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08/20 Fannie, Freddie Bailouts May Hinge on Debt Rollover Bloomberg / Dawn Kopecki Treasurys up slightly, following German, U.K. debt Marketwatch / Deborah Levine Lifestyles of the rich may be changing Chicago Tribune / Susan Chandler Mood improves, but economy worries persist: poll Reuters / John Whitesides What's next for auto, gas, food, medicine prices? Here's the forecast Cincinnati Enquirer / Darrell Smith Inflation Worries Stoked With PPI Release NY Post / Kaja Whittehouse Stocks Set To Recoup Some Losses Investors Business Daily / Vincent Mao Mortgage volume fell 1.5% last week: MBA Marketwatch / Amy Hoak U.S. mortgage applications declined last week-MBA Reuters America's Obsession With Housing Hobbles Growth Bloomberg / Amity Shlaes Gold futures trade flat as strong dollar caps gains Marketwatch / Polya Lesova Worst of oil spike is over- U.S. poll Reuters via Globe and Mail / Emily Kaiser Crude Oil Rises a Second Day on U.S. Gasoline Supply Forecast Bloomberg / Grant Smith Obama, McCain Deadlocked as Conventions Set to Begin, Poll Says Bloomberg / Catherine Dodge and Heidi Przybyla BOE Panel Split Three Ways in Vote to Keep Rate at 5% Bloomberg / Svenja O'Donnell and Brian Swint Treasuries Little Changed After Yields Drop to Five-Week Low Bloomberg / Wes Goodman Some Investors Say U.S. Bailout of Housing Giants Is Inevitable NY Times / Charles Duhigg and Vikas Bajaj Gold Bulls `Running for Cover' Signal Price Drop: Chart of Day Bloomberg / Millie Munshi Higher Costs Taking a Toll on Business NY Times / Michael M. Grynbaum and Peter S. Goodman Hedge funds at a loss to cope with mood swing London Times / Patrick Hosking and Clare Harrison CA: On Rodeo Drive, the economy's booming LA Times / David Lazarus Will the 'House of Mouse' make a play for Yahoo? Marketwatch / Todd Harrison Asian Stocks Drop on Inflation, Credit Loss Concerns; BHP Rises Bloomberg / Patrick Rial and Ian C. Sayson After a long slide, dollar on the rebound Christian Science Monitor / Ron Scherer Dollar Trades Near One-Week Low as Stocks Drop, Oil Increases Bloomberg / Kosuke Goto Australian Dollar Rises as Commodities Gain; N.Z. Dollar Climbs Bloomberg / Ron Harui and Tracy Withers Global economy heading into a severe recession Taipei Times / Nouriel Roubini 08/19 Fed officials say must be ready to curb inflation Reuters / Alister Bull M3 Contraction - The Future Is Now Thoughts From The Frontline via Safehaven / Mike Shedlock Even the best borrowers will feel the brunt of the credit crisis Marketwatch / Chuck Jaffe Falling home prices: The silver lining CNN / David Goldman Fannie's Perilous Pursuit of Subprime Loans Washington Post / David S. Hilzenrath A Sad Forecast for American Home Holders CFO.com / Stephen Taub Hewlett-Packard shares climb after results Marketwatch / Carla Mozee State elections: What's at stake? Stateline.org / Pamela M. Prah Cubs World Series options, futures out of the park Marketwatch / Jennifer Waters CO: Casino revenue plummets 14 percent in July Denver Post / Andy Vuong Lehman write-down may hit $4 bln: J.P. Morgan Marketwatch / John Spence Treasury Bond Yields and Long-Run Inflation Expectations Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco / Jens Christensen Fed's Lacker Clashes With Paulson on Fannie-Freddie Strategy Bloomberg / Craig Torres and Kathleen Hays Inflation Worries The Fed Forbes / Carl Gutierrez SEC's Cox Says Nobody Gets Pass in Auction-Rate Probe Ian Katz and David Scheer Bankers Get Ready to Kiss 200,000 Investors Goodbye Bloomberg / Joe Mysak Long-dated bonds fall as agency sale draws buyers Reuters / Ellen Freilich Stocks slide for 2nd day CNN / Alexandra Twin Hewlett-Packard quarterly profit rises Reuters Oil rises above $114 after dollar weakens vs euro AP via Houston Chronicle / Stevenson Jacobs America's army is relying ever more heavily on private military contractors The Economist Stagflation? Or just stagnation? CNN / Paul R. La Monica PPI: Pretty Painful Inflation Forbes / Carl Gutierrez Crude futures move up as traders turn attention to supply Marketwatch / Myra P. Saefong Gold futures fall on weaker oil, eye dollar Marketwatch / Polya Lesova and Myra P. Saefong Dollar slightly lower against most rivals Marketwatch / William L. Watts and Lisa Twaronite Monetary Policy in Uncertain Times Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas / Richard W. Fisher Fed's Fisher makes case for hike sooner rather than later Marketwatch / Greg Robb U.S. Two-Year Notes Rise on Concern Banking Losses to Worsen Bloomberg / Sandra Hernandez and Dakin Campbell Five-Year Swap Spread Tops 100 on Risk Aversion: Chart of Day Bloomberg / Liz Capo McCormick Not-so-jolly Christmas ahead, Fed economist predicts Charlotte Observer / Alan M. Wolf Stocks Down On Heavy Volume Investors Business Daily / Vincent Mao Stocks Drop on PPI, Housing Smartmoney.com / Mark Glassman US RATE FUTURES-See little chance of Fed hike on horizon Reuters / Ros Krasny National City Bonds Show Defaults KeyCorp Can't Deny Bloomberg / Caroline Salas July producer prices jump again Reuters Recessation: The Worst Of Both Economic Directions NY Post / John Crudele Home building at 17-year low CNN U.S. Stock Futures Fell on Concern About Inflation, Bank Losses Bloomberg / Eric Martin and Michael Patterson Tuesday’s Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard Home Depot's 2Q profit falls 24 pct but beats Wall Street view, expects similar full-year drop AP via Chicago Tribune / Anne D’Innocenzio Home Depot posts higher-than-expected profit Reuters Saks reports wider 2Q loss AP via Houston Chronicle Staples Says Profit Fell 15% on North American Sales Bloomberg / Carol Wolf Target quarterly profit drops 8 percent Reuters MI: Real estate meltdown trickles to agents Detroit Free Press / Greta Guest For Obama And McCain, Wall Street Awaits Forbes / Liz Moyer Oil extends fall as storm threat fades AP via CNN Regional Banks May Need Federal Rescue Forbes / Oxford Analytica Large U.S. Banks May Fail Amid Recession, Rogoff Says Bloomberg / Shamim Adam Large U.S. bank collapse seen ahead Reuters / Jan Dahinten Economists savour the views from the summit London Times / Gerard Baker TREASURIES-Futures hit 4-mth high on financial sector concerns Reuters / Rika Otsuka Treasury Yields Near 5-Week Low Before Inflation, Housing Data Bloomberg / Wes Goodman Sharp money supply contraction points to Wall Street crunch ahead Bloomberg / Ambrose Evans-Pritchard As Oil Giants Lose Influence, Supply Drops NY Times / Jad Mouawad Wall Street's bad reputationDavid Weidner Marketwatch / David Weidner Intel Invades AMD Niche With Faster, Memory-Controlling Chip Bloomberg / Ian King Asian Stocks Decline to Two-Year Low on Credit-Loss Concern Bloomberg / Chen Shiyin and Masaki Kondo Yen Rises as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Concern Damps Carry Trade Bloomberg / Stanley White and Kosuke Goto BOJ Says Economy Is `Sluggish,' Keeps Rate at 0.5% Bloomberg / Mayumi Otsuma Australian Central Bank Says It May Cut Rates `Soon' Bloomberg / Jacob Greber Phelps to mine major gold as pitchman Boston Herald / Christine McConville

08/18 MBA Study Shows Government-Insured Share of Mortgage Applications for July Tripled in the Past Year Mortgage Bankers Association Savoring The Bear's Last Leg Forbes / Clem Chambers High borrowing costs defy Fed's interest rate cuts USA Today / John Waggoner A Perspective on China Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas / Richard W. Fisher Fed's Fisher: China growth a clear oil price signal Reuters The US Economy: All the Little Things that go to Make a Recession Brooks News via Safehaven / Gerard Jackson Gold's Correcting, Not Collapsing Resource Fortunes via Safehaven / Roy Martens Gold futures close with 1.7% gain Marketwatch / Myra P. Saefong Strong dollar robs gold of its glitter AP via Tennessean / Stevenson Jacobs Ocean platform could take 20 percent of U.S. oil imports AP via Pittsburgh Post Gazette / John Porretto Consumers look for money in junk metal Lansing State Journal Dow Falls 181 Points Smartmoney.com / Mark Glassman Busy Day Batters Financials Forbes / Steve Schaefer U.S. stocks fall steeply as financials worries return Marketwatch / Nick Godt Wall Street retreats as financial sector falls amid continued credit worries AP via Chicago Tribune / Stephen Bernard Bond market jitters return Fortune via CNN / Colin Barr Junk Bond Offerings Total $9.1 Billion Since June 1 Bloomberg / Bryan Keogh Treasuries Gain as Drop in U.S. Stocks Fuels Demand for Debt Bloomberg / Sandra Hernandez and Dakin Campbell Even the 'comfortable' face the need to alter spending habits Christian Science Monitor / Kathleen Connell Builders' confidence holds at record low CNN / David Goldman FL: Some businesses turn housing bust into a boon Miami Herald / Monica Hatcher Export Boom Helps Farms, but Not American Factories NY Times / Louis Uchitelle Economy is the same old ride Allentown Morning Call / Mary Hunt Oil lingers near $114 AP via Globe and Mail / Stevenson Jacobs Congress to vote on drilling ban Christian Science Monitor / Gail Russell Chaddock EU: A Poor Summer Scorecard Morgan Stanley / Elga Bartsch and Carlos Caceres China: July Data Reaffirmed ‘Imported Soft Landing’ Morgan Stanley / Qing Wang, Denise Yam and Katherine Tai Canada: Slow economy takes toll on household finances Globe and Mail / Heather Scoffield Bonds rise as weaker stocks ignite safe-haven bid Reuters Bernanke Tries to Define What Institutions Fed Could Let Fail Bloomberg / Craig Torres Federal Reserve Events Reuters No Limit to Greenspan's Once-In-A-Century Events Bloomberg / Caroline Baum Monday’s Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard U.S. Stocks Decline, Led By Fannie, Freddie; Hershey Retreats Bloomberg / Eric Martin Wall Street retreats as financial sector falls amid continued credit worries Chicago Tribune / Stephen Bernard Lowe's Profit Beats Estimates as Tax Rebates Spent Bloomberg / Mark Clothier How investors inflate commodities' bubble San Francisco Chronicle / Sam Zuckerman Oil falls on easing storm threat, demand slowdown Marketwatch / Polya Lesova and Myra P. Saefong Oil rises on worries Storm Fay may disrupt supply AP via Houston Chornicle / Alex Kennedy Soaring home values help keep personal debt rising Detroit Free Press / John Gallagher UBS Dreams Of Profits Forbes / Javier Espinoza Eurozone's trade deficit narrows BBC News Going swimmingly The Economist FREE Daily Analysis and Charts Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Stocktiming.com Stone & McCarthy Research Associates “Stay on Top of Volatile Markets” Subscribe to the Global Money Trends newsletter Zia Corp Bond Calc

08/17 Analysts expecting large loss from Lehman: report Reuters Dallas Fed chief Richard W. Fisher speaks his mind in Q&A Dallas Morning News / Brendan M. Case Inflation's impact: Paychecks take a hit as prices soar Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Teresa F. Lindeman Inflation Gets Right Down to the Real Nitty-Gritty Washington Post / Joel Achenbach Pay raises may be lower in '09 Baltimore Sun / Hanah Cho Money managers size up post-election economy Marketwatch / Sam Mamudi Wall Street ready for another volatile week AP via CNN Real estate investors waiting for dust to settle Minneapolis Star Tribune / Susan Feyder Inflated appraisal nearly cost family its home AP via Seattle Times / Mitch Weiss U.S. likely to recapitalize Fannie, Freddie: report Reuters Rural economic woes may provide opening for Obama AP via Washington Post / Kimberly Hefling Greenback strength puts Asian currencies in focus Marketwatch / Craig Stephen Japan likely to freeze rates, lower economic outlook Marketwatch / Chris Oliver TV remains top source of news even as online grows AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer / Jeremy Herron Credit unions under economy's strain Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Thomas Olson Laid-Off Wall Street Workers Branch Out Bloomberg via Washington Post / Caroline Salas and Pierre Paulden A Bond Market, Starved for Sunshine NY Times / Gretchen Morgenson Pricing products tough in bad times Boston Herald / Jennifer Heldt Powell Illusions About Inflation Marketwatch via NY Times / Mark Hulbert Searching for A Hot Investment? Try Your Mortgage Washington Post / Elizabeth Razzi Housing starts expected to head lower again Marketwatch / Rex Nutting Housing Starts Probably Slumped in July: U.S. Economy Preview Bloomberg / Shobhana Chandra At General Mills, The Dough Keeps Rising Kiplinger via Washington Post / Thomas M. Anderson UK: Economists warn inflation could fall below 1 per cent Telegraph / Edmund Conway UK warned of imminent recession by British Chambers of Commerce London Times / David Smith 08/16 CO: Foreclosures bring bargain prices Denver Post / Margaret Jackson How the Smart Money Lost $1 Trillion, So Far Lew Rockwell / Gary North How to Know When to Hold, When to Sell Wall Street Journal / Eleanor Laise SC: Jobless level jumps to 7 percent The State / Kristy Eppley Rupon North Carolina's jobless figure hits five-year peak Charlotte News and Observer / Jonathan B. Cox Florida jobless rate the worst in nation Miami Herald / Scott Andron OPEC official says output cuts may be needed Marketwatch Rebounding dollar brings its own problems London Times / Irwin Stelzer Dollar's future seems brighter AP via Miami Herald / Emily Flynn Vencat European Bonds Rise for Third Week on Signs Economy Shrinking Bloomberg / Lukanyo Mnyanda Even as Sales Slip, New Structure Helps Macy's Beat Expectations Washington Post / Ylan Q. Mui A small town struggles after immigration raid AP via Palm Beach Post / Monica Rohr McCain's Pitch for Safe Nuclear Power May Be Undercut by Leaks Bloomberg / Lorraine Woellert The world's worst inflation Fortune via CNN / Elizabeth Spiers TX: Recruiters fill the void after immigration raids AP via Houston Chronicle / Christopher Sherman FL: Construction woes drive unemployment rate to 13-year high South Florida Sun Sentinel / Marcia Heroux Pounds OPEC Plays Oil Junkies for Suckers Washington Post / Warren Brown Gas down 35 cents in 30 days CNN Dollar Rises to Six-Month High on Oil Decline, Global Slowdown Bloomberg / Ye Xie and Candice Zachariahs Pound Declines 11th Day Against Dollar, Slides for Fourth Week Bloomberg / Kim-Mai Cutler and Andrew MacAskill GM Not Seeing Signs of U.S. Recovery, Wagoner Says Bloomberg / Jeff Green U.S. Stocks Gain a Third Week as Oil's Retreat Boosts Retailers Bloomberg / Elizabeth Stanton “The Taxman Cometh” according to new McCain spot Christian Science Monitor / Jimmy Orr Rivals Differ (a Bit) on Financial Market Rules NY Times / Jackie Calmes Obama Raised $51 Million in July, Has $65.8 Million on Hand Bloomberg / Susan Decker and Kristin Jensen Raw Deal: Overdraft protection CNN / Jessica Dickler Lockhart Favors Current Fed Rate, Sees Debate About an Increase Bloomberg / Steve Matthews and Kathleen Hays F.D.I.C. Retirees Ride to Rescue in New Era of Bank Failures NY Times / Geraldine Fabrikant Clinging to Dreams of a Better Life Washington Post / Chris L. Jenkins Stock market direction likely to come from crude Marketwatch / Kate Gibson Asian Stocks Fall for Third Week on Outlook for Economic Growth Bloomberg / Chen Shiyin China's Economy Slows on Weaker Production, Olympics Closures Bloomberg / Kevin Hamlin

08/15 Citigroup, UBS Settle With `Gossip Girl' Investors Bloomberg / Joe Mysak Breaking up big banks questioned as losses mount AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer / Joe Bel Bruno Chicago Fed's Evans says risks to growth increased since June FOMC meeting Thomson via Forbes Fed officials fret on growth, point to rate hold Reuters / Ros Krasny The Myth of the Independent Fed Lew Rockwell / Thomas J. DiLorenzo Auction-rate settlements leave investors hanging Marketwatch / Sam Mamudi The Strong Dollar Illusion Euro Pacific via Safehaven / Peter Schiff The Downturn Is Good News Lew Rockwell / Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. Inflation Research as Propaganda Lew Rockwell / Per Bylund Small-business owners' outlook bleak CNN / Emily Maltby Let The Sun Shine Forbes / Andy Stone U.S. Stocks Climb on Lower Commodities; Wal-Mart, Ambac Rise Bloomberg / Lynn Thomasson Chicago Tribune trims 14% of news staff AP via San Diego Union Tribune / Jeremy Herron CA: Median home price in Santa Cruz County for July: $607,500 Santa Cruz Sentinel / Jondi Gumz Sir Alan's Follies Washington Post / Steven Pearlstein Dollar rallies on output data, European economies Marketwatch / Steve Goldstein & Moming Zhou Morgan Stanley Tapped To Assess Fannie, Freddie Washington Post / Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and David Cho U.S. Treasuries Head for Weekly Gain on Speculation Fed on Hold Bloomberg / Dakin Campbell and Gavin Finch Stocks Little Changed In Midday Trade Investors Business Daily / Vincent Mao Gold drops 8.4%, silver falls 16.4% for the week Marketwatch / Myra P. Saefong Oil falls to $111 level on stronger US dollar AP via NY Daily News / Stevenson Jacobs Gold's resilient properties lie in question Marketwatch / Myra P. Saefong Giant solar project in California rivals coal plant Marketwatch / Steve Gelsi California unemployment rate jumps to 7.3 percent AP via San Francisco Chronicle Dollar's prospects may be brighter after long drop AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer / Emily Flynn Vencat Crude's Slide Greases A New Bull Forbes / Martin T. Sosnoff Friday’s Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard Penney's 2Q profit falls 36% Dallas Morning News / Maria Halkias Buyers jump through hoops for a mortgage Chicago Tribune / Susan Diesenhouse It's simple: More jobs = more homes Chicago Tribune / Mary Umberger Derivatives Signal TAF Expansion Fails to Loosen Money Markets Bloomberg / Liz Capo McCormick Citigroup, UBS Settle With `Gossip Girl' Investors Bloomberg / Joe Mysak TREASURIES-Prices advance on outlook for lower inflation Reuters Gauge of future US economic growth at 5-year low-ECRI Reuters U.S. Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index Rose in August Bloomberg / Timothy R. Homan July industrial output better than expected AP via CNN NYMEX may have numbers for CME takeover NY Post / Zachery Kouwe Wall Street's Jobless Try Cupcakes, Cheap Haircuts, Maybe Omaha Bloomberg / Caroline Salas and Pierre Paulden Gold, Oil Slump, Leading Commodities Drop on Dollar, Growth Bloomberg / Feiwen Rong and Chanyaporn Chanjaroen Oil sinks as global economy slows CNN / Kenneth Musante Sterling continues to lose ground BBC News Dollar Heads for Fifth Weekly Gain on Oil Drop, Global Slowdown Bloomberg / Ye Xie and Anchalee Worrachate Mexico Bank Lifts Key Rate for Third Month in `Preemptive' Move Bloomberg / Jens Erik Gould Ex-Fed chief Alan Greenspan attacks Fannie and Freddie bail-out Telegraph / James Quinn American and British Airways Plan an Alliance NY Times / Micheline Maynard