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Tue 2008-09-02 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: GDP Release Signals Further Decline into Banana Republic Status

overstating GDP, understating inflation; ``taking steps towards being a small-minded, elite-dominated, sham democracy...I wonder if there is some unconscious mass desire to give up on the messiness and ambiguity of an open society and surrender to the certainty of one with institutionalized inequality, more authoritarianism, but more predictability, and perhaps an illusion of greater security.''

Banana Republic Status; GDP Release Signals Further Decline; naked capitalism.

Wed 2008-08-13 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Quelle Surprise! Banks Taking Big Losses on Real Estate Disposals

huge foreclosure loss severities expected

Banks Taking Big Losses; naked capitalism; Quelle Surprise; Real Estate Disposals.

Sat 2008-07-12 00:00 EDT

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Take Downs and Drawing the Wrong Straw

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Take Downs and Drawing the Wrong Straw: "the last six months of the Bush administration will mark one of the greatest periods of systematic looting in American history"

Draw; economic; Market; Take Downs; watch; winter; Wrong Straw.

Thu 2008-07-03 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: AirTran Asks Employees To Take "Temporary" Pay Cut

deflation watch

AirTran Asks Employees; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; pay Cut; take; temporary.

Tue 2008-06-24 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: SEC Takes Chapter From Pontius Pilate on Rating Agency Regulation

SEC avoids question of rating agencies' culpability in the credit crisis

naked capitalism; Pontius Pilate; Ratings Agency Regulations; SEC Takes Chapter.

Thu 2008-04-10 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Buyout CLOs Used for Fed Loans

"investment banks are taking their hung leveraged buyout loans and bundling them into collatearlized loan obligations so they can use them as collateral for loans fromt the Fed"

Buyout CLOs Used; Fed Loans; naked capitalism.

Mon 2008-03-31 00:00 EDT

reportonbusiness.com: globeinvestor.com - Even on Wall Street, capitalism takes a hit

Socialist-style Fed or financial saviour? by Barrie McKenna

capitalism takes; com; GlobeInvestor; hitting; ReportOnBusiness; Wall Street.

Sun 2008-03-30 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: America: Banana Republic Watch

2007-05-06; "taking steps towards being a small-minded, elite-dominated, sham democracy"

America; Banana Republic Watch; naked capitalism.

Tue 2008-03-25 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Debate Over Bear Stearns: Hussman vs. Mauldin

"this deal still stinks to high heavens...Not only were existing shareholders deprived of rights to reject the deal, JP Morgan and the bondholders should be the ones taking risk, not the Fed and not taxpayers."

Bear Stearns; Debate; Hussman; Mauldin; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Mon 2007-12-17 00:00 EST

Bear In Mind > Wipe out on Wall Street: Derivatives credit risk

Bear In Mind > Wipe out on Wall Street: Derivatives credit risk; ACA Capital hedge counterparty CIBC takes 3B markdown; major investment banks "dead men walking"

Bear; Derivatives credit risk; mind; Wall Street; WIPED.

Mon 2007-12-17 00:00 EST

Minyanville -

Citigroup's Move A Sign of Deflation, by Mr. Practical, minyanville; Citi takes 50B busted SIVs onto balance sheet

Minyanville.

Fri 2007-12-14 00:00 EST

Bear In Mind > Goldman and Lehman: How much did you hedge?

Bear In Mind > Goldman and Lehman: How much did you hedge? Lehman takes 1% loss on fixed income portfolio despite "bsolute worst month on record by any measure for the fixed income markets"

Bear; Goldman; Hedge; Lehman; mind.

Fri 2007-12-14 00:00 EST

naked capitalism: Mr. Minsky Moment Calls for Rate Cuts

"he best we have is palliatives. We can either take the losses, as the US has repeatedly told third world countries in similar fixes to ours, or we can go the Japan route of socializing the cost of propping up bad businesses and deals, or we can expand the money supply considerably and let inflation eat away at the value of the debt overhang." bearish UBS economist George Magnus calls for rate cuts

Mr. Minsky Moment Calls; naked capitalism; rate CUTS.

Fri 2007-11-09 00:00 EST

naked capitalism: OFHEO's James Lockhart Takes Cuomo to the Woodshed

Cuomo suing WaMu for appraisal fraud

naked capitalism; OFHEO's James Lockhart Takes Cuomo; Woodshed.

Tue 2007-10-30 00:00 EDT

Perceived as safe, some money-market funds take chances to boost yield - The Boston Globe

"breaking the buck"

boosting yields; Boston Globe; money-market funds take chances; perceived; safe.

Tue 2007-08-28 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: America: Banana Republic Watch

(2007-05-06); "taking steps towards being a small-minded, elite-dominated, sham democracy"; overstating employment; ministry of truth; overstating GDP by hedonic adjustment; birth/death adjustments to employment; "Banana Republic Indicators"

America; Banana Republic Watch; naked capitalism.