06/07
WA:
With home prices hot, buyers can get burned Seattle Post Intelligencer
/ Kristen Millares Bolt
Bankers
scratch their heads—and worry The Economist
Death of the Carry Trade
Benson's Economic & Market Trends via Safehaven / Richard Benson
Bond
Attorneys Exhale as IRS Issues Circular 230 Clarifications Bond Buyer /
Alison L. McConnell
Inverted
curve ahead? Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Fed's
Gramlich-Housing froth in some U.S. areas Reuters
Maestro
Mystified CFO.com Blog / Ronald Fink
New
bond issues signal renewed appetite FT / Jennifer Hughes and Richard
Beales
Some
see pall on horizon in form of summer stall Chicago Tribune / Bill
Barnhart
Bondholders
like Ford's bond market foray AP via Beaufort Gazette
Mexico
Sells 750 Million Euros of 10-Year Bonds Bloomberg / Sebastian Boyd and
Adriana Arai
No
housing bubble, Toll CFO says CBS Marketwatch / John Spence
NV:
Median price of LV homes reaches $300,000 Las Vegas Sun / Kevin
Rademacher
Speculation
on houses echoes late-’90s Net boom AP via Tacoma News Tribune
Why IBM
Should Buy Electronic Arts Forbes / Rich Karlgaard
Is
Google Overpriced? Smartmoney.com / James B. Stewart
SEC
official defends agency actions AP via Beaufort Gazette / Marcy Gordon
Consumer
credit rises in April at slowest pace in 5 months AP via USA Today
BOK
to Hold Call Rate Steady Korea Times / Kim Yon-se
Italy's
heavyweights set for euro fight BBC News
UK:
Retailers feel the winds of recession but the Bank is not yet in interest
rate cutting mood Independent / Jeremy Warner
Community
Banks: A Regulatory Update Federal Reserve Board / Susan Schmidt Bies
Dallas
Fed president learns lesson on Fed-speak AP via Houston Chronicle
U.S.
10-Year Treasuries Increase Following Greenspan Remarks Bloomberg /
Vivianne C. Rodrigues
Wealthy
or midde-class, worries are similar AP via Houston Chronicle
Old
media shout to be heard CNN / Krysten Crawford
GM
Cost-Cutting: Just Eyewash? Forbes / Dan Lienert
Greenspan's
comments on economy boost stocks; Dow up 107 AP via Boston Herald
Jobs Report Hints at
Weakening Economy NY Post / John Crudele
Europe
urged to welcome weak euro BBC News
Greenspan
and other central bankers give U.S. campaign to change China currency less
than rave reviews San Diego Union Tribune / Martin Crutsinger
MO:
Lambert's debt rating is cut amid service concerns St. Louis Post
Dispatch / Tim McLaughlin
Greenspan's
bet on a boom CNN / Kathleen Hays
Greenspan urges China currency
flexibility MSNBC via 1st
Headlines / Stephanie Hoo
Return of
The Barbarians Forbes / Jack Gage and Michael K. Ozanian
Pimco
names Schmider president of bond-fund unit Orange County Register
Treasurys
higher after Greenspan CBS Marketwatch / Leslie Wines
GM
to cut 25,000 jobs by '08 CNN
Crude
prices fall as Opec renews output pledge FT / Kevin Morrison
Shape
of budget deal emerging as EU needs success Reuters / Paul Taylor,
European Affairs Editor
Saudis
scramble for stake in stock market boom Reuters / Laith Abou-Ragheb
Greenspan's
Real Conundrum Isn't Long-Term Rates Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
False
Sales Make a Better Bottom Line, but Only for a While NY Times /
Stephanie Saul
Price
Fund Managers See Growth as a Moving Target Bloomberg / Chet Currier
States try to
ease property-tax rise Christian Science Monitor / Ron Scherer
Can
the Net cut your real estate fees? CBS Marketwatch / Bambi Francisco
The
savings habit CBS Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert
The $1.4 Trillion
Mistake Tech Central Station / Dominic Basulto
Bush
and Congress Ride Highway Bill to Heaven Bloomberg / Andrew Ferguson
Hot spots of US
population growth Christian Science monitor / Christopher Leonard
The
Trading Blues Daily Standard / Irwin Stelzer
Alaska
Oil Field's Falling Production Reflects U.S. Trend Washington Post /
Justin Blum
UK:
Rates to be cut - but not this time Scotsman / David Black
U.S.
Notes Gain; Greenspan Doesn't Expect Change in Yields Soon Bloomberg /
Shamim Adam
The Alpha
and Omega of Social Security Reform Newsmax / James Atticus Bowden
China's
New Growth Challenger Is Pakistan Bloomberg / Andy Mukherjee
Russia:
Central Bank Fudges on Ruble Moscow Times / Alex Fak
Australian
Dollar Rises to 3-Week High as Metals Prices Rally Bloomberg / Chris
Young
EU's
Referendum Failure Leaves ECB as Scapegoat Bloomberg / Mark Gilbert
Oil
Little Changed After Falling Amid Speculation Supplies Rose Bloomberg /
Gavin Evans
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06/08
Discounters
set sights on traditional real estate market USA Today / Jayne
O'Donnell and Sue Kirchhoff
MO:
Economic model's job numbers could make us a boomtown St. Louis Post
Dispatch / David Nicklaus
TX:
Home sales hit another bump Dallas Morning News / Steve Brown
Greenspan wrestling with rate
'conundrum' MSNBC / Martin Wolk
Ohio agency blames
city investment firm for loss of millions Pittsburgh Post Gazette /
Steve Massey
What
if the end isn't nigh? Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Is Texas
Tea the new tech? CNN / Paul R. La Monica
TN:
Tourism dollars blast toward record levels Nashville Tennessean /
Richard Lawson
EU: It's
the economy, stupide! IHT / Robert A. Levine
Canada:
Monetary Policy and the Exchange Rate in Canada Bank of Canada / David
Dodge
The IMF in a
Changing World IMF / Rodrigo de Rato
EU warned
against 'paralysis' as budget row hots up AFP via EU Business
The
Rich & the Government, Friends Forever National Review / Larry
Kudlow
GM's
new job cuts echo recent trend Knight Ridder via Seattle Times /
Michael Ellis and Jeffrey McCracken
Craigslist
web site worries newspapers Miami Herald / Peggy Rogers
Traders
try, try, try to figure out Greenspan Chicago Tribune / Bill Barnahrt
The
Euro, a Convenient Scapegoat Morgan Stanley / Eric Chaney
Graying
Global Cities Forbes / Michael Noer
Do it Make it
Yourself Tech Central Station / Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Treasuries
lower as markets awaits Greenspan FT / Jennifer Hughes and Païvi Munter
The
Dangers Of Full Disclosure Forbes / Dan Ackman
FL:
Building boom causes shortage, price hike St. Petersburg Time / Robert
Trigaux
Canadian
homebuilders face rising cost pressures, keeping prices high CP via
Canada.com / Tara Perkins
NC:
Auctions up for real estate Raleigh News and Observer / Jack Hagel
Connecticut
Restores Estate Tax in Move to Balance Budget NY Times via Stetline.org
/ William Yardley
Florida
economy bucks U.S. trend Knight Ridder via Bradenton Journal / Marcia
Heroux Pounds
White
House upbeat on growth CBS Marketwatch / Greg Robb
Agreeing
on Africa, up to a point The Economist
Revealed:
how oil giant influenced Bush Guardian / John Vidal
Opposition
to trade pact growing Boston Globe / Rick Klein
India:
Well Running Dry AP via Hartford Courant / S. Srinivasan
Greenspan
faces rough waters Reuters
Fed's
Gramlich says growth alone won't cut deficits Reuters
Tech
Pulse Index Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Small
Business Credit Scoring and Credit Availability Federal Reserve Bank of
Atlanta
U.S.
taxable money funds report $19 bln inflow Reuters
White House says
economic growth is steady, strong AP via Chicago Sun Times / Terence Hunt
HealthSouth
Will Pay $100 Mln to Settle SEC Lawsuit, People Say Bloomberg / Otis
Bilodeau
Moody's
drops America West to 'negative' Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Thomas
Olson
The
European Dis-union Newsmax / Phil Brennan
The
perfect level of 'rich' CNN / Jeanne Sahadi
CA:
Hotels Are Making Room for Condominiums LA Times / Mike Schneider
Greenspan
doubts relief from rising yuan Washington Times / Patrice Hill
Economy
seen improving in 2nd half '05 Reuters
Oil
jumps on surprise crude stocks fall Reuters
U.S.
watches China's oil demand with concern Reuters / Chris Baltimore
Enhancing
Risk Management under Basel II Federal
Reserve Board / Susan Schmidt Bies
Union-bash
or bust? The Economist
Boomers
move into retirement San Francisco Chronicle / Carolyn Said
Monthly Wholesale Trade
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S.
April Wholesale Inventories Rise 0.8%; Sales Up 1.5% Bloomberg /
Courtney Schlisserman
Dollar
soft as Greenspan comments weigh FT / Steve Johnson
Costs
of health care drag America down San Francisco Chronicle / David
Lazarus
Red
Light/Green Light for Tech Spending CFO.com / Russ Banham
GM
chief is no car person, offers little but bromides Baltimore Sun / Jay
Hancock
WI:
Big state businesses confident about economy Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Thomas Content
Junk
Default Rate at Eight-Year Low CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Bond
Strategists: BBVA's Perez Sees Mexican Rate Cut Bloomberg / Adriana
Arai
Fed
Officials Warn on Real Estate Values, Interest-Only Loans Bloomberg /
Craig Torres and Amy Strahan
Houses Are
Consumer Durables, Not Investments Lew Rockwell / Eric Englund
Return
of the Weird, as Space Museum Taps Market Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Hedge
funds face tougher times, says Greenspan Telegraph / Malcolm Moore
A Relief:
Some Gains for Hedges NY Times / Riva D. Atlas
Yen
Falls as Some Companies May Pull Out: World's Biggest Mover Bloomberg /
John Brinsley
A new
villain emerges in Europe: the euro NY Times via IHT / Floy Norris
EU: The Politicians Will
Whine, But the ECB is Not About to Ease Northern Trust via Safehaven /
Victoria Marklew
The
problem with Europe Guardian via Taipei Times / Will Hutton
UK
to swell Brussels' coffers by £14.6bn Telegraph / George Trefgarne
Are
China Tariffs Smoot-Hawley of Our Day? Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
Appetite
for Stocks Slackening in China NY Times / Keith Bradsher
Australia's
Central Bank Keeps Rate Unchanged at 5.5% Bloomberg / Victoria
Batchelor
Thailand
May Raise Key Interest Rate to 41-Month High Bloomberg / Anuchit Nguyen
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06/09
Is Greenspan trying to cool
housing market? MSNBC / Martin Wolk
Dollar
up against yen, down against euro AP via Contra Costa Times
Do You See a
Bubble? Daily Reckoning via Lew Rockwell / Bill Bonner
The
Senate’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform pdf
Bond Market Association
BondWorks
Institutional Advisors via Safehaven
/ Levente Mady
Labour
glut weighs on rates: Fed Globe and Mail / Barrie McKenna
MN:
Vacancies make it a renter's market St. Paul Pioneer Press / Gita
Sitaramiah
GM
won't sell mortgage unit CBS Marketwatch / Steve Goldstein
Google
shares defy pessimists, near $300 USA Today / Matt Krantz
Are
stock buybacks truly bad? Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Anniversary
lessons from eBay The Economist
Fast
food and strong currencies The Economist
Fed Not
Ready to Call Ballgame Smartmoney.com / Igor Greenwald
Greenspan
Wavers Smartmoney.com / Mark Glassman
Credit
unions toot own horn Charlotte News and Observer / Frank Norton
MA:
State shutting out Fidelity from new money management business AP via
Boston Herald
TX:
Commercial market takes a different path Dallas Morning News / Steve
Brown
NC:
Triangle home sales rise Charlotte News and Observer / Dudley Price
TX:
Home prices rose in May Dallas Star Telegram
Report:
OPEC output last month strong UPI via Washington Times
White
House: Energy to clip economic growth Bloomberg via Orlando Sentinel /
Brendan Murray and Holly Rosenkrantz
CO:
Foreclosures climb Rocky Mountain News / John Rebchook
CA:
Greenspan warns of housing risks Orange County Register / Jonathan
Lansner
Long-term
mortgage rate falls to 5.56% CNN
Providian-WaMu
merger has $225M breakup fee CBS Marketwatch
Nevada
casinos enjoy record month in April Las Vegas Sun / Cy Ryan
Bone
up if buying bonds on your own Reuters via Orange County Register /
Linda Stern
Economic
Trends June 2005 Federal Reserve
Bank of Cleveland
Snow
Says Treasury Yield Drop `Less of a Conundrum' Bloomberg / Simon
Kennedy and Bronwyn Curtis
Greenspan
says local house price dips are possible Reuters
The
economic outlook Federal Reserve Board /Alan Greenspan
Regulatory
relief Federal Reserve Board / Donald L. Kohn
Greenspan
Says Economy on `Firm Footing,' Rates May Still Rise Bloomberg / Alison
Fitzgerald and Craig Torres
Economy
on fairly firm ground – Greenspan Reuters
What
will Greenspan say? CNN / Kathleen Hays
Unemployment
Insurance Weekly Claims Report
US Dept. of Labor
CBOT
statues return home from suburbs Chicago Sun Times / David Roeder
Treasuries
Fall on Concern Greenspan to Flag Risk of Inflation Bloomberg /
Vivianne C. Rodrigues
Cornered Capital NY
Post / Roddy Boyd
Mutual
suspicion: MassMutual execs had CEO investigated Boston Herald / Brett
Arends, Jay Fitzgerald and Jesse Noyes
Number
of U.S. Home Sales Expected to Beat 2004 Record Reuters via LA Times
Delphi
Treasurer Geller Resigns, Is Replaced by Arle Bloomberg / Bill Koenig
A
Born Gambler Rolls the Dice at 88 LA Times / David Streitfeld
Number
of millionaires jumps CNN
Dollar
near highs ahead of Greenspan FT / Steve Johnson
Has
Greenspan Changed Views on Bubble Management? Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Whos on First?
Safehaven / Rob Kirby
Canada:
How the Canadian Economy Is Adjusting to Global Forces Bank of Canada /
David Dodge
Russia:
WTO Casts Doubt on Russian Bid Reuters via Moscow Times
Pressure
on China to bring economy down to earth Guardian / Ashley Seager
EU
worries grow over China goods IHT / Paul Meller
Bank
of England Will Probably Keep Rate at 4.75%, Survey Says Bloomberg /
Laura Humble
Euro
Trades Near 5-Day Low on Signs Europe Accepts Its Decline Bloomberg /
John Brinsley
Cash,
Charge or Fingerprint? Washington Post / Ellen McCarthy
The
Frill Is Gone NY Times / Micheline Maynard
Washington more
open to business than usual Christian Science Monitor / Gail Russell
Chaddock
Rising benefits
burden Christian Science Monitor / Ron Scherer
Qwest
bond deal raised to meet demand FT / Jennifer Hughes and Richard Beales
Japan's
Current-Account Gap Widens Less Than Expected Bloomberg / Tim Kelly
N.Z.
Keeps Benchmark Rate Unchanged, Flags Increase Bloomberg / Tracy
Withers
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