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02/16
Germany
and Japan—shrinking giants The Economist
Greenspan
Undermines Bush's Social Security Plan Bloomberg / John M. Berry
Fed
chief's confession from afar Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
TX:
Rural land a hot commodity in Texas Dallas Morning News / Steve Brown
Missouri
bill might give MOST to the brokers St. Louis Post Dispatch / David
Nicklaus
Families
Strain Public Insurance Wall Street Journal via Hartford
Courant / Kris Maher
CA:
Mortgage habits driving up prices Orange County Register / Jonathan
Lansner
MA:
Home prices top selves again: Mass. single-family houses jump 11.5% in '04
Boston Herald / Jerry Kronenberg
Raymond
James head testifies St. Petersburg Times / Helen Huntley
Wachovia
investigates stock trading in California AP via Charlotte Observer
Canada:
Mutual fund assets hit $500 billion CP via Toronto Star
Citi
assures Saudi prince scandals over Bloomberg via NY Daily News
Behavior
of world bonds a "conundrum"-Greenspan Reuters / Andrea Hopkins
and Mark Felsenthal
An
Empirical Analysis of Bond Recovery Rates: Exploring a Structural View of
Default pdf Federal Reserve Board / Daniel
Covitz and Song Han
Mortgage-Backed
Securities Issuance Declines, Asset-Backed Securities Issuance Hits Record
Levels Bond Market Association
BondWorks Institutional
Advisors via Safehaven /
Levente Mady
Greenspan:
Rates Low, Discipline Vital Reuters / Glenn Somerville
Greenspan Feigns Confusion
Over a No-brainer Euro Pacific via Safehaven / Peter Schiff
U.S.
Fed policymakers' recent comments Reuters
Bush
open to talks on raising payroll tax cap Reuters / Caren Bohan
Two
financial futures for Social Security National Review / Stephen Moore
Class-Warfare
Death Wish National Review / Larry Kudlow
Is the Dollar on the Verge
of Another Breakdown? Clif Droke Market Analysis via Safehaven / Clif
Droke
Sears,
Like Kmart, Will Restate Results CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Greenspan
Stumped by Low Long Rates; Rates Rise Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Fed
edges closer to setting inflation targets FT / Andrew Balls
Greenspan
Lobs No Bombshells Smartmoney.com / Igor Greenwald
Greenspan:
Fed Will Continue to Raise Rates Dow Jones via Smartmoney / Elizabeth Price and
Campion Walsh
Greenspan
urges Social Security changes CNN / Chris Isidore
Greenspan
Favors Cautious Changes in Social Security NY Times / David Stout
Greenspan
Says Economy `Firmed' With Low Inflation Bloomberg / Craig Torres
MA:
Beside the point Boston Globe / Steve Bailey
CA:
Gas prices go back up again San Francisco Chronicle / David R. Baker
Oil
futures increase on inventory report AP via Seattle Times / Madlen Read
Back
to the futures CBS Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert
Treasury
yields hit 2½-year high FT / Päivi Munter
Treasurys
tumble, pushing yields up CBS Marketwatch / Rachel Koning
U.S.
Treasuries Decline; Greenspan Says Rates Are `Fairly Low' Bloomberg /
Elizabeth Stanton
Currency
scandal suits are long shots Baltimore Sun / Jay Hancock
Bush
May Raise Taxes for Social Security AP via Newsday / Laura Meckler
Project
'scrap-that-tax,' day 1 CNN / Krysten Crawford
Social
Security: something's gotta give CNN / Jeanne Sahadi
Free
trade on the ropes in Congress CBS Marketwatch / Greg Robb
Starbucks
to restate 3 years of results Reuters via CNN and 1st Headlines
Mellow
after the Maestro CNN / Alexandra Twin
Qwest
Says MCI Bid Totals $8 Billion Reuters via NY Times
Liberals
say job growth lags economy UPI via Washington Times
House
party continues CNN
Social
Security funding hard under pay-go-Greenspan Reuters
Treasuries
fall as Greenspan nods at higher rates Reuters
Rate
futures slump as Greenspan signals no pause Reuters
Greenspan:
Economy Expands at Solid Pace AP via Forbes
Greenspan
Urges Fiscal Discipline Washington Post / Nell Henderson
Housing
wealth on shaky ground Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel
DC:
Median home price breaks D.C. record Washington Times / Patrice Hill
Sears
must restate credit card finances Chicago Sun Times / Sandra Guy
Russia:
Policymaking Muddle In Russia Forbes / Oxford Analytica
UK:
Further rise in UK jobless total BBC News
Greenspan:
Be vigilant CNN
Federal
Reserve Board's semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress Federal
Reserve Board / Alan Greenspan
Monetary
Policy Report to the Congress Federal Reserve Board
Industrial
Production Federal Reserve Board
Report:
8-figure home sales soar CNN
Has
Negotiation's Success Spoiled Underwriters? Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Foreign
Buying of Treasuries Fell in December NY Times / Jonathan Fuerbringer
A
Hedge Fund May Try to Buy Circuit City, but It May Not NY Times /
Andrew Ross Sorkin and Riva D. Atlas
American retirement
increasingly rides the market Christian Science Monitor / Mark
Sappenfield
Spruced
Up, Qwest Looks at Its Options NY Times / Ken Belson and Matt Richtel
UK:
January inflation figures point to interest rate rise Independent /
Philip Thornton
Philippine
Debt Ratings Cut Two Levels by Moody's Bloomberg / Jun Ebias
Conditionally
Unconditional Pimco / Paul McCulley
Electrolux
could pull plug on 27 western factories Guardian / Mark Milner
UK:
Mortgage fees up by 50% This is Money - London / Michael Clarke
US
crude maintains price Scotsman via Google News
A
Simple Explanation for Bond-Market Exuberance Bloomberg / Mark Gilbert
Pimco
Likes Japanese Bonds; Dan Fuss Doesn't Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
Yen
Drops After Report Shows Japanese Economy Enters Recession Bloomberg /
Mark Tannenbaum
Japan
Falls Into Recession as 4th-Qtr GDP Shrinks Bloomberg / Lily Nonomiya
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02/17
How US suffers when
the dollar falls Christian Science Monitor / David R. Francis
Canada:
Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate Movements Bank of Canada /
David Dodge
We Shoulda Seen it Coming!
Ludwig von Mises Institute / Sean Corrigan
A.G.
Edwards goes the extra mile to maintain Security St. Louis Post Dispatch
/ Jerri Stroud
FL:
Dollar dip a boon, bane in S. Fla. Miami Herald / Gregg Fields
U.S.
Treasuries unchanged in Asia after U.S. fall Reuters
French reserve
fund staying away from bonds Investment and Pensions Europe
Far
West Falls Short Bond Buyer / Rich Saskal and Jasmina Kelemen
The Nation That Debt
Built Daily Reckoning / Bill Bonner
Greenspan
urges govt cut Fannie, Freddie portfolio Reuters / Mark Felsenthal
Greenspan
backs privatization Knight Ridder via Wichita Eagle / Kevin G. Hall
Another
Whippy Day! Daily Pfennig via Daily Reckoning / Chuck Butler
Bush
hails Fed chairman on accounts CBS Marketwatch / William L. Watts
Highlights
from Greenspan's House testimony Q&A Reuters
Low
mortgage rates baffle Greenspan Boston Herald / Brett Arends
Wealthy clipping
coupons, shopping at discount stores CBS Marketwatch via Akron Beacon
Journal / Andrea Coombes
Tasty
Scraps Rude Awakening via Daily
Reckoning / Eric J. Fry
Qwest
May Sweeten MCI Bid to Scuttle Verizon Deal Bloomberg / Dana Cimilluca
MN:
Developer warns of condo glut St. Paul Pioneer Press / Gita Sitaramiah
The
Triumph of Economic Technology National Review / Tom Nugent
Canada:
Rates on hold for now, Dodge hints CP via Toronto Star
TX:
Builders pushing freebies Dallas Morning News / Steve Brown
Enron Bought Washington. So What?
Slate / Daniel Gross
Conference
Board suspends analyst CBS Marketwatch / Greg Robb
Canada:
Foreigners bought a record $53.2 billion in Canadian securities last year
CP via Financial Post
Thursday's
Commodities Roundup AP via Beaufort Gazette
Improvements
to The Board’s Website Federal Reserve Board
A
dose of pension reality Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
CA:
CalPERS says no to pension overhaul Sacramento Bee / Gilbert Chan
Hollywood
Rejects Latest Blockbuster Bid Wall Street Journal via Smartmoney.com /
Joe Flint
The Fed's Magical Mystery Number
Business Week via MSNBC / Rich Miller
Greenspan Is Confident on His Path
Business Week via MSNBC / Michael Wallace
Are
We Scaring Tourists Away? AP via Hartford Courant / Brad Foss
Cheapest,
priciest & fairest markets CNN / Les Christie
SC:
Bank survived Depression, takeover era The State / Ben Werner
Smith
Barney Lays Off Entire US Technical Analysis Team Dow Jones via CNN
Korea:
Citibank's Net Profit Up 436% Korea Times
China
emerges as global consumer BBC News
Treasuries
down as focus stays on Greenspan FT / Jennifer Hughes, Päivi Munter and
Mariko Sanchanta
Qwest
Plans to Submit New Bid for MCI AP via Baltimore Sun / Sandy Shore
SEC
Finds Bear Stearns Aided Illegal Fund Trades Bloomberg / Otis Bilodeau
To
fix Social Security, just add more money St. Petersburg Times / Helen
Huntley
Greenspan
has flaws, but critic's `fraud' attack out of line Chicago Tribune / Bill
Barnhart
Mortgage
teaser rates near 0% Wall Street Journal via Orange County Register /
Ruth Simon
Mortgage
rates turn higher CNN
Like
hair, barbers' ranks thinning Chicago Tribune / Tim Jones
Business Outlook Survey
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Fed February Manufacturing Index Rises Bloomberg / Joe Richter
Greenspan:
Social Security in trouble Reuters via CNN
When
style and substance meet The Economist
Save
not, have naught Pittsburgh Tribune Review / Jack Markowitz
A
new spymaster—and a powerful one The Economist
L.A.
Mutual Fund Firm Accused of Misconduct LA Times / Josh Friedman and Tom
Petruno
Stockmarket
sectors The Economist
Brazil
Raises Benchmark Lending Rate to 18.75 Percent Bloomberg / Charles Penty
Second
thoughts on the third age The Economist
The
Economist poll of forecasters The Economist
UK:
The end of the affair The Economist
Bad
for business? The Economist
U.S.
10-Year Treasury Falls; Greenspan Again Says Rates Are Low Bloomberg /
Elizabeth Stanton
GOP
bill tightens rules for bankrupt Boston Globe / Rick Klein
Trustbuster
Forbes / Scott Woolley
Graham
Says Bush Will Build Support for Social Security Plan Bloomberg / Heidi
Przybyla
Clarke
says government, industry deserve 'F' in cybersecurity San Francisco
Chronicle / Carrie Kirby
Canada
To Compete In Oil Market Forbes / Oxford Analytica
Dollar
resumes slide post-Greenspan FT / Steve Johnson
Leading Indicators Conference
Board
Foreign Trade
Statistics U.S. Census Bureau
CalPERS
elects president San Francisco Chronicle / Christian Berthelsen
EU
Constitution Ballot May Produce Regional Rift Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
Japan
bank holds monetary policy steady AP via Seattle Times
Dollar
Is Near One-Week High; U.S. Interest Rates Set to Rise Bloomberg / Taizo
Hirose
Microsoft
Leads `Balance-Sheet Powerhouse' List Bloomberg / John Dorfman
UK:
Interest rates on hold with jobless tally at 30-year low Guardian / Larry
Elliott
UK:
Interest rate rise on horizon Evening Standard via This is London /
Jane Padgham
UK:
King stresses downside risk as inflation strays above target Independent
/ Philip Thornton
Europe
rebukes Chancellor Gordon Independent / Stephen Castle
Russia: 2
Oilmen Arrested in $54M Case Moscow Times / Guy Faulconbridge
Telecom mergers as
a window on job market Christian Science Monitor / Ron Scherer
Bush administration
blurs media boundary Christian Science Monitor / Gail Russell Chaddock
Japan's
'recession' sparks global fears Scotsman / Nick Bevens
Britain
receives caution as EU unveils budget report Scotsman / Nick Bevens
Greenspan
warns of further US rate rises Independent via Google News / Rupert
Cornwell
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02/18
Greenspan
And His Bubble Forbes / Dan Ackman
Productivity
and Inflation Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco
Calif.
Muni bonds make strides CBS Marketwatch via Moreover.com
and BMA
Barclays
Opens Up a Pandora's Box of Derivatives Bloomberg / Mark Gilbert
Newspapers bulk up Internet
operations Reuters via MSNBC / Martha Graybow
No Heroes in this Medicare Drama
Business Week via MSNBC / Howard Gleckman
Are America And Europe Now
Friends? Maybe Not For Long National Journal via Real Clear Politics /
Clive Crook
The Greenspan Factor MSNBC via 1st Headlines / Martin Wolk
Second-home
buyers mean business CBS Marketwatch / Andrea Coombes
Slick
Oils Rude Awakening via Daily Reckoning / Eric J. Fry
Tip
Of The Iceberg? Sales, Trading & Research Vets Leave Morgan Stanley
Bondweek / Caroline Salas
BofA
Bumps Trading Head In Favor Of Lehman Veteran Bondweek
NV:
New home sales set January record Las
Vegas Sun / Jennifer Shubinski
McDonald's
giveaway puzzles analysts Chicago Tribune via Orlando Sentinel / John
Schmeltzer
MCI's
No. 1 Investor, Slim, Undecided on Verizon Deal Bloomberg / Dana
Cimilluca
Canada:
Bankruptcies hit record in 2004 Ottawa Business Journal
American
Airlines to put passengers in seat squeeze Newsday / James Bernstein
Auditors
Rotating at a Dizzying Pace CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Fed chief
sees home price bubble Washington Times / Patrice Hill
Be
wary of new mutual fund investments AP via Grand Forks Herald / Meg
Richards
PPI
Spike Could Shift Terms in Fed Rate Debate Reuters / Ros Krasny
Building
the American dream…or nightmare? The Economist
Senate
judiciary panel votes to tighten rules on bankruptcy AP via Baltimore
Sun
Trsy's
Snow insists no hike in Social Security tax Reuters / Kevin Plumberg
Emerging
debt-Market takes lighter hit than Treasuries Reuters / Greg Brosnan
Oil
Prices Rebound Above $48 Per Barrel AP via Baltimore Sun / George Jahn
Lack
of late fee empties shelves Orange County Register / Nancy Luna
U.S.
business loans fell in Feb. 9 week – Fed Reuters
Wholesale
Prices Climb, Raising Concerns AP via Chicago Tribune / Martin Crutsinger
UK:
'Post-Christmas lull' in lending BBC News
Colombian
Peso Climbs for Fourth Straight Week on Yield Outlook Bloomberg / Jeb Blount
Rise
in US producer prices unsettles bonds FT / Jennifer Hughes
U.S.
Treasury Notes Fall After Measure of Wholesale Prices Rise Bloomberg /
Elizabeth Stanton
Core
inflation: biggest gain in 6 years Reuters via CNN
U.S.
Feb. Michigan Sentiment Index Falls a 2nd Month Bloomberg / Victor
Epstein
Conservatives
Put Off by Bush's Talk of Tax Hike LA Times / Peter Wallsten and Warren Vieth
CA:
Few fall behind on home loans San
Francisco / Kelly Zito
Swap
home, see world Money Magazine via CNN / Jean Chatzky
UK: Five
years on, 'banks still run a monopoly' Guardian / Jill Treanor
Turkey's
Investors Dismiss Fear Country Will `Mess Up' EU Bid Bloomberg / Ben
Holland
Italian
gets nod as ECB board member IHT / Carter Dougherty
Tricky politics of
Social Security Christian Science Monitor / Linda Feldmann
Quick,
Early Gains Embolden Business Lobby NY Times / Stephen Labaton
Residential real estate
booms as investment St. Louis Business Journal
Vanguard
Boss Belittles Fidelity `Marketing Ploy' Bloomberg / Chet Currier
Greenspan
Suddenly Silent About 'Measured' Rate Increases Washington
Post / Nell Henderson
Greenspan Tells More
Whoppers Euro Pacific Capital via Safehaven / Peter Schiff
Greenspan
Says He's Willing to Consider Tax Increases After All Bloomberg / Jeff
Bliss and Craig Torres
Greenspan
repeats Fanny, Freddy plea Bloomberg via Seattle Post Intelligencer
U.S.
Pension Rules May Force 30-Year Bond Return, Investors Say Bloomberg /
Simon Kennedy
U.S.
Muni Market Marks a Very Special Anniversary Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Indonesia's
Debt Rating Outlook Raised By Moody's Bloomberg / Shanthy Nambiar
U.S.
10-Year Notes Head for Biggest Weekly Drop Since November Bloomberg /
Shamim Adam and Mark Tannenbaum
Inflation-Deflation Tug
The Aden Forecast via Safehaven / Mary Anne & Pamela Aden
A
New S.E.C. Rule Fails to Raise Share Prices, and Some Are Angry NY Times
/ Floyd Norris
Retirement
planning FT via Google
News
Outlooks
Differ at Wal-Mart and Target NY times / Constance L. Hays
Fed
Chief Urges Cutback in Scale of 2 Big Lenders NY Times / Edmund L.
Andrews
Credit
Suisse Net Up 22%, Topping Quarterly Forecast NY Times /
Mark Landler
Pay
Dirt: Don't bet the house on a whim Minneapolis Star Tribune / Kara
McGuire
Calpers
May Return to Thailand. Should You? Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
Australian
Dollar Drops After Macfarlane Says Growth Has Slowed Bloomberg / Chris
Young
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