Items by By FLOYD NORRIS
NYT > Sports
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Slap Shot: For Rangers and Kings, Dramatically Different Routes to the Top
Posted: May 21st, 2012, 3:58pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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If the New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup this year, they will have had a historically easy route. The Kings? The hardest.
NYT > Business
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High & Low Finance: When Hedging Goes Awry - High & Low Finance
Posted: May 17th, 2012, 10:04pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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A multibillion-dollar trading loss at JPMorgan may remind some of the disaster at the Long Term Capital Management hedge fund in 1998.
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Off the Charts: Outside Europe, German Trade Surplus Soars
Posted: May 11th, 2012, 9:46pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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German government figures show that while Germany’s trade surplus with other euro zone nations has fallen, that has been offset by a rising surplus with nations outside Europe.
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Regulator Predicts U.S. Will Soon Take Part in Chinese Inspections of Auditors
Posted: May 9th, 2012, 1:20am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Progress is reported in allowing an oversight board to inspect auditing firms in China whose clients issue securities traded in public markets in the United States.
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Off the Charts: Government Is Getting Smaller in the U.S. - Off the Charts
Posted: May 5th, 2012, 12:43am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The size of local, state and federal governments has declined in the first three years of the Obama administration, a feat unseen in 40 years.
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U.S. Chose Better Path to Economic Recovery
Posted: May 3rd, 2012, 9:59pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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American policy makers have made decisions in the last year that strengthened the nation’s economy, while their European counterparts have made costly missteps.
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Economix: Lowered Expectations on the Jobs Report
Posted: May 3rd, 2012, 7:17pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Optimism has been in shorter supply since the employment figures fell short of expectations a month ago. April's report is due Friday.
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High & Low Finance: For Germany, Austerity Elsewhere in Europe Is a Harder Sell
Posted: April 26th, 2012, 3:45pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The elections in France and the government’s collapse in the Netherlands should serve as warnings for Germany, which still insists on austerity elsewhere in the euro zone.
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Off the Charts: Retail Sales Show Recovery — Off the Charts
Posted: April 20th, 2012, 1:15pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Government figures show that retail sales are now higher than they were before their 2008 peak, though some categories, especially those dependent on home sales, continue to lag.
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High & Low Finance: Not Exactly a Miracle, but U.S. Debt Levels Are Falling - Floyd Norris
Posted: April 19th, 2012, 10:06pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Household financial obligations, relative to income, have declined to levels not seen in years, helping add to consumer optimism.
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High & Low Finance: Tax Overhaul Is Big on Promises, Light on Substance
Posted: March 22nd, 2012, 9:33pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Politicians talk about lowering tax rates, but they rarely mention which tax preferences should be cut to maintain the same level of government revenue.
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Economix Blog: Another Etch A Sketch Gaffe?
Posted: March 22nd, 2012, 7:43pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Perhaps inadvertently, an investor paid more for 500 shares of the toy’s maker than had been paid in eight years.
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Off the Charts: Sales at Sit-Down Restaurants Suggest a Rising Economy
Posted: March 17th, 2012, 1:11am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Sales at restaurants with waiters — a reliable past guide to how the economy is going — jumped 8.7 percent last year.
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High & Low Finance: MBIA and an Industry’s Failure to Trust, but Verify
Posted: March 8th, 2012, 8:12pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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A pending civil suit against MBIA, an insurer of mortgage-backed securities, may illuminate the misbehavior of the financial industry before and during the downturn.
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High & Low Finance: S.E.C. Charges Reveal Fraud in Chinese Company
Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:39pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Fraud involving a Chinese company traded in the United States was basically spelled out in documents that were publicly available in China, but it appears no one bothered to look.
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High & Low Finance: S.E.C. Charges Reveal Fraud in Chinese Company
Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 7:39pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Fraud involving a Chinese company traded in the United States was basically spelled out in documents that were publicly available in China, but it appears no one bothered to look.
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Off the Charts: A Recovery With Business Out Front - Off the Charts
Posted: February 11th, 2012, 2:30am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Increases in private sector spending — not federal expenditures — have bolstered the nation’s slow-but-sure rebound from the recession.
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High & Low Finance: Plan for a Greek Debt Bailout Puts the Banks First
Posted: February 10th, 2012, 1:00am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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A proposed financial rescue package for Greece calls for debt payments as the first priority, whatever happens to Greece itself.
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Economix Blog: People Are Not Leaving the Labor Force
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 3:57pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Some commentators claim unemployment numbers look better because discouraged people are dropping out of the labor force. They are simply wrong.
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Off the Charts: A Long-Term Slide in Growth for Industrialized Economies
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:05pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The major developed countries are all experiencing slowdowns in growth, a trend the International Monetary Fund’s new projections indicate will continue.
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Economix Blog: Wow. But Is the Number Real?
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 10:22am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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This is a recovery led by the private sector. And while seasonal adjustments may have made January look better than it really was, job growth appears strong.
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High and Low Finance: In Rise of Gold Bugs, History Repeats Itself
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 4:22pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Newt Gingrich’s call for a commission to examine a return to the gold standard has a familiar ring. Ronald Reagan did the same more than 30 years ago.
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Off the Charts: Survey Takes Public’s Pulse on Business Regulations
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 1:23pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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A survey shows there is widespread agreement around the world on one point: the current level of business regulation is not right.
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High & Low Finance: As It Happens, Romney Paid More Taxes Than He Owed - High & Low Finance
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 1:29am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The tax code of the United States is far too complicated, if the errors in Republican Mitt Romney’s tax returns are any indication.
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The Caucus: Inside the Romney Tax Returns
Posted: January 24th, 2012, 8:55am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Times reporters look into the specifics of the Romney tax returns.
NYT > Business
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Economix Blog: On Super Bowls, Elections and Stock Prices
Posted: January 23rd, 2012, 5:27pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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While the old Super Bowl theory of the stock market no longer seems to work, there is an election-year correlation that might be worth noting.
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Off the Charts: In Debt-Laden Europe, New Cars Stay in Showroom
Posted: January 20th, 2012, 12:34pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Signs of a recovery in automobile demand in late 2009 vanished as the sovereign debt crisis emerged, first in Greece and then in other countries.
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High & Low Finance: Investment Income Hasn’t Always Had Tax Advantages
Posted: January 20th, 2012, 12:30am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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In the United States, dividends and capital gains are taxed at lower rates than wages, but that has not always been the case.
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Off the Charts: A Historical Cycle Bodes Ill for the Markets
Posted: January 7th, 2012, 1:16am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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In what appears to be a recurring 15-year cycle, the compound annual return of the S.& P. stock index peaks at more than 15 percent, then plunges. It’s plunge time.
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High & Low Finance: U.S. Manufacturing Is a Bright Spot for the Economy
Posted: January 6th, 2012, 3:11am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Amid signs of improvement in the overall jobs climate, manufacturing stands out as an area of strength in the American economy.
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High & Low Finance: U.S. Manufacturing Is a Bright Spot for the Economy
Posted: January 6th, 2012, 3:11am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Amid signs of improvement in the overall jobs climate, manufacturing stands out as an area of strength in the American economy.
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Off the Charts: The Year That Governments Lost Their Credibility - Off the Charts
Posted: December 31st, 2011, 1:09am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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In 2011, European governments badly underestimated the debt crisis and the United States nearly defaulted and had its credit rating cut.
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High & Low Finance: At Sears, the Price of Excessive Confidence
Posted: December 30th, 2011, 8:43am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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In creating Sears Holdings, Edward Lampert used financial alchemy to produce gold from retail dross. But now he plans to cut costs, fire employees and sell real estate.
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High & Low Finance: A Central Bank Doing What Central Banks Do
Posted: December 22nd, 2011, 7:33am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The European Central Bank has loaned $639 billion to 523 banks to keep credit flowing. It turns out that may be enough to stem the European crisis for at least a few years.
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High & Low Finance: A Central Bank Doing What Central Banks Do
Posted: December 22nd, 2011, 5:27am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The European Central Bank has loaned $639 billion to 523 banks to keep credit flowing. It turns out that may be enough to stem the European crisis for at least a few years.
NYT > Business
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Off the Charts: For Companies, the Good Old Days Are Now
Posted: November 25th, 2011, 11:12pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Workers’ wages continue dropping, but corporate profits soared to a record high in the third quarter.
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High & Low Finance: Some Real Estate Loans That Lost All Their Value, and More
Posted: November 18th, 2011, 3:23am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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In the latest bad news for the market for commercial mortgage-backed securities, a commercial real estate securitization trust disclosed losses of more than 100 percent on five loans.
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High & Low Finance: How Greece Could Escape the Euro
Posted: October 6th, 2011, 10:08pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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What could be worse for Europe than a Greek default? Well, the country could revive the drachma.
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High & Low Finance: How Greece Could Escape the Euro
Posted: October 6th, 2011, 10:08pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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What could be worse for Europe than a Greek default? Well, the country could revive the drachma.
NYT > Business
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High & Low Finance: Sometimes, Inflation Is Not Evil
Posted: August 11th, 2011, 10:20pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Easing monetary policy has worsened the housing bubble and has not done much to revive the debt-choked economy over the last two years.
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High & Low Finance: Sometimes, Inflation Is Not Evil
Posted: August 11th, 2011, 10:20pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Easing monetary policy has worsened the housing bubble and has not done much to revive the debt-choked economy over the last two years.
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High & Low Finance: Sometimes, Inflation Is Not Evil
Posted: August 11th, 2011, 10:20pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Easing monetary policy has worsened the housing bubble and has not done much to revive the debt-choked economy over the last two years.
NYT > Business
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Off The Charts: As Corporate Profits Rise, Workers’ Income Declines
Posted: August 5th, 2011, 10:07pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Corporate earnings were a record 14 percent of the total national income in 2010, but workers for the first time are no longer receiving half of that income.
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News Analysis: Time to Say It: Double Dip Recession May Be Happening
Posted: August 5th, 2011, 8:26am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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It has been three decades since the United States suffered a recession that followed on the heels of the previous one. But it could be happening again.
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High & Low Finance: Learning to Live With Debt
Posted: August 5th, 2011, 3:06am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Excessive debt and the fear of debt have taken a heavy toll on the economies of the United States and Europe.
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High & Low Finance: Europe Must Choose a Currency Union or a Financial Union
Posted: July 22nd, 2011, 2:32am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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European leaders now accept that the Continent has a responsibility not just to prevent collapse but to get the Greek economy moving again.
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Off the Charts: Where Private Borrowing Led to Public Debt
Posted: June 11th, 2011, 1:46am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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As the shrinking economies of once-booming Spain and Ireland show, debt-financed growth only works when it finances productive investments, not bubbles.
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High & Low Finance: Mighty Determined Sellers
Posted: May 13th, 2011, 3:08am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The publisher of Penthouse magazine and the United States Treasury find themselves in similar stock-sale situations this week.
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High & Low Finance: A Case That Got a Head Start on the Crime
Posted: May 11th, 2011, 4:35pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The insider trading case against Raj Rajaratnam stemmed from an investigation that began well before the crimes were committed, and that made all the difference.
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High & Low Finance: A Case That Got a Head Start on the Crime
Posted: May 11th, 2011, 4:35pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The insider trading case against Raj Rajaratnam stemmed from an investigation that began well before the crimes were committed, and that made all the difference.
NYT > Business
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High & Low Finance : How Secrecy Undermines Audit Reform
Posted: April 7th, 2011, 11:13pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Disciplinary actions against audit firms can remain secret for years, so investors have no way of identifying companies that may be using inappropriate accounting practices.
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Floyd Norris: R.I.P., New Home Sales
Posted: March 23rd, 2011, 4:57pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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New home sales hit a new low.
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Off the Charts: The Chasm Between Consumers and the Fed
Posted: March 5th, 2011, 3:20am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Higher gas and commodity prices are worrying consumers, but the Federal Reserve says inflation is tame.
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Off the Charts: Many Americans See Economy Improving, but Not for Them
Posted: February 18th, 2011, 2:44pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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A third of those questioned said their families were worse off this year than last, and nearly a quarter expected to be even worse off next year.
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High & Low Finance: Looks Like Banks Lose on Risk Plea
Posted: February 18th, 2011, 3:26am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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To avoid reckless mortgage-making, banks under Dodd-Frank have to have some “skin in the game” of securitization. Their efforts to avoid retaining some risk appear to be failing.
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Off the Charts: Manufacturers Say Business Is Getting Better
Posted: February 4th, 2011, 4:11pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics said 36,000 jobs were created in January, but often the first number for estimating employment is far from authoritative.
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High and Low Finance: From 1983, Hope for Jobs in 2011
Posted: February 4th, 2011, 2:52am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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With the latest unemployment figures to be released Friday, there are signs that the economy is doing better than some statistics would indicate.
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Off the Charts: The S.&P. Meanders Back To 1,300
Posted: January 28th, 2011, 9:33pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Two recessions, two bear markets and 12 years after the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index first hit 1,300, it reached that mark again, briefly, this week.
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High & Low Finance: For Housing, A Quick Fix Or Less Risk
Posted: January 28th, 2011, 2:29am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Pruning Fannie and Freddie could be disruptive, but less so if the shift back to private sector mortgage insurance happened gradually.
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Off the Charts: Data Shows Less Buying of U.S. Debt by China
Posted: January 22nd, 2011, 12:30am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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China is a net seller of Treasury securities, according to government figures. That has raised speculation that it is channeling its purchases through British accounts.
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High & Low Finance: Volcker Rule May Work, Even if Vague
Posted: January 21st, 2011, 2:03am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The guidelines lay out no bright lines of right and wrong, but give regulators advice on where to look and what to look for.
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Off the Charts: Older Workers Are Keeping a Tighter Grip on Jobs
Posted: January 14th, 2011, 2:33pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The latest data from the Labor Department shows that more people over 55 are working while fewer people under that age are employed.
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High & Low Finance: At Schwab, Unkept Promise To Investors
Posted: January 14th, 2011, 12:30am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Charles Schwab said his firm was “on the side of the investor,” but it obfuscated the risks of a losing fund. Even as it settles with the S.E.C., it is blaming others.
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High & Low Finance: MBIA Fights Banks for Its Life
Posted: January 6th, 2011, 8:40pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Courts will be deciding the fate of MBIA, which claims some banks owe it money because they lied about the mortgages backing securities that MBIA insured.
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High & Low Finance: Major League Banks Need a Farm System
Posted: December 30th, 2010, 3:30pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Just as baseball teams need a farm system to provide replacements for players who age, a banking system needs a second tier of institutions that can step in and become major league.
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High & Low Finance: Major League Banks Need a Farm System
Posted: December 30th, 2010, 3:30pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Just as baseball teams need a farm system to provide replacements for players who age, a banking system needs a second tier of institutions that can step in and become major league.
NYT > Business
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Off the Charts: For Investors, the Glow Is Off U.S. Stock Funds
Posted: December 24th, 2010, 7:20pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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For the fourth year, more money was withdrawn from mutual funds with holdings in American stocks than was invested.
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Off the Charts: For Investors, the Glow Is Off U.S. Stock Funds
Posted: December 24th, 2010, 7:20pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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For the fourth year, more money was withdrawn from mutual funds with holdings in American stocks than was invested.
NYT > Business
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Accounting Board Puts Interim Head in Lead Spot
Posted: December 24th, 2010, 2:20am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Leslie F. Seidman, a former auditor who has been the acting leader, became chairwoman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
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High & Low Finance: The Upside? Things Could Be Worse
Posted: December 24th, 2010, 2:15am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Prices have leaped for securities backed by commercial mortgages, not because things are great but because they are not nearly as bad was once expected.
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Off the Charts: The Euro’s Uneven Benefit in Europe
Posted: December 18th, 2010, 12:50am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The euro was meant to boost trade, but some euro zone states have lost export market share while others gained.
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High & Low Finance: Accounting for Public Pensions
Posted: December 9th, 2010, 8:50pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Pensions for government workers could soon come under the kind of scrutiny that led to the demise of private pensions.
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Off the Charts: Value Sinking Fastest on Homes Priced Low to Start
Posted: December 4th, 2010, 5:58am EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The least expensive homes saw the highest surge in price during the bubble, and now they’re suffering the most.
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High & Low Finance: Gold Fever: Pondering The Causes
Posted: November 25th, 2010, 8:00pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Investors turn to gold when they fear the return of big inflation and as a way to stick out their tongues at the so-called elites who run the economy.
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Off the Charts: The Waiting Game on Inflation
Posted: November 19th, 2010, 1:01pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The Federal Reserve’s second round of monetary easing may not be enough to reverse the inflation rate’s downward slide.
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High & Low Finance: For Irish Banks, a Texas-Style Solution Is Unlikely
Posted: November 18th, 2010, 1:36pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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In the 1980s, regulators dealt with the crisis in Texas banking by letting financial institutions go bankrupt. That solution is unlikely to work in Ireland.
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High & Low Finance: No Credit for Man Whose Predecessor Got No Blame
Posted: November 11th, 2010, 2:03pm EST by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Ben S. Bernanke, the Fed chairman, may long for some of the praise that was once lavished on Alan Greenspan.
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Off the Charts: In Construction, Homes Are the Good News
Posted: November 5th, 2010, 11:10pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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While the pace of residential construction in the United States has stabilized, commercial building has declined and even public projects are flagging.
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Floyd Norris: The Missed Rally
Posted: November 3rd, 2010, 11:12pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Stocks are up sharply over the past 19 months, but mutual fund investors continue to take money out of stock funds.
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Floyd Norris: We Do It Right, but Those Others Don't
Posted: November 1st, 2010, 6:24pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Are C.E.O.'s overpaid? A majority of corporate directors appear to think that is the case in other companies. But most directors think their own boards are doing just fine.
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Off the Charts: Rethinking Early Retirement in Europe
Posted: October 29th, 2010, 6:21pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Countries like France are questioning the generous social benefits doled out to those who stop working early.
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High & Low Finance: Strange Tales From the Land of Flat Returns
Posted: October 28th, 2010, 4:15pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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This week some investors bought Treasury bonds for a price that may be higher than the money they will get if they hold the bond to maturity in 2015.
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Floyd Norris: Return of the Shadow
Posted: October 25th, 2010, 8:18pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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What should regulators do when a new shadow banking system emerges?
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Off the Charts: Want a Big Raise? Get a Wall St. Job
Posted: October 23rd, 2010, 1:10am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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A substantial increase in financial industry pay makes Manhattan No. 1 in year-over-year income gains.
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High & Low Finance: Some Sand in the Gears of Securitizing
Posted: October 18th, 2010, 10:02pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The possibility that mortgages are invalid raises serious concerns for the great securitization machine.
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Off the Charts: World Trade, Once Rising, Is Starting to Sag Again
Posted: October 16th, 2010, 12:51am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Exports of many countries, even China, appear to be stagnant after initially rising briskly after the financial crisis. The United States has fared better than some.
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High & Low Finance: Lending Is Up, but Demand Is Lacking
Posted: October 15th, 2010, 12:39am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Bank lending to companies is starting to rise, but until demand increases, many companies have no need to borrow money to expand or hire.
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Off the Charts: The Recession Is Over, but Pessimism Still Reigns
Posted: October 1st, 2010, 3:40pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The latest consumer confidence figures showed that only 10 percent of Americans were optimistic about their incomes.
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High & Low Finance: The Upside of Reviving Securitizing
Posted: October 1st, 2010, 12:47am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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More attention needs to be paid to understanding just how the shadow banking system got out of control and how to regulate it, because it did stimulate the economy.
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High & Low Finance: Seeking to Protect Investors
Posted: September 24th, 2010, 1:28am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Renewing the obligation for “best execution” of orders could help protect investors.
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End of Summer, and Summers
Posted: September 22nd, 2010, 11:41am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Lawrence H. Summers and the rest of President Obama’s economic team are being criticized as socialists who set out to destroy the Constitution and the free enterprise system. That is more or less what critics said about Franklin Roosevelt.
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Off the Charts: America’s Great Recession Wasn’t the Worst
Posted: September 17th, 2010, 12:50pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The American recession was less severe than those of most other major industrialized economies, and the United States has rebounded more quickly.
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High & Low Finance: A Step on Bank Rules, but Not Yet a Solution
Posted: September 16th, 2010, 5:50pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Banks lobbying against strict standards would like us to forget that it was undercapitalized financial institutions that got us into this mess.
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Hiding Losses, Via the Calendar
Posted: September 15th, 2010, 10:14am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Using the calendar to manage earnings: A study finds the companies that change fiscal years often bury losses in "orphan months" that will not be included in many databases.
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Changing Perceptions on Economics and Politics
Posted: September 13th, 2010, 5:25pm EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Markets seem to think the economic outlook is improving. But polls seem to indicate the economic outlook is more likely to lead to a big Republican victory in November. Can both be correct?
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High & Low Finance: Banks Get Stuck With the Bill as Mortgage Loans Fail
Posted: August 20th, 2010, 1:50am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Big banks have already taken losses of nearly $10 billion on loans gone bad, though they were far from the only institutions at fault.
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News Analysis: Rates Fall as Market Fears Economic Weakness
Posted: August 16th, 2010, 2:10am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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As governments try to bring down deficits, investors seem more concerned by the possibility of renewed recession.
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News Analysis: Rates Fall as Market Fears Economic Weakness
Posted: August 16th, 2010, 2:10am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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As governments try to bring down deficits, investors seem more concerned by the possibility of renewed recession.
NYT > Business
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Off the Charts: Rising Profits Are Good, but There’s a Catch
Posted: August 14th, 2010, 12:20am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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Increased profit margins may soothe some investors, but sales haven’t kept up.
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High & Low Finance: Uncertainty Is the Only Tax Certainty
Posted: August 13th, 2010, 1:30am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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The unsettled state of the tax code is a monument to George W. Bush’s determination to cut taxes and to Congressional unwillingness to compromise, either in 2001 or now.