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06/16 The Changing World Economy: What It Means for Canada Bank of Canada / David Dodge Why some markets are hot, others not CNN / Sarah Max BMA Calls for Modifications to Bank of England's Proposed Reform of the Operations in the Sterling Money Markets BMA Treasury: Banks must abide by Patriot Act UPI via MENAFN 1 In 130 Americans A Millionaire NY Post via MENAFN / Bill Hoffmann Non-Citizens Capture 29 Percent of U.S. Jobs, Report Says Bloomberg / Jesse Westbrook The party's over CNN / Lou Dobbs U.S. Treasuries stable in Asia after slip Reuters Broaddus Says Inflation Under Control, Fed Policy Not `Behind' Bloomberg / Joe Richter Broaddus-Neutral fed funds rate around 2.5-3.5 pct Reuters Bank of England's King Says World Interest Rate Cycle Turned Bloomberg / Julia Kollewe Plan 'B' for Turkey UPI / Claude Salhani Eurozone inflation rises sharply in May AFP via EU Business The Wealthy Have a Bigger Role in Politics AEI /Norman J. Ornstein Kerry Misfires In Economic Blame Game Washington Post / Steven Pearlstein Crude oil squeeze continues Globe and Mail / Mathew Ingram Gas prices: Expert at Energy Department tells Senate committee worst may be over AP via Indianapolis Star Does it pay to enter lion's den? Miami Herald / Gregg Fields Reversal of fortune San Francisco Chronicle / Matthew Yi CA: Doors may open for homebuyers Orange County Register / Hang Nguyen SD: A mix of good and bad news as city weathers downturn Argus Leader / Kelly Hildebrandt Bond prices soar, while dollar suffers broad-based setback AP via Orange County Register Will the Fed raise rates just once? CNN / Mark Gongloff CalPERS to Raise HMO Rates by 11.4% LA Times / Lisa Girion The Big Blue Muzzle Forbes / Daniel Lyons It's called a correction CNN / Michael Sivy Canada: House prices are up 12.9% over past year Financial-National Post via Canada.com / Garry Marr American fairy tale CBS Market Watch / Robert Powell Pimco chief says global outlook unstable FT / Deborah Brewster Social Security's numbers don't lie Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel The summit of all fears The Economist Brazil Maintains Benchmark Lending Rate at 16 Percent Bloomberg / Carlos Caminada Emerging Markets Forbes / Kim Nguyen Bank One might be close to deal over mutual fund trading practices Chicago Sun Times / Tammy Chase SEC May Impose Rules on Public Funds Planned by Buyout Firms Bloomberg / Otis Bilodeau Credit arm helps Ford lift forecasts FT / Jeremy Grant Mr Greenspan's balancing act BBC News / Stephen Evans Gradual Fed Rate Hikes Expected LA Times / Warren Vieth Tenet Raises $1 Billion in Private Note Sale Reuters and LA Times Bush Withdrawing Pension Rule Proposal Hartford Courant PA: Rising milk prices lift mood on dairy farms Philadelphia Inquirer / Harold Brubaker Comments on the Economy and Monetary Policy Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond / J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr. The Beige Book Federal Reserve Board Texas leads U.S. in foreclosures San Antonio Express Courier / Adolfo Pesquera AZ: Gambling on housing Arizona Republic / Catherine Reagor Burrough and Glen Creno Fed: Same as it ever was CNN / Kathleen Hays Canada: Factories booming despite strong loonie Toronto Star / Steven Theobald Revised Uniform Agreement on the Classification of Assets and Appraisal of Securities Held by Banks and Thrifts Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Dollar Advances as Some Traders Bet Its Decline Went Too Far Bloomberg / Vivianne C. Rodrigues There's enough oil left to last for 40 years, says BP Telegraph / Edmund Conway Brazil's Real Reverses Gains Before Debt, Rate-Swap Expiration Bloomberg / Jeb Blount Best Buy Earns $114M in First Quarter AP via Aberdeen News Goodyear delays first-quarter results AP via Aberdeen News U.S. mortgage applications rise last week-MBA Reuters 82 million people in U.S. uninsured AP via USA Today Myth & Reaganomics National Review / Bruce Bartlett Reagan Whipped Inflation National Review / James Glassman The Trouble With the EU Ludwig von Mises Institute / Jude Blanchette Treasurys reverse lower; yields gain CBS Market Watch / Rachel Koning Home building holds up CNN / Chris Isidore Inflation is small concern for Fed Knight Ridder via Detroit Free Press / Ken Moritsugu Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Federal Reserve Board US industrial production surges 1.1 per cent FT / Christopher Swann Bear Stearns's Profit Rises 24% on Trading, Banking Bloomberg / Margaret Popper Get Ready: Measured or Not, Here They Come Bloomberg / Caroline Baum Greenspan Removes Any Doubt About Rate Increase Bloomberg / John M. Berry Why Baldwin County, Alabama, Uses Negotiated Sale Bloomberg / Joe Mysak Inflation fears ease on consumer prices report Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Patricia Sabatini Inflation a top threat to economy Christian Science Monitor / Ron Scherer FedHeads Safehaven / John Mackenzie An Anxious Time for Boeing As a Fired Worker Starts to Talk NY Times / Leslie Wayne Inflation Doesn't Worry Greenspan Washington Post / Nell Henderson UK: Increasing pension age is 'work until you drop' Guardian / Phillip Inman Australia: Interest rates not affected by US AAP via Sydney Morning Herald Japanese Bond Futures Gain; Fukui Says Interest Rates on Hold Bloomberg / Chris Cooper Back to the future: new US-Russia arms race Christian Science Monitor / Scott Peterson Russia: Stocks Plunge on Yukos Tax Proposal Moscow Times / Valeria Korchagina Bill Murray Does His Bit for Japan's Economy Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.

06/17 Strong Growth, Fear Driving Energy Markets Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas US Economic Outlook Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago / Michael Moskow NASD Price Abuse Cases Due Out Soon Bond Buyer / Lynn Hume CA: California Cash Flood Bond Buyer / Anastasija Johnson NY: City jobless dips to 7% NY Daily News / Tom Van Riper Out of the shadows, into the world The Economist U.S. Retail Payments: Opportunities and Challenges Federal Reserve Bank of Boston / Cathy E. Minehan Board seeks nominations for Consumer Advisory Council Federal Reserve Board Long- And Short-Term Mortgage Rates Flat This Week Freddie Mac Jeffrey M. Lacker appointed President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Federal Reserve Board Worse than it looks Globe and Mail / Roma Luciw Savers Set to Gain From Short-Term Rate Hike LA Times / Tom Petruno Job seekers' obstacle: Bad credit CBS Market Watch / Andrea Coombes No company 'too big to fail,' Treasury Secretary Snow says Bloomberg via Dallas Morning News House Passes Changes to Tax Code to Stop Sanctions Bloomberg / Ryan Donmoyer CA: Treasury chief hails jobs, downplays inflation San Francisco Chronicle / Tom Abate China may face anti-dumping legislation USA Today / James Cox TX: Fed report discounts Toyota job figures AP via Houston Chronicle Signals point to rate hike Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino Colo. businessman blames bank firm for exchange-fund losses Rocky Mountain News / John Accola CA: Median O.C. home price: $543,000 Orange County Register / Hang Nguyen Crude rises $1.14 to $38.46 a barrel Reuters via Houston Chronicle Red Hat's Solidly In The Black Information Week / Larry Greenemeier United:Loan Guarantee Rejection Premature Reuters United Airlines Denied $1.6 Bln U.S. Loan Guarantee Bloomberg / John Hughes Newsday Statement regarding circulation figures Newsday Grasso case moves to federal court Reuters via CNN Bill Clinton, on '60 Minutes,' Speaks of Affair With Intern NY Times / Courtney C. Radsch CA: Low-price wine brings home gold Oakland Tribune / Michelle Locke Treasuries climb as Fed survey shows weakness FT / Päivi Munter and Mariko Sanchanta Why the Gold Standard is HISTORY Euro vs. Dollar Currency War Monitor via  Safehaven / Alex Wallenwein AK: Changes to fund affect board and investments Anchorage Daily News / Wesley Loy This Bush boom is a lot like the Reagan boom 20 years ago National Review / Larry Kudlow Greed Destroyed Adelphia, Prosecutor Says in Summary Reuters via NY Times Inflation: A real worry now US News / Paul J. Lim Manufacturing Taking the Lead? Prudent Bear via Safehaven / Chad Hudson Experts: IT spending in Arab world to reach $60 billion in 4 years MENAFN Treasuries rise on weak components of Philly Fed Reuters / Pedro Nicolaci da Costa Tax revenues spell good news for states Stateline.org / Pamela M. Prah MN: 300 Federal Reserve jobs in doubt in Minneapolis Minneapolis Star Tribune / Chris Serres Mortgage rates continue upward AP via Baltimore Sun / Jeannine Aversa Greenspan's Bid for 5th Term Moves Forward AP via Charlotte Observer US Democrats assail Bush on housing, mortgage firms Reuters / Mark Felsenthal Gross exaggeration? CNN / Mark Gongloff Argentine GDP Grows Over 10% for 3rd Straight Quarter Bloomberg / Eliana Raszewski Treasury's Snow wants higher debt ceiling UPI via Washington Times Nasdaq, a Perennial Yo-Yo, Is Set to Go Down Bloomberg / John Dorfman Ups and downs of inflation rate Philadelphia Inquirer / Jeff Brown Swiss bank raises key loan rate AP and Reuters via IHT The Economic Value of Variety NY Times / Virginia Postrel Survey: 1 in 4 Credit Reports Has Errors AP via Washington Times / Marcy Gordon Business Outlook Survey Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Pension Pain: The Other Social Insurance Crisis Ludwig von Mises Institute / Carl F. Horowitz Back to the 1970s? The Economist Luxury's new empire The Economist In the shadows The Economist Ten-year government-bond yields The Economist US 30-, 15-year mortgages up slightly in latest week Reuters U.S. Economy: Leading Indicators Rise, Claims Fall Bloomberg / Joe Richter Does it feel real? CNN / Kathleen Hays Rate swaps in Japan provide a bond hedge Bloomberg via IHT / Mariko Iwasaki and Rajat Bhattacharya Treasury Notes Decline After Report Shows Producer Prices Gain Bloomberg / Mark Tannenbaum and Steve Rothwell U.S. May Producer Prices Rise 0.8%; Core Rate Up 0.3% Bloomberg / Joe Richter UK: Gluttons for punishment Guardian / Jackie Ashley Yuan forex rate needs adjustment Taipei Times / Tung Chen-yuan India's Federal Budget Will Test New Leadership Bloomberg / Andy Mukherjee Canada: Central bank ups economic growth forecast Ottawa Business Journal China: Premier Wen: Economy on healthy track People’s Daily China: Foreign investors tap mineral resources in China People’s Daily The Price is Right NY Post / Suzanne Mcgee Bahrain: $500m bonds issue listed Gulf Daily News Saudi set to boost oil output Gulf Daily News Oil chief: my fears for planet Guardian / David Adam What it will take to put humans on Mars Christian Science Monitor / Peter N. Spotts Japan Sets Highest Coupon in 3 1/2 Years on 20-Year Bond Sale Bloomberg / Keiko Ujikane Dollar Holds Gains; Producer Prices May Have Risen in May Bloomberg / Taizo Hirose

06/18 Bond Fund Exodus Rolls On The Street / Gregg Greenberg Investors Await Rush Of LBO Bank Deals Loan Market Week via Institutional Investor Bond traders wondering whether bear market is over Globe and Mail / Allan Robinson Investors Await Rush Of LBO Bank Deals Loan Market Week via Institutional Investor US trade deficit widens to $1.5bn a day FT / Andrew Balls See Jane stop running Stateline.org / Kathleen Murphy UBS To Merge Credit Trading Biz Bond Week / Scott Goodwin Canada's Dollar Rises on Speculation of Several Rate Increases Bloomberg / Sangeetha Ramaswamy OPEC president doubts non-members can quickly ramp up output CP via Canada.com U.S. House Approves $32 Bln Homeland Security Bill Bloomberg / Nicholas Johnston U.S. Treasury's Snow Speaks: U.S. Economy and Job Creation audio Bloomberg Japan: Muto Says BOJ Is Closely Watching Long-Term Rates Bloomberg / Mayumi Otsuma Emerging debt-Faith in Fed eclipses Lula vote flop Reuters / Greg Brosnan Allen, the other Mr. Microsoft Reuters via CNN The Fast Track To Globalization Optimize via Information Week / Ralph Szygenda CO: Site choice for VP's talk raises brows Denver Post / Aldo Svaldi Many Doctors Practice With No Insurance AP via Newsmax Feast to famine CBS Market Watch / Gregory Robb CBOT hopes to convert to for-profit status by end of year Chicago Sun Times / David Roeder CBOT requests review Chicago Tribune Pitt: Grasso was worth it NY Post / Jenny Anderson Beware euphoria of housing prices Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel CA: O.C. housing affordability declines to 16-year low Orange County Register / Hang Nguyen 30-Year Mortgage Rates Rise to 6.32% Bloomberg via LA Times PA: Area factories get busy, so some may add jobs Philadelphia Inquirer / Joseph N. DiStefano and Henry J. Holcomb Brazilian Bonds Decline After Lula Loses Wage Vote in Senate Bloomberg / Katia Cortes and Charles Penty 2003 Annual Report Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Rethinking Convention Center Hotel Financing Bloomberg / Joe Mysak US junk bond funds see $126 mln weekly outflow Reuters Slowdown in UK mortgage lending BBC News Moody's revises Slovakia outlook to positive Reuters Dollar Falls After U.S. Current-Account Gap Widens to Record Bloomberg / Vivianne C. Rodrigues Eurozone bond yields ease following Treasuries tone FT / Charles Batchelor U.S. Current Account Deficit Widened to Record Bloomberg / Carlos Torres The Coming Retirement Crisis Forbes / Dan Ackman Detroit's big three in the slow lane The Economist MN: Fed says Minneapolis check center won't close Minneapolis Star Tribune / Chris Serres Stocks, Bonds Having Market-Neutral Kind of Year Bloomberg / Chet Currier Gecina Sale Is Rare Victory for Bondholder Rights Bloomberg / Mark Gilbert Japan's Bonds Gain as Yields Near Four-Year High Draw Investors Bloomberg / Chris Cooper Why the Fed Can Go Easy Business Week / Christopher Farrell `Gimmick Economics' Makes Comeback in Japan Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr. U.K. Consumers Expect Rate Rises in Next 12 Months, Survey Says Bloomberg / Sam Fleming UK: Brown moves to dispel fears of property crash Telegraph / Benedict Brogan UK: Over-the-limit King breaches inflation Telegraph / Edmund Conway Lobbying could kill reforms IHT / Floyd Norris House Passes Major Tax Cut For Businesses Washington Post / Jonathan Weisman Oil May Fall Next Week as OPEC Boosts Supplies, Survey Shows Bloomberg OPEC: Demand for Oil Growing Reuters via Moscow Times / Barbara Lewis Yen Heads for Weekly Gain on Optimism Growth Will Be Sustained Bloomberg / John Brinsley Pensions Face Huge Asset Gap Washington Post / Albert B. Crenshaw Russia growth likely to slow says minister Gulf Daily News Stink Baum Golden Bar via Safehaven / Ed Bugos Symbiotic Parenting Pimco / Mohamed A. El-Erian China's economy on path to soft landing People’s Daily Australia: Rates to stay put in 2004: analysts AAP via Sydney Morning Herald Russia: Putin Tip Powers Yukos Recovery Moscow Times / Catherine Belton

06/19 Economist: NAFTA was a benefit Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Rick Stuffer We're awash in debt. Does that spell trouble? Globe and Mail / Mathew Ingram WI: Will jobs tell the tale of election? Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Craig Gilbert and Joel Dresang WI: Wal-Mart forces grocers to scramble Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Tom Daykin What happened to dividends? Reuters / Marc Gerstein Ghosts of past spending Dallas Morning News / Scott Burns CA: Economy boosts valley home prices Mercury News / Sue McAllister What Is the Free Market, and Who Cares? Lew Rockwell / Butler Shaffer Please Give Me a Housing Bubble Thoughts From The Frontline via Safehaven / John Mauldin Lumber and oil prices rise, but other commodities fall CP via Toronto Star / Gary Norris U.S. 10-Year Note Gains for Week as Fed Boosts Seen `Measured' Bloomberg / Mark Tannenbaum KS: Wichita jobless rate falls to 5.4% AP via Wichita Eagle / John Hanna FL: Citizens' growth 'explosive' Tallahassee Democrat / Rocky Scott OH: Goodyear posts first-quarter loss Akron Beacon Journal / John Russell TX: The big buzz is magnets San Antonio Express Courier / Travis E. Poling Bush, Democrats spar on job Reuters via CNN Yen Rises for 2nd Week Against Dollar and Euro on Japan Growth Bloomberg / Vivianne C. Rodrigues Furniture Tariffs May Be a Mixed Blessing LA Times / Ronald D. White MKM Partners' Darda Uses Gold Prices to Forecast Global Markets Bloomberg / Aparna Mukherjee It's the Bubbles Stupid Daily Reckoning via Safehaven / Kurt Richebächer The Fed's Monetary Policy Dilemma Tomorrow’s Gold via Safehaven / Marc Faber U.S. gov employs 2.7 million civilians UPI via MENAFN United to make 3rd try Rocky Mountain News / Joanne Kelley Advertisers sue Sun-Times UPI via Washington Times DA’s Paper Chase NY Post / Holly M. Sanders If interest rates rise, bigger banks better off AP via Rocky Mountain News / Meg Richards Sell on the Rumors and Buy on the Fed News SBRB Management Corp via Safehaven / Don Delavan Undercover car salesman tells us all the secrets Seattle Post Intelligencer / Candace Heckman Dad's day doesn't rate big bucks Washington Times / Jen Haberkorn WTO finds U.S. subsidies are unfair AP via IHT China has 236,000 millionaires MENAFN Oil Firms' Records Subpoenaed AP via LA Times Russia: The Kremlin's new doublespeak The Guardian / Nick Paton Walsh Japan: Tanigaki talks down interest rates Japan Times Saudi WTO bid hits new snags Khaleej Times Seoul seeks $3.9 billion to stimulate economy Agence France-Presse via IHT

06/20 MD: Sen. Mikulski's reputation as investor was restored in '03 Baltimore Sun / Jay Hancock Interest rate upturn makes longer-term bonds risky Wichita Eagle US Treasuries move little in Asia, FEd awaited Reuters Wachovia-SouthTrust deal near? CNN That Mirage in Foreign Harbors NY Times / Mark Hulbert Good economic news leaves some breathless Dallas Morning News via Wichita Eagle / Danielle DiMartino UK: Interest rates are edging up says top BoE official Gulf Daily News Dollar Lacks Support As Mkt Starts Fed Watch Dow Jones via Yahoo / Tom Barkley Snow sees 4% GDP growth CNN Lawmaker-Turned-Lobbyist A Growing Trend on the Hill Washington Post / Jeffrey H. Birnbaum Kerry's Clintonian economic plan San Francisco Chronicle / Tom Abate Inner workings of a Dutch auction Mercury News / Deborah Lohse Bad Circulation NY Post / Laura Petrecca CT: Rate hike will mean slump's end Connecticut Post / Pam Dawkins Savings Bonds Are Big -- But Why? Wall Street Journal via Denver Post / Jonathan Clements Snow Expects More Jobs in Coming Months AP via Chicago Tribune / William C. Mann SD: Rising health insurance binds small businesses Argus Leader / Jim Cheesman Two-thirds of people link gas prices to choice of next vehicle: poll CP via Canada.com CO: Events may be cinema savers Denver Post / Tom McGhee Deutsche Post Sees EU2.6 Bln Proceeds in Postbank IPO Bloomberg / Jeremy Van Loon Economic recovery bypassing minorities USA Today via Argus Leader GE Capital, Tenet Led Borrowers of $12 Bln in U.S. Last Week Bloomberg / David Russell PA: The two views of Phila. budget dispute Philadelphia Inquirer / Nathan Gornestein Goods Orders Rise, Home Sales Near Record: U.S. Economy Preview Bloomberg / Carlos Torres Treasury's Snow Sees Economy Aiding Bush Reuters via ABC News Risks Get Riskier on Brink of Rate Shift LA Times / Tom Petruno Wachovia May Buy SouthTrust for at Least $11.5 Bln, People Say Bloomberg / Scott Silvestri Putting price tag on happiness Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel Mortgage defaults lower as economy improves AP via Daytona Beach News Journal BOK Alert Over Interest Rate `Shock' Korea Times / Kim Yon-se Boom not felt in China's rustbelt Knight Ridder via Charlotte Observer / Tim Johnson Good mortgage news comes with a warning Chicago Tribune / Mary Umberger Adjustable Loans May Still Be the Right Choice LA Times / Kathy M. Kristof Argentina: Soybean boom fuels recovery South Florida Sun Sentinel / Reed Lindsay United CEO has another swing left Denver Post / Al Lewis How Precarious a Lid on Inflation? Washington Post / Nell Henderson Buffett Letter Takes Shots at Corporate Abuses Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Jack Markowitz A Fight Against Fear as Well as Inflation NY Times / Edmund L. Andrews Fed's on Deck: How Hard a Swing? NY Times / Jeff Sommer What Lurks Inside Your Index Fund NY Times / Gretchen Morgenson Capitalism on Trial in Russia NY Times / Timothy L. O’Brien No Use Crying Over Spilled Billions NY Times / David Carr

06/21 Market timing isn't the problem Globe and Mail / Mathew Ingram Airlines' woes may hurt us Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino When bond bubbles burst UPI / Martin Hutchinson Bloomberg to move past terminal Status NY Post / Ben Silverman MO: Area unemployment rises to 5.3 percent St Louis Post Dispatch / Eric Heisler Strong growth expected in American exports Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Rick Barrett Emerging debt-Market rallies as Brazil issues Reuters Wachovia Merging With SouthTrust Bond Buyer /  Shelly Sigo and Tedra DeSue Talk is cheap; the Fed's inaction won't be MSNBC / Bill Fleckenstein Offshoring and the Massachusetts Budget CFO.com / Stephen Taub Connecticut Governor Announces His Resignation NY Times Via Stateline.org / William Yardley US Treasury backs official who rejected UAL loan Reuters Cheap Gold: The Bankers Unintended Gift Euro vs Dollar Currency War Monitor via Safehaven / Alex Wallenwein Ottawa boasts highest five-year return for home ownership: survey Ottawa Business Journal Paris Detains Messier in Vivendi Probe AP via Morning Call / Laurence Frost Brazil Sells $750 Mln of 5-Year Floating-Rate Bonds Bloomberg / Jeb Blount Dollar Weaker as Focus Turns to Japan Reuters / Chikako Mogi Fed's Bernanke Speaks: Benefits of Euro, Inflation Outlook audio Bloomberg Sears strives to keep pace with retail rivals Chicago Tribune / Becky Yerak German stores run out of change BBC News Cuba may be spare parts bonanza WUPI via Washington Times Merrill Lynch dropped from Google IPO filing Mercury News / Jon Ann Steinmetz The new housing reality Wall Street Journal via Baltimore Sun / Patrick Barta Merrill CEO O'Neal sees China's economy cooling Reuters / Greg Cresci Fed's Bernanke says U.S. inflation stabilizing Reuters Who's the Best Cop for Your Mutual-Fund Investment? Bloomberg / John Wasik Chairman Greenspan sworn in for fifth term Federal Reserve Board Fed hikes ... still guessing CNN / Kathleen Hayes Brazil to Sell $500 Mln of Five-Year Debt, People Say Bloomberg / Jeb Blount United States' hottest export: Jobs LA Times via Toronto Star / Warren Vieth Defending the Reagan Deficits National Review / Brian Riedl EU: Finally, a constitution. Now the hard part The Economist U.S. Treasuries drift higher in data vacuum Reuters Eurozone bond prices slip FT / Päivi Munter Bush Faces a Harder Sell on Social Security Plan Bloomberg / John M. Berry Older, Wiser, In Demand Orange County Register via Hartford Courant / Catrine Johansson Corn, Soybeans May Rise as Rains May Reduce Crops, Survey Says Bloomberg / Jeff Wilson Key Senator Speaks Up for FASB CFO.com Stephen Taub Walgreen Profits Rise 16 Percent AP via Philadelphia Inquirer Day 2: I Learn the Books Are Cooked NY Times / Steve Lohr Japanese 10-Year Bonds Decline as Stocks Surge, Services Report Bloomberg / Chris Cooper Yen Rises to 2-Month High Versus Dollar as Japanese Stocks Gain Bloomberg / John Brinsley Russia: S&P Rating Hinges on Reforms Reuters via Moscow Times / Richard Barley John Kerry's `Blame China' Tactic Is a Loser Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr. U.S. Treasury Investor Sentiment Holds Near Lowest of the Year Bloomberg / Heather Bandur MN: Vacancy rates remain high Minneapolis Star Tribune / Terry Fiedler It's wrong to think rates will keep on rising Independent / Stephen King Are Markets Boring? Lew Rockwell via Ludwig von Mises Institute. Lew Rockwell Japanese Bonds May Gain; BOJ Affirms Intent to Hold Down Rates Bloomberg / Keiko Ujikane U.S. Trade Team Heads to China: Asian Events This Week Bloomberg / Philip Lagerkranser Sorry, money still doesn't buy happiness Sydney Morning Herald / Ross Gittins Fed Up With Filling Up Newsweek via MSNBC Fed monetary policy stance — Why 2004 is not 1994 Business Line / V. Anantha Nageswaran Survey: Oil futures may fall on OPEC supply China Daily / Mark Shenk Donations rise, but not for all Christian Science Monitor / Stacy A. Teicher Kerry's unhurried VP search Christian Science Monitor / Linda Feldman

06/22 Trends in Risk Management and Corporate Governance Federal Reserve Board Susan Schmidt Bies New Jersey GOP Seeks To Block Debt Bond Buyer / Jill D’Ambrosio Illinois Readies $750M Trust Fund Borrowing Bond Buyer / Yvette Shields Getting to Know Inflation National Review / Larry Kudlow IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato's Statement at the Conclusion of His Visit to Japan IMF CT: Rowland dodges impeachment, not disgrace Stateline.org / Eric Kelderman Economy's cornerstone? Dallas Morning News via Wichita Eagle / Danielle DiMartino 2004 - 2005 U.S. Economic Outlook Fannie Mae / David Berson General Mills ups some of its prices Minneapolis Star Tribune / Thomas Lee Money keeps flowing into funds Philadelphia Inquirer / Jeff Brown Are Home Prices the Next 'Bubble'? Federal Reserve Bank of New York Shopping the world for a house CNN / Sarah Max Donation Laws Go `Out the Window' at U.S. Conventions Bloomberg / Jonathan D. Salant U.S. House Passes $416 Bln Fiscal 2005 Defense Bill Bloomberg / Tony Capaccio MN: Exporting forecast appears strong Minneapolis Star Tribune / Dee Depass Consumer confidence jumps CNN Intellectual Property Forbes / Emily Lambert Video rental business is taking a hit LA Daily News via Minneapolis Star Tribune / Greg Hernandez Have Faith in the Fed, Not the Fed's Forecast Bloomberg / Caroline Baum NY: ARMs race Journal News / Jerry Gleeson Top Analyst Becker Exits Lehman Bros. NY Post / Paul Tharp TX: White-collar jobs also exiting U.S. Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram / Mark Horvit Is the Dollar Crisis Over? Clif Droke Market Analysis via Safehaven / Clif Droke U.K. 10-Year Gilts Drop on Expectations Key BOE Rates to Rise Bloomberg / Richard Blackden Preparing for the 21st Century Economy Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia / Anthony M. Santomero CO: Troubling bankruptcy trend Denver Post / Andy Vuong U.S. chain store sales growth slows – report Reuters CA: Interest rates may help cool housing market San Diego Union Tribunes / Mike Freeman MA: Banknorth will buy Burlington's BostonFed Boston Globe / Sasha Talcott Rich Americans are investing it safe Newsday / Regina Marie Glick CO: Greenspan sworn in at Beaver Creek Denver Post / Leia Baez Wal-Mart faces huge sex-bias case BBC News Despite China's recent boom, many job seekers remain Knight Ridder via Seattle Times / Tim Johnson Brazil’s Spreading Exports Worry Minnesota Farmers NY Times / Simon Romero Mexican Peso Rises to 8-Week High Before Unemployment Report Bloomberg / Jennifer Coogan How to slay America's monster trade gap? The Economist Waterloo, Waterloo The Economist Regulatory reform proposals Federal Reserve Board / Donald L. Kohn Goldman and Morgan Stanley beat expectations FT / Mary Watkins Money managers eye cash Bloomberg via Omaha World Herald Bush, Kerry May Take Campaign to Outer Space Bloomberg / Andrew Ferguson Learning the Hard Way Daily Standard / Irwin Stelzer Canada: Hot housing prices countrywide trend Toronto Star / Tony Wong France rebuilds ties, glass by glass CNN / Gordon T. Anderson Swimming In Money Washington Post via Hartford Courant / Michael E. Ruane Eurozone bond prices fall on weak business data FT / Päivi Munter UK: Standard Life seeks new head of finance Guardian / Jill Treanor Australia: Commodity exports heading for $93 billion record Sydney Morning Herald / Philip Hopkins Taiwanese investment in China triples Bloomberg via Taipei Times Reducing risk with derivatives IHT / Barbara Wall Australian Dollar Rises on Optimism Exports to Japan Will Grow Bloomberg / Chris Young Japanese Bonds Rise After MOF Backs Holding Down Interest Rates Bloomberg / Chris Cooper Japanese Trade Surplus Probably Widened in May Bloomberg / Lily Nonomiya World oil price 'set to ease' Australian Herald Sun / Scott Murdoch India's Gandhi Must Burn Mother-in-Law's Recipe Bloomberg / Andy Mukherjee Federal Help for United Appears to Be Less Likely NY Times / Micheline Maynard Tribune to review all circulations Newsday / James T. Madore Funds' Manager Makes $100 Million Settlement With S.E.C. NY Times / Eric Dash

06/23 State Borrowing Ballooned in 2003; Time to Reduce Bloomberg / Joe Mysak The Next Decade for Mortgage Finance Freddie Mac / Frank E. Nothaft Pig Book 2004 CAGW The Pork Report 2004 Forbes / Ira Carnahan Fed Approval Of Bank Merger Ignores Record Washington Post / Steven Pearlstein Investor-friendly fund changes are in the wind St Louis Post Dispatch / David Nicklaus TX: Banking on Texas San Antonio Express Courier / Bonnie Pfister Pimco's Kiesel: Outlook for Bonds, Fed Policy and Strategy audio Bloomberg Golfing and Massaging Japan Back to Health Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr. U.S. to get tougher on items sent to Cuba Miami Herald / Nancy San Martin Crude falls 68 cents to $37.57 a barrel Reuters via Houston Chronicle Mexico Raises 2004 Growth Forecast to 4 Percent Bloomberg / Nick Benequista What's in the new EU Constitution UPI / Roland Fleming 39 million Americans likely to travel July 4 AP via The State Older U.S. workers grab jobs in China Wall Street Journal via The State New jobs pay well CNN / Jeanne Sahadi Women's Jobs Disappearing? Christian Science Monitor via ABC News / Alexandra Marks British Billionaires Win Bid for the Daily Telegraph E Commerce News / Jim Kirk AT&T lowers 2004 financial outlook AP via USA Today US mutual funds to get outsiders BBC News NYSE Seat Sells for 3% Less Than Last Week Bloomberg via LA Times UK: Housing bubble fears 'overblown' BBC News No Sign of a Housing Bubble, Study Says Reuters via LA Times Milk prices may fall July 1 Newsday / Henry Gilgoff High oil prices risk to global economy: IMF Reuters via Khaleej Times Retail bond sale for GM Chicago Tribune US Treasuries helped by indirect interest in sale Reuters / Chris Reese State fairs sell good old days in new-fashioned ways Stateline.org / Jessica Kitchin Monetary Discretion, Pricing Complementarity, and Dynamic Multiple Equilibria pdf Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond / Robert G. King and Alexander L. Wolman US Treasuries supported by hopes for good auction Reuters / Wayne Cole Summer of the Floating Rate CFO.com / Stephen Taub Beggars Can Be Choosers Ludwig von Mises Institute / Robert P. Murphy AT&T to Stop Competing in Seven States After Ruling Bloomberg / Bill McGuire Australia: Dark days for dollar as US prepares for rate rise Australian Financial Review / Phillip Baker Refinancing still soft as rates dip Reuters via CNN TN: Better budget raised state's bond outlook, agency says Tennessean / Amber McDowell Hedge fund oversight discussed Bloomberg via Detroit Free Press / Robert Schmidt CO: Home sales plunge Rocky Mountain News / John Rebchook SEC Probes Brokers in $204 Billion Auction-Rate Bond Market Bloomberg / Otis Bilodeau Eurex to end fees for year in U.S., offer payments Chicago Sun Times / Ann Saphir Gold Little Changed in London as Traders Await U.S. Fed Meeting Bloomberg / Laura Humble Wal-Mart Must Face Huge Sex-Bias Suit LA Times / Lisa Girion and Abigail Goldman MD: Drivers turn to generic gas Baltimore Sun / Lorraine Mirabella Apartment Deals on the Rise NY Times / Terry Pristin The Fed and ECB -- Two Banks, One Oil Reality Bloomberg / Gene Sperling Europe Starts to Look Like America's Poor Cousin Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn New Korean Crisis? Risks Rising Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.   Feds Press Ahead With Investigation of Conn, Governor Newsmax IMF chief urges nations to control inflation AFP via Business Day

06/24 Strategist predicting late-summer hurrah Globe and Mail / Shawn McCarthy Co-operation and the Conduct of Economic Policy Bank of Canada / David Dodge Morgan Keegan Taps Pitt to Build Midwestern Presence Bond Buyer / Yvette Shields SEC Auction Probe Raises Questions Bond Buyer / Jacob Fine UK: New pipeline to deliver a fifth of UK gas BBC News / Jorn Madslien Pimco's Gross, McCulley: Bond Market, Rates and Strategy audio Bloomberg The harder hard sell The Economist PA: Court tosses out case against PNC Financial Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Thomas Olson CA: Climate warnings: A manufacturing summit says the state's icy to business Sacramento Bee / Dale Kasler Fed faces a delicate challenge Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino Canada: TD sees steady rate hikes by central bank over next 18 months Ottawa Business Journal Crude rises 36 cents to $37.93 a barrel Reuters via Houston Chronicle HealthSouth to pay $80 million to bondholders AP via Houston Chronicle Two candidates, one economy, and disparate views of it AP via Philadelphia Inquirer / Martin Crutsinger CA: Wine industry worth $45 billion to state San Diego Union Tribune / Michelle Locke CT: State population steady; suburbs grow Connecticut Post / Rob Varnon Why China's consumer spending rate keeps dropping People’s Daily UK expected to change retirement age to 70 or never Investment and Pensions Europe CA: Home costs burden Hispanics, study finds Orange County Register / Hang Nguyen Senator: Were strings pulled on United's loan bid? USA today / Marilyn Adams Turning Hopes to Poland NY Times / Regan Morris Qwest No. 1 in fines by FCC Denver Post / Tom McGee NC: Growers' co-op to make cigarettes AP via Charlotte Observer / Estes Thompson Fed to survey small biz about financial services Washington Business Journal via Sacramento Business Journal / Kent Hoover Average '04 raise estimated at 3.5% Dow Jones via Chicago Tribune Chicago home sales, prices on rise Chicago Tribune House ponders budget spending rules CBS Market Watch / William L. Watts FASB holds meeting on expensing stock options Mercury News via Silicon Valley / Mark Schwanhausser BofA to sell $1B in notes Sacramento Business Journal Pimco's Brynjolfsson: Inflation-Protected Bonds, Fed Policy audio Bloomberg China uncovers Olympic corruption BBC News Fifth District Economic Indicators Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Playing it cool The Economist Growth stocks, anyone? The Economist EU: The right verdict on the constitution The Economist Spain: The second transition The Economist South Korea The Economist US investors snap up inflation-protected debt Reuters / Dena Aubin U.S. mortgage rates unchanged Thursday Reuters Dollar Weakens as U.S. Durables Orders Fall, Bombs Hit Turkey Bloomberg / Monee Fields-White