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04/28
Region Focus,
Spring 2004 Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Kickbacks
Hit Where It Hurts Washington Post / Steven Pearlstein
CA:
Independent truck drivers walk off jobs Sacramento Bee / Dale Kasler
Yukos value
may survive Putin purge UPI / Martin Sieff
CO:
Gap growing between wages, costs of living Rocky Mountain News / David
Kesmodel
Another
take on the GDP Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Opec
considers boosting target range by 30pc Gulf-News via Oil.com
Refinancings drop as
rates push past 6% Inman News
OH:
Local home sales leap 27% Cincinnati Enquirer / Jeff Mckinney
U.S.
Won't Launch China Fair-Trade Case AP via St Louis Post / Martin
Crutsinger
FL:
Foreign tourists head to U.S. again Orlando Sentinel / Sean Mussenden
CO:
Tougher Than the MSRB Bond Buyer / Elizabeth Albanese
Treasuries
fall after moderate demand at auction FT / Jenny Wiggins, Paivi Munter
and Mariko Sanchanta
CA:
Surging steel prices hammer commercial construction San Diego Union
Tribune / Mike Freeman and David Washburn
NV:
Official calls Las Vegas 'geographic magnet' Las Vegas Review Journal
Crude slips
7 cents to $37.46 a barrel Reuters via Houston Chronicle
Latin
American Stocks, Bonds, Currencies Tumble on China, Rates Bloomberg /
Telma Marotto
Canada:
Sales of luxury homes soar Toronto Star / Tony Wong
Dollar
surprises with sharp rise FT / Steve Johnson
IN: For teens,
finding job is hard work Indianapolis Star / J.K. Wall
CA:
Home prices still climbing / Long Beach Press Telegram / Don Jergler
China:
State trading firms report robust profit growth People’s Daily
Hey kid - you wanna
buy a ... Christian Science Monitor / Jennifer Wolcott
Google
IPO to unleash dollars, and questions Baltimore Sun / Jay Hancock
T.
Rowe Price's earnings nearly double in 1st quarter Baltimore Sun / Paul
Adams
Banking
rates mixed CNN
Fed
hike: How much? CNN / Kathleen Hayes
Federal
Reserve's activities in currency design and coin distribution Federal
Reserve Board / Jeffrey Marquardt
Inflation and Deflation:
These Strangers Safehaven / Castrese Tipaldi
State
budget picture shows modest improvement Stateline.org / Pamela Prah
Gold and Silver Massacre?
Trendeinvestor.info via Safehaven
/ Ceri Shepherd
Republicans
struggle to agree on U.S. budget Reuters / Anna Willard
Refinancing
demand lags again Reuters via CNN
MA:
Condo, home sales leap Boston Globe / Chris Ready
Washington's
Favorite Tax Credit Forbes / Janet Novack
Does
Google feel lucky? BBC News / Clare Matheson
UK:
Brown vows to control inflation Guardian / Mark Tran
Copper,
Other Metals Fall on Concern Chinese Demand May Slow Bloomberg / Claudia
Carpenter and Choy Leng Yeong
SEC
Tells Muni Issuers: Sweat the Details Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Might
the Fed Rate Increases Stop at Only 2.5%? Bloomberg / John M. Berry
Disney
Strengthened by Comcast Withdrawal AP via ABC News
How
Embracing Real Competition Can Save Microsoft Bloomberg / David Pauly
ECB
Must Risk Rate Experiment to Test U.S. Model Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
Fed
hikes: Winners and losers CNN / Mark Gongloff
Positively
dogmatic on the subject of the federal budget deficit Philadelphia
Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
Comcast
abandons bid for Walt Disney FT / Tim Burt
Prospects
again sour for German economy IHT / Katrin Bennhold
Japan
March Industrial Output Rises 0.1%; Gains Ahead Bloomberg / Daisuke
Takato
Companies
Finding Some Computer Jobs Best Done in U.S. NY Times / Eduardo Porter
Utah's first woman
governor rules with grit and charm Christian Science Monitor / Mark
Sappenfield
Those extra pounds
- are they government's business? Christian Science Monitor / Susan
Llewelyn Leach
British
Boom Driven by Personal Debt NY Times / Alan Cowell
Former
Soviet Central Banker Emerges as Yukos Chairman NY Times /
Erin E. Arvedlund
Is
Thai Economic Miracle Fizzling -- Again? Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
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04/29
Raising
prices will be tough Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Calpers
On The Warpath Forbes / Virginia M. Citrano
GDP gives Fed another nudge
MSNBC / Martin Wolk
Manifest
destiny meets democracy The Economist
Treasuries
fall on worries over U.S. inflation Reuters
OR:
Budget balanced illegally, court says Oregonian via Stateline.org / James
Mayer
Mexican
Peso Declines to Record Low: Latin American Currencies Bloomberg /
Alexander Hanrath
China
to avoid big ups and downs in economy: Premier People’s Daily
Gold
dives on US interest rate Sydney Morning Herald
Economy
advances– so does inflation Chicago Tribune / William Neikirk
Government
Workers Charge It to Uncle Sam Reuters via LA Times
South
leads U.S. in home sales AP via The State / Kristen Wyatt
Ted sacrifices green goals
for greenbacks NY Post / Paul Tharp
UN Oil Papers Vanish
NY Post via Oil.com / Niles Lathem
NV:
Nevada taxable sales rise again in February Las Vegas
Sun / Cy Ryan
NY: 57th St. Rents Hit
$850/Foot NY Post / Braden Keil
IN: Service,
construction rebuilding job market Indianapolis Star / Ted Evanoff
Emerging
Markets Warm to Euro Reuters via Moscow Times / Natsuko Waki
Anthem profit
jumps 54% Indianapolis Star / Jeff Swiatek
In
the pipeline The Economist
The
Economist commodity price index chart The Economist
Why
globalisation works—and how to make it work better The Economist
Why
phones are replacing cars The Economist
The
weakness of Google The Economist
Degrees
of difference The Economist
No
Pay, No Play? Forbes / Emily Lambert
The
deficit debate CNN / Lou Dobbs
30-year
mortgage back above 6% CNN
Google
to sell $2.7bn in share BBC News
Eurozone
bond yields hit 3-month highs FT / Päivi Munter
Dealing
with rate increases San Francisco Chronicle / Kathleen Pender
Cotton Candy Lew
Rockwell via Ludwig von Mises Institute /
Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Policy
in the balance The Economist
Ever-expanding
Union? The Economist
Low
interest rates won't last forever Taipei Times / Christopher Lingle
Stuck
in a plunge Denver Post / Louis Aguilar
CO:
Rate-hike threat spurs home sales Denver Post / Kristi Arellano
U.S.
Treasuries Drop as Growth Signs, Debt Auction Cut Demand Bloomberg /
Heather Bandur and Elizabeth Stanton
Just
a glance from Mr. Fed will send the markets haywire National Review / Tom
Nugent
Canada:
'Perfect storm' lashes loonie Toronto Star / Steven Thobald
Why
putting all your stocks in one basket is still risky Philadelphia
Inquirer / Jeff Brown
Wall
Street Starts Talking About Muni `Consultants' Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Inflation
Can't Rise on Expectations Alone Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
U.S.
Economy Grew at a 4.2% Rate in First Quarter Bloomberg / Joe Richter
A
May Day milestone The Economist
Emerging-Market
Debt May Rebound on Pension Flows Bloomberg / Gavin Serkin
A
growing number of men are not working, so how are they making ends meet?
NY Times / Alan B. Krueger
Fed
May Drop `Patient' Stance on Rates as Jobs, Inflation Rise Bloomberg /
Mark Tannenbaum
U.S.
First-Quarter GDP Seen Rising at a 5% Pace, Survey Shows Bloomberg / Joe
Richter
MN:
Higher prices head for the 'burbs Minneapolis Star Tribune / Neal Gendler
No
Panic on Oil FT
South
Korean Won Drops; Finance Minister Says It's `Overvalued' Bloomberg /
Christina Soon
Australia:
Dollar follows euro down, despite coaxing from inflation data AAP via
Sydney Morning Herald
Mercury rising
Christian Science Monitor / Mark Clayton
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04/30
WA: Got
extra money for milk? Seattle Post Intelligencer / Christine Frey
Federal Reserve Miracle?
Prudent Bear via Safehaven /
Doug Noland
TX:
Regional free trade looks shaky Houston Chronicle / Jenalia Moreno
Searching
for a risk? Try Google Denver Post / Al Lewis
CO:
Coloradans losing pace on income growth Denver Post / Kelly Pate Dwyer
EU
expansion 'an economic boost' BBC News
Want
drugs? Wait 'til November CNN / Alexandra Twin
Interest
rates cut both ways in home sales Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
China
May Raise Interest Rates as Early as Next Week Bloomberg / Jianguo Jiang
Crude
rises 7 cents to $37.38 a barrel Reuters via Houston Chronicle
Low
Money Rates or Higher Rates, All News Is Bad Bloomberg / Chet Currier
Europe
reunites in blaze of joy at EU enlargement Reuters via Forbes / Wojciech
Moskwa
Pimco's
Bill Gross Battles Regulators, Shaky Market Bloomberg / Monee
Fields-White
IL:
Washington Mutual opens 20 more branches in area Chicago Sun Times /
Tammy Chase
A
Reaction to Google's IPO: Buy Yahoo! CNN / Eric Hellweg
U.S.
Auto Sales Likely Rose in April AP via Chicago Tribune / John Porretto
Department
Stores Make Tentative Comeback AP via Newsday / Anne D’Innocenzio
California
Bans Touchscreen Voting Machines in Four Counties Newsmax
Colombia
Peso Posts Worst Week Since July: Latin Currencies Bloomberg / Robert
Willis
Economic
Pain by Numbers Akron Beacon Journal / Jim Mackinnon
Loans
aplenty Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Teresa McUsic
Personal
spending, income up CNN
Chicago
Purchasers' Index Rises to 63.9 in April From 57.6 Bloomberg / Andrew
Ward and Kevin Orland
Help-Wanted ads dip
Inman News
US
Treasuries firm, absorb upbeat industry data Reuters
Brent
crude edges close to fresh 13-year high FT / Neil Dennis
Eurozone
inflation reaches ECB's 'ceiling' FT / Tony Major
Four
Questions IMF Candidate Rato Should Answer Bloomberg / David DeRosa
Will
Italy and rest of Europe depopulate itself to extinction? Daily Standard
/ Terry Eastland
Bahrain:
Expert urges caution in bond market investments Gulf Daily News / Robert
Smith
China
Cools Lending, and Markets Shiver NY Times / Keith Bradsher
More
states in plea to join EU Gulf Daily News
UK:
Labour 'is destroying the wealth of Britain' Telegraph / David Litterick
UK:
Gordon's exercise in building our house on sand Telegraph / Neil Collins
U.S.
Economy Grows 4.2%; War Spending Provides Push NY Times / Louis Uchitelle
NE:
Visitors arriving for Berkshire meeting Omaha World Herald / Virgil
Larson and Steve Jordan
US
Treasuries struggle for direction FT / Päivi Munter
Japan's
March Jobless Rate Falls to Lowest in 3 Years Bloomberg / Daisuke Takato
Two worlds meet in
the expanded EU Christian Science Monitor / Peter Ford
Alan
Greenspan Tiptoes Up to China's Bubble Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
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