03/25
The Uncertain
Economic Outlook and the Policy Responses Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco / Janet L. Yellen
Yellen:
Economy warrants bold policy moves Marketwatch / Greg Robb and Kate
Gibson
Exploring the Balance
Between Increased Credit Availability and Prudent Lending Standards
FDIC / Martin J. Gruenberg
This
Market Rally May Be for Real Business Week / Michael Mandel
Obama
Bounce: Rocky Session Ends Higher Smartmoney.com / Mark Glassman
Economy
nips, tucks plastic surgery business AP via Houston Chronicle
Bank
of America, Wells Fargo Ratings Cut by Moody’s Bloomberg / Linda Shen
and Ari Levy
Treasuries
Fall on Supply Concern as Seven-Year Sale Looms Bloomberg / Dakin
Campbell and Susanne Walker
IBM to
cut 5,000 jobs in U.S. Reuters
U.S.
Stocks Rally, Extend S&P 500’s Best Monthly Gain Since ’91
Bloomberg / Lynn Thomasson
The
Great Recession CNN / Chris Isidore
Jobless benefits fund
could near insolvency in '10 AP via Denver Post / Catherine Tsai
Michigan
jobless rate hits 12% CNN / Julianne Pepitone
Bond
Rally Is Ending as ‘Green Shoots’ Emerge, Barclays Says Bloomberg /
Matthew Brown
Treasuries
Fall as Five-Year Note Auction Draws Yield of 1.849% Bloomberg /
Susanne Walker
Led
by Citi, Firms Turn to Bonds CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Double-Dippers
NY Post / Mark DeCambre
Municipal
Market Regulator Regrets Enabling Losses Bloomberg / Darrell Preston
Fed
Buys $7.5 Billion of Treasuries to Lower Borrowing Costs Bloomberg /
Liz Capo McCormick
Gold
rises on weaker dollar, rising ETF demand Marketwatch / Moming Zhou
Oil
reduces losses as gasoline demand rises Marketwatch / Moming Zhou &
Polya Lesova
U.S.
Stocks Rally, Extend S&P 500’s Best Monthly Gain Since ’87 Bloomberg
/ Lynn Thomasson
Wednesday’s
Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard
Stocks
revive the rally CNN / Alexandra Twin
For home
buyers, rock bottom prices tough to pinpoint Miami Herald / Monica
Hatcher
U.S. home
sales climb at fastest pace in 10 months Reuters / Lucia Mutikani
Tim
and Ben: Deputize Us NY Post / Paul Tharp
EU
presidency: US economic plans 'a road to hell' AP via Houston Chronicle
/ Raf Casert
U.K.
Bond Auction Fails for First Time Since 2002 Bloomberg / Kim-Mai Cutler
Social
networking Web sites facing transparency questions AP via Dallas
Morning News
Treasuries
Little Changed as Fed Prepares to Start Buying Today Bloomberg / Wes
Goodman
Even
renters who are paid up are getting kicked out Christian Science
Monitor
Durable
Goods Orders in U.S. Probably Dropped as Exports Slid Bloomberg /
Courtney Schlisserman
Rising
health costs making small businesses ill Boston Herald / Christine
McConville
MI:
Dollar retailers riding high as the economy plods along Detroit News /
Jaclyn Trop
Top
Hedge Fund Managers Do Well in a Down Year NY Times / Louise Story
Democrats
Take Knife To Obama's Budget Washington Post / Lori Montgomery
Most
Asian Stocks Gain on Policy Optimism; Commonwealth Rises Bloomberg /
Hanny Wan and Shani Raja
Oil
dips in Asia on signs of building inventories AP via Washington Post /
Eileen Ng
UK:
Mervyn King warns Gordon Brown to stop spending London Times / Philip
Webster, Gary Duncan and Francis Elliott
European
Bank Resists Printing Money NY Times / Carter
Doughetry
Credit
availability and prudent lending standards Federal Reserve Board /
Elizabeth A. Duke
Japanese
Exports Plunge 49% as Global Slump Deepens Bloomberg / Jason Clenfield
IMF announces new
lending reforms BBC News
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03/26
Survey
of Tenth District Manufacturers Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Banking
Policies and Too Big To Fail Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis / Gary H. Stern
Financial
Conditions and the Economic Outlook Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond / Jeffrey Lacker
Playing
Solitaire with a Deck of 51, with Number 52 on Offer Pimco / Paul
McCulley
'Perfect
storm' puts all types in financial peril USA Today / Christine Dugas
Institutional
investors plough back into stocks: UBS Marketwatch / Laura Mandaro
Fed's
Plosser: Economic outlook "pretty ugly" Reuters / Kristina
Cooke
Record
California Bond Drives Muni Sales to Almost $12 Billion Bloomberg /
Jeremy R. Cooke
Treasuries
Rise as Traders Prepare for Tomorrow’s Fed Purchases Bloomberg / Dakin
Campbell
Soros
Says Commercial Property Values Will Fall 30% Bloomberg / Michael
Forsythe
U.S.
Markets Wrap: S&P 500 Advances in Best Month Since 1974 Bloomberg /
Lynn Thomasson and Dakin Campbell
Why the
Yen Should Strengthen Morgan Stanley / Robert Alan Feldman, Ph.D
Financial
overhaul plan draws GOP opposition AP via Seattle Times / Martin
Crutsinger
Key
Senate panel backs Obama's budget blueprint AP via Seattle Times
Intelligencer / Andrew Taylor
Record decline hits
Irish economy BBC News
U.S.
One-Month Bill Rate Negative for First Time Since December Bloomberg /
Dakin Campbell
Fed needs
to double balance sheet: PIMCO Reuters / Faith Hung
Fed's
Lockhart: Better data does not signal recovery Reuters
On
Credit, Trade, and Food Stability Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta / Dennis P. Lockhart
U.S.
Fixed Mortgage Rate Falls to Lowest on Record Bloomberg / Brian Louis
U.S.
Economy Squeezed In Q4 Forbes / Lisa LaMotta
Good
news can't offset bad AP via Augusta Journal
US
rail shipments sank 14.7 percent last week, industry trade group reports
AP via Minneapolis Star Tribune
Total jobless benefit
rolls top 5.5M AP via Denver Post / Christopher S. Rugaber
Congress
Could Learn a Thing or Two From Nascar Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Geithner
calls for new risk watchdog CNN / Colin Barr
The
shares that short sellers are betting against The Economist
Thursday’s
Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard
U.S.
Stocks Rise, Extend S&P 500’s Best Monthly Rally Since ‘87
Bloomberg / Lynn Thomasson
China
suggests an end to the dollar era The Economist
Crude
prices surge despite oversupplied market AP via Houston Chronicle /
Chris Kahn
Geithner's
Gambit Forbes / Liz Moyer and Brian Wingfield
Fed
Seeks Power to Issue Own Debt When Crisis Ebbs, Yellen Says Bloomberg /
Scott Lanman and Michael McKee
Treasuries
Gain on Speculation GDP Shrank More Than Estimated Bloomberg / Wes
Goodman
Blinded
by recovery hopes, investors fooled again Marketwatch / David Callaway
U.S.
Vows To Sustain Dollar's Dominance Washington Post / Tomoeh Murakami
Tse
Obama
to tighten screws on Wall Street: officials Washington Post / David
Lawder
A
Growing Chorus on the Hill Questions the Fed's Decisions Washington Post / Neil Irwin
More
Young People Lining Up for Government Jobs Washington Post / Steve Vogel
Budget
Has Obama Courting Fellow Democrats NY Times / Jeff Zeleny
Hurt
by Economy, Europeans Vent Their Anger NY Times / Julia Werdigier and
Matthew Saltmarsh
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03/27
Don't
run with the bulls quite yet CNN / Edward Hadas
The
Weekly Layoff Report: Double-Digit Days Forbes / Klaus Kneale
Price of oil drops
as rally ends BBC News
Bankers:
Take your TARP money back CNN / Allan Chernoff
The
PPIP: A Step Forward Morgan Stanley / Richard Berner, Andy Day, David
Greenlaw, Gregory Peters and Vishwanath Tirupattur
U.S.
consumers' mood improves slightly in March Reuters
Americans
spending more CNN / Ben Rooney
Mortgage
Originations May Double to $3.1 Trillion, Analysts Say Bloomberg / Dawn
Kopecki
Friday’s
Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard
Stocks
Retain Losses As Volume Drifts Lower Investors business Daily / Jonah
Keri
Crude
Oil Falls as Stronger Dollar Curbs Appeal of Commodities Bloomberg /
Mark Shenk
When
Should Mutual Funds Close? Forbes / Michael Maiello
Cost-conscious
consumers downgrade from cable Internet to dial-up Bloomberg / Etan
Horowitz
Fed’s
Lacker, Stern Voice Confidence Recession May Ease in 2009 Bloomberg /
Steve Matthews and Vivien Lou Chen
Treasuries
Head for Weekly Decline; Consumer Spending May Rise Bloomberg / Wes
Goodman
Jobless
rate may rocket up Boston Herald / Jay Fitzgerald, Hillary Chabot and
Dave Wedge
Economy
Shrinks As Job Losses Continue to Mount Washington Post / Neil Irwin
Jobless
make do with short gigs AP via Detroit News / Erin Vanderberg
Consumer
Spending in the U.S. Probably Rose for Second Month Bloomberg /
Shobhana Chandra
PA: Developers
offer incentives to find buyers for newly built housing Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette / Tim Grant
FL:
Tampa Bay could see summer surge in foreclosures St. Petersburg Times /
James Thorner
Rising
Fear of a Future Oil Shock NY Times / Jad Mouawad
Nasdaq
relative strength not necessarily bullish Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert
Such
depths of pessimism should make equity investors optimistic Independent
/ Hamish McRae
Obama
Plans to Boost U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, Set Benchmarks Bloomberg /
Kim Chipman and Tony Capaccio
Democrats
Agree on Budget's Outline Washington Post / Lori Montgomery
Rev up the
small-business engine Christian Science Monitor
China's
central bank slam global lack of regulation Marketwatch / Chris Oliver
China
Industrial Profits Fall First Time on Record Bloomberg / Li Yanping and
Nipa Piboontanasawat
Japan
Heads for Deflation as Retail Sales Tumble 5.8% Bloomberg / Jason
Clenfield and Mayumi Otsuma
Japan
Bonds to Drop Most in 4 Years as Sales Boom, Analysts Say Bloomberg /
Theresa Barraclough and Nobuyuki Akama
Asian
Stocks Rise in Biggest Weekly Rally Since 1998; BHP Rises Bloomberg /
Hanny Wan and Masaki Kondo
Australian,
New Zealand Dollars Head for Best Month Since 1985 Bloomberg / Candice
Zachariahs
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03/28
A little good
news: Food prices decline Chicago Tribune via Bradenton Journal / Mike
Hughlett
Going
the extra mile to sell a house Journal News / Karen Odom
Housing
slump frays economy of 'carpet capital' AP via Seattle Post
Intelligencer / Shannon McCaffrey
The Mixed Economy
in Crisis Lew Rockwell / Anthony Gregory
Republican
Spending Blueprint Contains ‘No Detail,’ Orszag Says Bloomberg / Brian
Faler
Democrats,
GOP duel over small business taxes AP via Dallas Morning News
Tracking
the recession: Who really decides whether to take unemployment money
Stateline.org / Christine Vestal
Vegas
visitor profile: Older, spending less Las Vegas Sun / Steve Green
Colorado jobless rate
7.2% Denver Post / Elizabeth Aguilera
FL:
Construction job losses lead way as Florida unemployment soars St.
Petersburg Times / Jeff Harrington
U.S.
stock rally to be tested by jobs, earnings, G20 Marketwatch / Nick Godt
Amazon.com
May Rise to $100 a Share in 2 Years, Barron’s Reports Bloomberg / Dan
Hart
Treasury notes losing
allure as 'safest' investment? NY Times via Salt Lake Tribune
European
Protesters March in G20 Rallies AP via ABC News / Dean Carson
Savings
rate could slow recovery AP via Augusta Chronicle
U.S.
Stocks Gain on Bank Plan, Poised for Best Month Since 1991 Bloomberg /
Eric Martin
Lessons
for Obama from Britain Forbes
Mutual
funds' returns easier to swallow AP via Seattle Times / Tim Paradis
Florida's
jobless rate highest in 33 years Orlando Sentinel / Jim Stratton
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03/29
Russia
backs return to Gold Standard to solve financial crisis Telegraph /
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Stock-market
lemmings too often lose money Minneapolis Star Tribune / Nate Wenner
GM
CEO Wagoner to step down at request of Obama administration; Chrysler CEO
apparently safe AP via Minneapolis Star Tribune / Tom Krisher and Ken
Thomas
Obama's
in need of an economic refresher Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Jack
Markowitz
Carpet
industry frayed by recession AP via Louisville Courier Journal /
Shannon McCaffrey
MD:
Homeowners get log cabin fever Baltimore Sun / Andrea F. Siegel
T-bond bubble looms
as inflation risk, experts say Denver Post / Aldo Svaldi
Wall
Street to test its rally CNN / Alexandra Twin
Charter
completes its long slide from 'wired world' to bankruptcy court St.
Louis Post Dispatch / David Nicklaus
Fresh writedowns,
more job cuts seen at UBS: report Reuters
Overhaul
Targets Money Market Washington Post / Elizabeth Razzi
Hard
times are good times for Uncle Sam to hire AP via Augusta Chronicle
Obama
to press for middle-class tax cuts beyond two years Marketwatch / Mike
Maynard
Geithner makes
his case on Sunday news shows MSNBC / John W. Schoen
Wall
Street Looks Ahead: Inflation vs. Deflation Wall Street Journal /
Gregory Zuckerman
The
impact of cautious holiday ordering AP via San Francisco Chronicle
Auto
dealerships struggle, close as 'floorplan' financing dries up Chicago
Tribune / Michael Oneal
Older
workers delay retirement, retirees seek work AP via Augusta Chronicle
Intense
job destruction hasn't let up Marketwatch / Rex Nutting
Debt: The next
big American crisis? MSNBC / Chris Hansen
Saving
Matters More Than Ever Marketwatch via Wall Street journal / Jonathan
Burton
Smokers
face a hit as tobacco taxes spike AP via Seattle Times / Ricardo
Alonso-Zaldivar
China's
factories get desperate as orders drop AP via Palm Beach Post / William
Foreman
U.S.
drops stimulus spending targets for G20 nations: report Marketwatch /
Mike Maynard
Is
Facebook Growing Up Too Fast? NY Times / Brad Stone
Down
but Not Out: Overcoming Job Loss Washington Post / Michelle
Singletary
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03/30
Minneapolis
clinic sees a sickly economic toll Minneapolis Star Tribune / Chen May
Yee
Monday’s
Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard
Gold
falls as stronger dollar reduces metal's appeal Marketwatch / Moming
Zhou
Obama:
Labor's Pains Forbes / Brian Wingfield
6
reasons I'm calling a bottom and a new bull Marketwatch / Paul B.
Farrell
Risk
brought reward for bond funds Marketwatch / Rachel Koning Beals
Recession
turns US trucker shortage to surplus Reuters / Nick Carey
U.S.
recession not yet bottoming Reuters / Lucia Mutikani
Most
housing indexes overstate downturn –analysts Reuters / Lynn Adler
The
Risk of Deflation Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
A
Framework for Analyzing Bank Lending Federal Reserve Board / Elizabeth
A. Duke
Fed's
Duke - need rules for mortgage brokers Reuters
Company
Bond Risk Rises as Doubts Grow Over Toxic-Asset Plan Bloomberg /
Abigail Moses and Shannon D. Harrington
Where
teenage drunkenness is most prevalent The Economist
Municipal
Bonds Headed for Best Quarterly Performance Since ‘04 Bloomberg /
Jeremy R. Cooke
Bank
Watchdogs Snooze Before the Biggest Heists Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Stocks
Drop Most in 3 Weeks as U.S. Warns on Banks, Carmakers Bloomberg / Eric
Martin and Sarah Jones
U.S.
Stocks Fall Sharply on Rejection of Automakers' Plans Washington Post / Ylan Q. Mui
Wagoner’s
fast exit The Economist
Why
Rick Wagoner Had To Go Forbes / Jerry Flint
A
'quick rinse' bankruptcy? Detroit Free Press / Susan
Tompor
Oil
falls 4.7% on auto struggles CNN / Julianne Pepitone
Why
The Tax Rate Debate Is Irrelevant Forbes / John Tamny
Reports of
Internet crime jump 33 percent AP via Mercury News
AIG
crisis could be the tip of an insurance iceberg LA Times / Ralph
Vartabedian and Tom Hamburger
Bernanke
Treasury Plan Drives Pimco to Mortgage Bonds Bloomberg / Daniel Kruger
Don't
get caught if the Treasury 'bubble' bursts USA Today / Matt Krantz
Economic
Data Will Bring a Reality Check Washington Post / Neil Irwin
Popular
magazines meet the financial crisis Marketwatch / Peter Brimelow
EU,
U.S. Joblessness to Reach 10% This Year, OECD’s Gurria Says Bloomberg /
Flavia Rotondi
In
a Down Time Everywhere Else, K Street Bustles Washington Post / Ellen Nakashima
and Brady Dennis
Geithner
Says Some Banks Need ‘Large Amounts’ of Assistance Bloomberg / Ryan J.
Donmoyer
Momentum
Grows for Relaxing Cuba Policy Washington Post / Shailagh Murray
and Karen DeYoung
Silver,
Gold and Cruse Oil Taking A Breather At Support The Gold and Oil Guy /
Chris Vermeulen
Asian
Stocks Drop, Ending 5-Day Advance; Mizuho, BHP Decline Bloomberg /
Patrick Rial
Yen,
Dollar Gain on Concern U.S. Automakers May Face Bankruptcy Bloomberg /
Theresa Barraclough and Ron Harui
Singapore
May Devalue Currency in April, Survey Shows Bloomberg / Patricia Lui
Japan
Output Slumps for Fifth Month as Exports Tumble Bloomberg / Jason
Clenfield
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