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When The Fed Speaks, Housing Listens

Especially since the 1990′s, home prices have largely been driven, directly or indirectly, by the actions of The Fed. The Greenspan Fed enabled the Credit and Housing Bubbles, and the Bernanke Fed is doing everything it can to keep them inflated, extending and pretending, hoping the fundamental core economy will eventually catch up.
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Posted in Banking and Finance, Economic News, Foreclosures and Short Sales, The Daily Hotsheet | Tagged Bernanke, Deflation, Foreclosures, Greece, greenspan, Home Prices, Inflation, QE2, QE3, Shadow Inventory, The Fed | 7 Comments

Bernanke, Goldilocks and The Red Queen

Bernanke has bet his bankroll on Goldilocks, but the Red Queen trumps the golden girl. Continue reading

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Unintended Consequences

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I seem to remember that one of the reasons for QE2 was to lower rates on the longer end of the US yield curve. Clearly, that has not happened? Today we look at come of the unintended consequences of monetary policy, turn our eyes briefly to consumer debt, and wonder about deflating incomes. Continue reading

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Jon Stewart Catches Bernanke’s Contradiction

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Ben Bernanke on 60 Minutes

Unemployment would be much, much higher. It might be something like it was in the Depression. Twenty-five percent. Continue reading

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