Tag Archives: Credit Crunch

The Dark Side of Deficits

We are still in a secular bear market. Valuations, while lower, are still not at what could be called historical cyclical bottoms. Patience is the order of the day. We will get there. Continue reading

Posted in Best Of The Storm, Economic News, Fresh Perspectives | Tagged Budget Deficits, Credit Crunch, GDP, Stock Market | Leave a comment

Things Will Fall Apart, Just Not Yet

Even as the global financial system becomes ever more fragile and vulnerable to distruption, feedback loops will maintain the Status Quo for awhile longer. Continue reading

Posted in Best Of The Storm, Fresh Perspectives, Home Economics | Tagged China, Consumer Spending, Credit Crunch, Depression, GDP, Housing Bubble, Negative Feedback Loop, Recession, Recovery, Taxes | Leave a comment

8 Keys to the Housing Market in 2010

Here are 8 keys to the housing market in 2010. 1. Shadow Inventory of Foreclosures: Will it be a tsunami or a trickle? Beginning with the first of the moratoria in August of 2008, banks simply have not been foreclosing … Continue reading

Posted in Best Of The Storm, Home Economics, Social Mood Swings | Tagged Bailouts, Bank Failures, Bernanke, City Budgets, Consumer Spending, County Budgets, Credit Card Debt, Credit Crunch, Deflation, Depression, Extend and Pretend, Forecasts, Foreclosures, Frugality, HAMP, Holidays, Housing Bubble, Interest Rates, Jobless Recovery, Loan Modifications, Making Home Affordable, Moratoriums, NAR, negative equity, Obama, Pension Funds, Recession, Refinancing, REO, Shadow Inventory, State Budgets, Stimulus, Stock Market, strategic default, Strategic Defaults, Tax Credits, Taxes, Violence, Walk Away, Walking Away | Comments Off

The Worst Case Scenario

As governments around the globe try and spend their way out of The Great Recession, inquiring minds are wondering: what if it doesn’t work? What is the worst case scenario? French Bank Société Générale tells it’s clients what that worst … Continue reading

Posted in Best Of The Storm, Fresh Perspectives, Home Economics, Social Mood Swings | Tagged Bank Failures, Credit Crunch, Deflation, Depression, Food Prices, GDP, Globalization, Gold, Home Prices, Hyperinflation, Inflation, Interest Rates, National Debt, Recession, Stimulus, Stock Market, Taxes, The Dollar, The Fed, The Great Depression, The Treasury | Leave a comment

Zero Hedge: Geithner is Lying

Tyler Durden writes for Zero Hedge: Bailout Recipient Banks Lending Drops For Sixth Consecutive Month   It was just yesterday that Tim Geithner was lying that banks are constantly increasing lending to consumers. Well, yet another lie refuted. Banks, and … Continue reading

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