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It's been way too long since I've put up pictures of the kids. So here the are...

- by New Deal democrat First of all, apologies for not putting this up last week, but the weekend and real life commitments called. Besides,...

While 3-month Libor's rise has stopped, it is still too high and indicates banks are concerned about liquidity issues.

First, China announces it will not dump US Treasury Holdings: China's foreign-exchange agency sought to ease concerns about how it uses...

Let's start with the equity markets. Yesterday, prices gapped higher at the open (a), but fell into a tight trading range for most of th...

There has been a tremendous amount of talk lately about a double dip recession. According to some, it is just a matter of time. The idea ...

- by New Deal democrat Readers may recall that I have come to regard Mish as something of a contrary indicator. By the time he trots out ...

Let's start with the big news from yesterday -- the big rally in the equity markets. At the close, prices just got above key resistance....

From Bloomberg: U.S. retailers’ sales are growing at the fastest pace in four years, a sign consumers may be overcoming concern about unempl...

- by New Deal democrat Back in 2006 and 2007, when Bonddad used to hang out at a big political blog, I would poke (lighthearted) fun at a fe...

- by New Deal democrat Besides posting here, Bonddad and I not infrequently have phone conversations about the markets and economy (I know, ...

Let's start with the euro. Remember the chain reaction that sent the markets lower: the euro dropped leading to a rise in the dollar. ...

From the ISM: The report was issued today by Anthony Nieves, C.P.M., CFPM, chair of the Institute for Supply Management™ Non-Manufacturing ...

A Great piece of research from the Cleveland Fed on yield curves and recessions. Since last month, the yield curve has dropped slightly, wi...

The US economy was progressing nicely until (roughly) the end of May. Real PCEs had been increasing for about a year, business investment ...

Let's start with a look at the equity markets Since the beginning of the year, the SPYs have formed a head and shoulders pattern. Price...