Posts Tagged ‘economic forecasts’

Denial and Avoidance Won’t Fix Housing or Grow Economy

Denial and Avoidance Won't Fix Housing or Grow Economy

I wish we'd stop with the false bottoms and imaged recovery stories so we could actually concentrate on making some much needed improvements in how we're handling our economic malaise, because that's the only way we're going to see any... (Continue reading)

The Foreclosure Crisis – We Won’t Be Able to Fix It, Until We Understand It

The Foreclosure Crisis - We Won’t Be Able to Fix It, Until We Understand It

By understanding the truth of what happened and why at these two pivotal moments in time, everything else will fall into place, for it was these two moments that set the course for a global economic downturn that, if history... (Continue reading)

Three Central Banks Surprise… Desperation in Three Part Harmony

Three Central Banks Surprise... Desperation in Three Part Harmony

The NYT story also mentioned that Bernanke and other central bankers have been trying to shift some of the burden for fixing the economy to elected officials, but the politicians aren't having any of that. Do they look stupid?... (Continue reading)

We’re Being Fed a Steady Diet of Econocrap

We’re Being Fed a Steady Diet of Econocrap

Overall, the point I'm making is that I don't really care that the government wants to pay Scrabble-type word games with the word "recession" or "recovery." I don't care how they want to screw around with the unemployment rate... (Continue reading)

DeMarco of the FHFA… Like when the baby gets a hold of a hammer.

DeMarco of the FHFA... Like when the baby gets a hold of a hammer.

So, I'm bringing all of this up because Mr. Edward DeMarco, who is just the "acting" director of the independent federal agency that placed both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship in the fall of 2008, has actually become... (Continue reading)

Public sector shedding 35k jobs a month — Republicans block bill to prevent further losses

Public sector shedding 35k jobs a month — Republicans block bill to prevent further losses

State budgets have to be suffering from reduced income and sales taxes, don't they? Higher unemployment obviously means fewer people working and those that are still working... are making less money, so it stands to reason that income tax... (Continue reading)

Last person out, turn off the lights, and bring the flag…

Last person out, turn off the lights, and bring the flag…

The overriding theme was that this country missed the opportunity "to rein in (our) largest financial institutions," and they are now driving our national bus. Even in light of what's transpired over the last few years, we've allowed them... (Continue reading)

Finally, Housing Market Analysts Starting to Get It

Finally, Housing Market Analysts Starting to Get It

Housing prices may someday be high again, like the way they were a few years ago, but that's a subject for the next generation, or even the one after that. It's not something for me, at 49 years old...... (Continue reading)

I Have Several Questions for Mortgage and Real Estate Experts…

I Have Several Questions for Mortgage and Real Estate Experts...

There is no "market," right? We really don't know how low prices have already gone down to, because if the foreclosures were on the market or if banks were actually kicking all the people out that haven't made payments... (Continue reading)

What Does Bernanke Think? Does It Matter?

What Does Bernanke Think? Does It Matter?

If you miss you forecasts 11 months in a row, and by some significant margin, is it still considered forecasting, or does it become guessing? ... (Continue reading)

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The Fed Releases: The Beige Book, December 1, 2010, Summary of Economic Conditions. And I don’t know what we’d do without them.

The Fed Releases: The Beige Book, December 1, 2010, Summary of Economic Conditions. And I don’t know what we’d do without them.

The Beige Book, as it's commonly known, is a report published eight times each year. Each of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks, which are located throughout the country, "gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its District through reports... (Continue reading)

Books That Matter: Crisis Economics, by Nouriel Roubini & Stephen Mihm

Books That Matter: Crisis Economics, by Nouriel Roubini & Stephen Mihm

Roubini explains things I didn't previously understand, such as the details of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's and Treasury Secretary Geithner's response to the meltdown. Oh, I knew some of what those two had done, but not enough in terms... (Continue reading)

Books That Matter: 13 Bankers, by Simon Johnson & James Kwak

Books That Matter: 13 Bankers, by Simon Johnson & James Kwak

On Friday, March 27, 2009, the CEOs of thirteen of the country's largest financial institutions gathered at The White House to meet with President Barack Obama. ... (Continue reading)

Federal Reserve Bank President Says We’re In For a Long Hard Road Ahead

Federal Reserve Bank President Says We’re In For a Long Hard Road Ahead

What happened? As the decline in housing prices began to accelerate across the country, this exposed underlying cracks in the financial system. Foreclosures began to rise, loan losses mounted, and housing prices dropped even more, creating a downward spiral not... (Continue reading)