subprime fallout: Preparing for the next financial crisis, by Stephen Cecchetti; standardize securities, encourage exchange-based trading

commentary; Europe's leading economists; Financial Crisis; prepared; research-based policy analysis; subprime fallout; Vox.

Fri 2005-05-13 00:00 EDT

Computer Economics: research on strategic and financial management of information systems

Open source users rate reduced vendor dependence most important in choosing open source.

Computational economics; financial Management; Information system; research; strategic.

Mon 2004-04-05 00:00 EDT

Pan-Data CCOUNT

-- market research / marketing research data cleaning, manipulation, etc

Pan-Data CCOUNT.

Tue 2002-12-03 00:00 EST

The Register

-- File swap nets will win, DRM and lawyers lose, say MS researchers

Register.