Posts Tagged ‘CPI’

I’m Fed Up With Almost Everything in this Country

Written on 5 Jun, 2015 at 15:50

I’m fed up with, essentially everything. First of all, we live in a country that, politically speaking, is so comically deadlocked as to be incapable of doing anything. We’re like a quadriplegic, completely paralyzed from the neck down, pretending to... (Continue reading)

Consumer Spending Up? Come on get happy…

Written on 9 Nov, 2011 at 8:31

The bottom-line... much of what the government is reporting is nothing more than a mirage, with the rest either easily explained or not indicative of a growing economy, but rather a shrinking one. ... (Continue reading)

Tagged with: bank of america borrowing car loans car sales citibank consumer spending core rate of inflation CPI credit diana olick double dip economic recovery economic statistics economic stimulus economy elizabeth warren Fannie Mae FDIC FDIC Chair Sheila Bair Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke foreclosure crisis foreclosures GDP GNP Goldman Sachs HAMP inflation jpmorgan chase loan modification loan modifications Making Home Affordable Plan mandelman mandelman matters martin andelman martin andelman ml-implode max gardner ml-implode mortgage crisis mortgage servicers personal consumption president obama recession student loans Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner trial modifications unemployment unemployment benefits unemployment rate wells fargo bank

Apparently Europeans Handle Bad News Better Than We Do

Written on 26 Jul, 2010 at 17:49

Because, believe it or not, not everyone agrees with our Treasury Secretary, or our President for that matter, when they say that our economy is "on track". In fact, many think that quite the opposite is the case, and... (Continue reading)

MANDELMAN’S MONTHLY MUSELETTER – VERSION 8.0

Written on 30 Jun, 2010 at 9:05

This month in Mandelman's Monthly Museletter: 1. Oregon Woman Accuses Vice President Al Gore of Sexual Misconduct in 2006. 2. Fear Deflation, Pray for Inflation. 3. The latest from Nobel Prize Winning Economist, Paul Krugman. 4. HAMP's UP Program... (Continue reading)

Tagged with: bank of america banking crisis bloomberg BMO Capital Markets budget deficit cash for clunkers commerce department consumer price index core rate of inflation CPI Deflation economic stimulus european hotels evaluating borrowers Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke foreclosure crisis france gerald ford great depression HAMP Home Affordable Unemployment Program howard hughes Indymac bank IndyMac Mortgage Servicers/OneWest Bank inflation investing JFK john wayne jpmorgan chase Labor Department loan modifications london stories Making Home Affordable Supplemental Directive Michael Silversteinâ€™s Ode to Deflation national debt new homes sales paul krugman richard nixon Ronald Reagan the UP program trial period plans U.S. debt unemployment UP UP forbearance plan Vice President Al Gore wall street wells fargo bank