…the Fed will be able to specifically target information being put out by news web sites and even individual users (in forums or comments) and then respond to that information in kind by either contacting “key bloggers” and “influencers,” or simply ramping up their public relations machine to either discredit the message…
Tag: financial institutions
It’s A Long, Hard Road | ZeroHedge
“We’re Here To Help”…Again, we simply cannot overemphasize the importance of getting the big picture macro model right as we make investment decisions ahead. Our primary goal is simply to stay in harmony with directional changes in financial asset and hard asset prices ahead, not necessarily making continual value judgments about policy.
Weekly Economic Update | LADEC
THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES:
- California’s Budget Position in August
- Consumer Credit in July
- U.S. Trade Deficit Narrows in July
- Events of Interest
- September 29, 2011: Los Angeles NABE Luncheon with Dr. Marcy Zwelling, Economist and Healthcare Professional
- SAVE THE DATE! November 3, 2011: The 16th Annual Eddy Awards®
- November 10, 2011: 23rd Annual Southern California Visitor Industry Outlook Conference
Endgame: When Debt Is Fraud, Debt Forgiveness Is The Last And Only Remedy | ZeroHedge
Productive wealth has been trapped in a web of parasitic theft, counterfeiting, liability evasion, non-regulation, and prosecutorial non-accountability. All the fundamental attributes of a functioning exchange economy have been warped to reward creative criminals.
Optimism Dims, Financing Improves: NSBA Report – BusinessWeek
The NSBA’s Mid-Year Economic Report, which surveyed 400 of the group’s members online between June 24 and July 11, offered little to be optimistic about:
More than one-third say they aren’t confident about the future of their business from a financial perspective
Eighty-eight percent anticipate a recession or flat economy in the next year, an increase from 78 percent six months ago
Forty-five percent expect no growth opportunities in the coming year, up from 40 percent in December.
Weekly Economic Update | LAEDC
THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES:
- Corporate Profits Up Again in Second Quarter 2011
- California Home Sales Up in July
- California New Home Construction Declines in July
- Nonresidential Construction – Up 12.8% in July
- Airport Figures
- Bank Profits: In the Black Again!
- First Drop in Number of Problem U.S. Banks Since 2006
- Global Economic Monitor
- Events of Interest
- August 31, 2011: Global Economic Insights: The Financial Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Debt-Laden U.S. and European Economies
- September 29, 2011: Los Angeles NABE Luncheon with Dr. Marcy Zwelling, Economist and Healthcare Professional
- SAVE THE DATE! November 3, 2011: The 16th Annual Eddy Awards®
- November 10, 2011: 23rd Annual Southern California Visitor Industry Outlook Conference
July California Tax Revenues Plunge More Than 10% Below Expectations | ZeroHedge
…we once again get a reminder that life in the real economy, there were people can not just print their way out of trouble, practical issues such as reality still matter.
Lords of the shadow inventory | Dr. Housing Bubble Blog
Yet the market we currently have is really a large benefit to investment banks and the government with a smaller impact on the rest of Americans. At this point the banks and government are largely fused into one. The typical American is simply squeezed in the middle.
Weekly Economic Report | LAEDC
THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES:
- July U.S. Labor Market Report
- The Flight to Safety Drives the Financial Markets
- Consumer Credit in June
- Auto Sales Up 5.9% in July
- Global Economic Monitor
- Events of Interest
- Thursday, August 18: Los Angeles Chapter, NABE Luncheon Meeting
- SAVE THE DATE! November 3, 2011: The 16th Annual Eddy Awards®
A Sensible Housing Market? OC v. IE | Dr. Housing Bubble Blog
Our society is obsessed with the “monthly nut” like a squirrel running out onto the highway to get food only to miss the big rig barreling down on it.
This is what $549K looks like in Culver City. – Ed.
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