Student Loans Accounted for 87 Percent of the Overall Increase in Outstanding Consumer Credit Last Year
More evidence that the appetite for credit in the U.S. is changing in new and very disturbing ways comes in the realization that student loan...
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Why Not Clamshells?
Now that excitement over a trillion dollar coin solution to the nation’s fast approaching debt ceiling crisis seems to be fading, issuance of IOUs or...
Competetive Money Printing Since 1990
In the comments section of yesterday’s Trillion Dollar Coin story, Rich left a link to the following chart that seemed deserving of its own post...
The Trillion Dollar Coin – This is How Money Dies
Since the trillion dollar coin solution to the nation’s fast-approaching debt ceiling crisis has been drowning out just about everything else in the financial media...
Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire
"...anyone thinking that this is somehow the end of the story when it comes to the U.S. budget difficulties should be immediately absolved of that...
Happy New Year!
I never get tired of watching comedian and film star Jim Carrey celebrate a Happy New Year on the David Letterman show more than a...
Rethinking Gold Asset Allocations For 2013
[Well, I've reached the top spot for Gold & Precious Metals Opinion Leaders , so I've gotta keep writing...] Recently lower gold prices offer yet...
Another Fine Moment from Glenn Hubbard
More reasons to doubt economists have done the world much good in recent years comes via this fascinating look at the testimony of Columbia Business...
Quantitative Easing and the Price Of Gold
The term “QE4″ is what most business writers appear to be calling what will be announced today when the Federal Reserve’s policy committee adjourns and...
U.S. Manufacturing Contracts, Weakest Since Mid-2009
The Institute for Supply Management reported that the broadest measure of U.S. manufacturing activity fell from 51.7 in October to 49.5 in November, indicating contraction...