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05/16

With Fed's rate hikes (maybe) over, bank stocks rise Minneapolis Star Tribune / Thomas Lee

Blessed borrower helps with oil shock $ FT / Martin Wolf

CA: April home sales drop sharply in Southern California AP via San Diego Union Tribune / Alex Veiga

CA: Home sales sag despite price cuts Orange County Register / Jeff Collins

Data spell trouble for Fed on interest rates FT / Jennifer Hughes

Fed Is Finding Confirmation Of Its Forecast Northern Trust via Safehaven / Paul L. Kasriel

ABC/WashPost US consumer comfort index down to -17 Reuters

Housing data may hold key for Dow Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino

Expensing = MC2 = Economic Growth2 National Review / Cesar Conda & Ernest S. Christian

With inflation at the door, it's time to grab your coat Telegraph via Fiend’s SuperBear Page / Tom Stevenson

FHA Coalition Letter Mortgage Bankers Association

SC: New apartment complexes will fill housing gap Myrtle Beach Sun / Jenny Burns

MI: Hey, Starbucks: What's wrong with Detroit Detroit News / Louis Aguilar

Dow closes down 9, Nasdaq finishes down 9 AP via Beaufort Gazette / Christopher Wang

Senate holds line on immigration bill Marketwatch / William L. Watts

U.S. Senate Reduces Visas in Guest-Worker Program Bloomberg / Nicholas Johnston

Moving Up the Credit Ladder S&P via MSNBC

Mexico 1-month T-bill yield slips to 7.01 pct Reuters

No urgency in Washington to regulate hedge funds Marketwatch / Greg Robb

Gold rises after huge pullback AP via Beaufort Gazette

Commuters get on the bike to avoid fuel costs AP via MSNBC

The Role of Hedge Funds in the Capital Market Federal Reserve Board / Patrick M. Parkinson

Compliance Risk Management in a Diversified Environment Federal Reserve Board / Mark W. Olson

Hedge Funds and Systemic Risk Federal Reserve Board / Ben S. Bernanke

Bernanke resists more hedge fund regulation Reuters via CNN

Bernanke Says Market Is Best Regulator of Hedge Funds Bloomberg / Craig Torres and Katherine Burton

Jittery markets $ The Economist

Buttonwood: The China conundrum $ The Economist

Hewlett-Packard 2Q Profit Up 51 Percent AP via Forbes / Dan Goodin

Housing slowdown to be widely felt CNN / Chris Isidore

EU: Joining the union $ The Economist

A curious business $ The Economist

FDIC Consumer News Spring 2006 FDIC

Complex Structured Finance Activities Interagency Statement on Sound Practices for Activities With Elevated Risk FDIC

Treasuries Rise as Housing Starts Fall, Core PPI Stays in Check Bloomberg / Daniel Kruger and Elizabeth Stanton

Oil prices edge back above $70 a barrel AP via NJ Post

Tuesday's Metal Prices AP via NJ Post

Dollar resumes its slide FT / Steve Johnson and Peter Garnham

NV: For job recruiters, Vegas can be a tough sell Las Vegas Sun / Cristina Rodriguez

Trade deficit data spur growth forecasts $ FT / Christopher Swann

Mission Impossible? Forbes / Jessica Holzer

Two-week shutdown of government offices ends in Puerto Rico South Florida Sun Sentinel / Doreen Hemlock

Stocks let go of early gains CNN

Wal-Mart, Home Depot Post Profit Gains as Sales Rise Bloomberg / Lauren Coleman-Lochner and Mark Clothier

Return of the bubble: IPOs behaving badly Fortune via CNN / Adam Lashinsky

Tuesday's Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard

Implementing Basel II: Choices and Challenges Federal Reserve Board / Susan Schmidt Bies

Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Federal Reserve Board

April industrial output rises 0.8 percent Reuters / Mark Felsenthal

Federal Reserve Events Reuters

U.S. Economy: Housing Starts Decline, Prices Bloomberg / Joe Richter and Carlos Torres

Core PPI lower than expected Reuters via CNN

Copper, Gold Rebound as Investors Return to Metals Bloomberg / Simon Casey

Sky High Commodity Prices Tumble NY Post / Paul Tharp

CO: Home values tick up Rocky Mountain News / John Rebchook

AZ: Valley home price gains again rank first in nation Arizona Republic / Catherine Reager

Salary Scrap NY Post / Roddy Boyd

For the little guy, Internet is leveling the field Chicago Tribune / Ann Meyer

Gas Up for 6 cents a Gallon NY Post / John Crudele

Reform, not tax relief, is the way to lure investors $ FT / Nathan Jensen

Mixed Signals Daily Standard / Irwin Stelzer

The Declining Dollar Erodes Personal Savings Lew Rockwell / Ron Paul

New mortgage option: Half century of horror Marketwatch via Boston Herald / Chuck Jaffe

Pension Deficit, Now $500 Billion, May Clobber Corporate Bonds Bloomberg / Christine Richard

Search for Stock Bargains Starts Right at the Top Bloomberg / Chet Currier

U.S. April Producer Prices Probably Rose 0.8%, Most This Year Bloomberg / Carlos Torres

Appreciation of yuan tipped to hurt `taishang' Taipei Times / Jackie Lin

Yuan more time Marketwatch via Investor’s Business Daily / Dr. Irwin Kellner

Treasuries May Fall Before Reports Showing Pick Up in Prices Bloomberg / David Yong

Oil Prices Drop Below $69 a Barrel AP via Washington Post

Commodities Pass Duck Test for Bubble Diagnosis Bloomberg / Caroline Baum

Metals Rally May Resume as Slump Fails to Deter Funds Bloomberg / Simon Casey

Oil Posts Biggest 3-Day Drop Since February as Demand May Slow Bloomberg / Christian Schmollinger and Gavin Evans

IRS report finds rampant abuse by credit counseling agencies Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Patricia Sabatini

Will Welfare for Politicians Be Next Big Idea? Bloomberg / Andrew Ferguson

Illegal immigrants in the US: How many are there? Christian Science Monitor / Brad Knickerbocker

The US is favoring China Taipei Times / Charles Hong

Gold and copper prices plunge after a frantic day Guardian / Ashley Seager

IRA Swaps Could Cost U.S. Billions in Tax Revenue NY Times / David Cay Johnston

Bush to send 6,000 troops to Mexico border $ FT / Edward Alden and Jenny Johnson

China lifts its currency - and US hopes Christian Science Monitor / Mark Trumbull

So Yuan Is at 8? Wake Me Up When It Reaches 7.5 Bloomberg / Andy Mukherjee

05/17

Fed Must Get Back On Message Real Clear Politics / Larry Kudlow

New tax law alters retirement-planning scenarios Marketwatch / Robert Powell

Senate agrees to border fence Marketwatch / William L. Watts

Salt Sense National Review / Bruce Bartlett

Inflation renews pressure on Fed USA Today / Sue Kirchhoff

Watch out: Your mutual fund could report you USA Today / Kathy Chu

MI: Building trades offer top pay Lansing /State Journal / Barbara Wieland

Running Naked Daily Reckoning / Eric J. Fry

Gas prices drive down demand USA Today / Barbara Hagenbaugh

Gas prices may ease, but is it too late? Oakland Tribune / Tim Summers

Internet banks click with customers Detroit News / Anick Jesdanun

Price War ?Hangs Up Vonage NY Post / Janet Whitman

Vonage selling stock to customers Marketwatch / Steve Gelsi

Yahoo execs tout Internet advertising boom AP via Beaufort Gazette / Michael Liedtke

Diamonds Are Dow's Best Friend Smartmoney.com / Lawrence Carrel

Who Knows the Neutral Rate of Interest? Not the Fed Ludwig Von Mises Institute / Frank Shostak

Economic Trends pdf Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Gambler hits jackpot with court's tax ruling AP via MSNBC

Border plan reignites an old debate Staeline.org / Mark K. Matthews and John Gramlich

Bill Gross makes a mistake Globe and Mail / Roma Luciw

U.S. budget balance history 1986-2005 Reuters

U.S. Stocks Drop on Inflation Concern; Bank Shares, GM Decline Bloomberg / Dune Lawrence

Dow Plunges; Nasdaq Turns Negative on Yr. AP via South Florida Sun Sentinel / Christopher Wang

Europe suffers worst one day fall in 3½ years FT / Neil Dennis and Darryl Thomson

Corrections predictable AP via Washington Times / Michael J. Martinez

Where's Citi? Forbes / Liz Moyer

CO: At forefront of foreclosures again Denver Post / Aldo Svaldi

Mortgage Application Volume Up In Latest Survey ARM Applications Rise 9.8 Mortgage Bankers Association

New MBA Study Shows $345 Billion in Commercial/Multifamily Originations During 2005 Mortgage Bankers Association

MARI Releases Eighth Annual Report on Mortgage Fraud for MBA Mortgage Bankers Association

MBA Submits Letter in Support of Legislative Relief to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Mortgage Bankers Association

CA: More Signs of Housing Cool-Down LA Times / Annette Haddad

Gold zigs, then zags below $700 Reuters via CNN

Oil sinks back below $69, gas inventory low CNN / Steve Hargreaves

Breton comments boost dollar versus euro FT / Peter Garnham

US SWAPS - Widen on higher yields after strong CPI Reuters

California's Bond Rating Raised at Standard & Poor's Bloomberg / Michael B. Marois

On Guard Forbes / Matthew Swibel

US's Snow dismisses reports he leaving as "fiction" Reuters

Wednesday's Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard

Gold Resumes Rally, Heads for Biggest Advance Since Sept. 11 Bloomberg / Danielle Rossingh

Oil prices rise ahead of inventory data AP via Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram

Fed: Hedge Funds Get Too Much Credit CFO.com / Ronald Fink and Tim Reason

Fed Gets Less Respect as Bond Traders See Inflation Bloomberg / Elizabeth Stanton

Treasuries Fall After Consumer Prices Rise More Than Forecast Bloomberg / Daniel Kruger

Bill Gross: 'My bad' CNN

Big rise in US core prices stokes inflation worry Reuters / Tim Ahmann

Are you a fiscal conservative? Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel

Eurozone inflation rise spells ECB rate hike Reuters via FT

U.S. oil firms stand to gain from renewed ties with Libya AP via IHT / Barry Schweid

Japan sees jump in bankruptcies BBC News

UK: Bank split in three on rates vote BBC News

UK: Unemployment at four-year record BBC News

Bernanke Adopts Greenspan's Opposition to Hedge-Fund Regulation Bloomberg / Craig Torres and Scott Lanman

Bernanke sceptical on hedge fund rules $ FT / Stephen Schurr, Ralph Atkins and Mark Schieritz

Rush to Join Exchanges While Mirror Is Cloudy NY Times

Research Shows Fighting IRS Is Often Worth It Wall Street Journal via Marketwatch

MA: Study: Hub wealth transfer immense Boston Herald / Jay Fitzgerald

Why US restored ties with Libya Christian Science Monitor / Howard LaFranchi

U.S. Consumer Prices Probably Rose on Gasoline Costs Bloomberg / Joe Richter

EU: Fears for eurozone if dollar crashes Guardian / Larry Elliott

Japan's 10-Year Bonds Have Biggest Gain in a Month on Yen Rally Bloomberg / Chris Cooper

States Use Tobacco Money for Health, Debt Service Bloomberg / Joe Mysak

As Yuan Breaches 8, Focus Shifts to Japan Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.

Check Your Change: Fake Rubles On the Rise Moscow Times / William Mauldin

Bush Fails to Fix the Immigration Dilemma Inside Bloomberg / Amity Shlaes

For graduates, student loans turn into an albatross Christian Science Monitor / Chris Gaylord

Mission Impossible? Pimco / Bill Gross

U.S. Notes May Rise as Inflation Report to Support Rate Pause Bloomberg / Shamim Adam

UK: Bank of England's Next Move Should Be a Rate Cut Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn

Singapore Raises 2006 GDP Forecast to as Much as 7% Bloomberg / Shamim Adam

China's Factory Output Rises 16.6 Percent in April Bloomberg / Nerys Avery

05/18

UK: Taxman targets offshore savers BBC News / Ian Pollock

The State of The Fed Honest Money Gold & Silver Report via Safehaven / Douglas V. Gnazzo

If Stock Market Slump Continues The Fed Will Start Juggling Asset Classes Fall Street via Fiend’s SuperBear Page / Brady Willett

The disappearing mid-market The Economist

Thinking big The Economist

Time to lose weight? The Economist

Greenspan to Washington: No thanks Marketwatch / Greg Robb

From :-) to :-( The Economist

Association to Publish Revised MBS Buy-In Procedures Bond Market Association

BMA Asks NAIC For More Transparency in Classifying Securities; Current Approach Can Create Unequal Advantages Bond Market Association

Association Announces Creation of The Alan Greenspan Award for Market Leadership Bond Market Association

US Treasuries helped by friendly figures FT / Paul J Davies

Bond mutual funds may rise AP via Myrtle Beach Sun / Jeremy Herron

Bargains in travel are scarce AP via Detroit News / Brad Foss

Bernanke gets tough grade from hedge fund alphas FT / Stephen Schurr

30-year mortgage rates highest in 4 years AP via Beaufort Gazette / Jeannine Aversa

From Boom to Bust All Over Again? National Review / Tom Nugent

FL: Women buying more homes Tallahassee Democrat / C.E. Scott

Bay Area home sales at 5-year low, price rise slows San Jose Business Journal

Immigration's Fifteen Minutes: Why Now? Tech Central Station / Jon Henke

Retail money funds rise in latest week AP via Beaufort Gazette

EU: Wall against globalisation is futile $ FT / Philip Stephens

China: Ignoring the past The Economist

The German chancellor and the European Commission president $ The Economist

Russia warns not to 'discriminate' in WTO AP via Beaufort Gazette

Data Dependency Daily Reckoning / Chuck Butler

Morgan Stanley economist sounds commodity alarm Marketwatch / John Spence

U.S. House votes to keep offshore drilling ban Reuters / Tom Doggett

Greenspan says housing boom over AP via NJ Post / Joel Bruno

Statement by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Federal Reserve Board

Statement by Federal Reserve Board Governor Donald L. Kohn Federal Reserve Board

BOJ sticks to zero interest rate policy Reuters

Next hot market...think Washington CNN / Les Christie

Dow's 3-day loss: 300 points CNN / Jessica Seid

Forget about housing rebound Sacramento Bee / Jim Wasserman

Inflation's fear factor CNN / Chris Isidore

Treasuries rally on signs of slower economic growth Reuters / Ellen Freilich

Treasuries Rise; Lacker Says Containing Inflation Primary Focus Bloomberg / Daniel Kruger and Elizabeth Stanton

Lacker Says Inflation Makes Rate Pause `Less Likely' Bloomberg / Craig Torres

The Evolving Nature of the Financial System: Financial Crises and the Role of the Central Bank Federal Reserve Board / Donald L. Kohn

The Evolution of Consumer Finance Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond / Jeffrey M. Lacker

Business Outlook Survey Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Bernanke sees cooling housing market Reuters via CNN

U.S. Economy: Leading Indicators Decline in April Bloomberg / Courtney Schlisserman

'Gust' of inflation is likely to send interest rates climbing again AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer / Jeannine Aversa and Christopher Wang

Mortgage rates return to four-year high CNN

Basel II: Its Promise and Its Challenges Federal Reserve Board / Ben S. Bernanke

Fed economist to cut GSE mortgage benefit estimate Reuters

It’s Time To Pay The Piper NY Post / Janet Whitman

Where's the foreign money we need? Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino

Treasuries briefly extend gains after jobless claims Reuters

Moody's to Boost Corporate Loan Ratings CFO.com / Stephen Taub

Rising rates gnaw at bond portfolio Dallas Morning News / Scott Burns

Thrusdsday's Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard

Stock Shock NY Post / Roddy Boyd

Jobless claims surge, Puerto Rico blamed Reuters via CNN

A Job Americans Won't Do, Even at $34 an Hour LA Times / David Streitfeld

Jobless claims surge 42,000 to 367,000 Marketwatch / Rex Nutting

Consumers Feeling Pinch as Inflation Rises; Stocks Fall on Interest Rate Fears LA Times / Tom Petruno

CA: Rents a Key Driver of Inflation LA Times / Lisa Girion and Annette Haddad

Expensive gasoline = consumer belt-tightening CNN

Oil Prices Fall on Rising Gas Supplies AP via Houston Chronicle / George Jahn

Dollar flat against rivals after jobless claims data Marketwatch / Wanfeng Zhou

Dollar slips against yen in Asia AP via NJ Post

Mexico's Economy Hits 6-Year High Note LA Times / Marla Dickerson

Inflation's rising toll on consumers Christian Science Monitor / Mark Trumbull

In Praise of Consumerism Lew Rockwell / Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

The New Fed Chairman Faces the Same Old Dilemma Bloomberg / Caroline Baum

Why the stock market's latest wobble signals worry over the business cycle Independent / Hamish McRae

D-I-Y Hedge Funds Tech Central Station / Dominic Basulto

Fund shareholders cite information overload Marketwatch / Robert Schroeder

Inflation Rising, Markets Tumble NY Times / Louis Uchitelle

Economic forces to blame for ad decline Boston Herald / Scott Van Voorhis

Expensive gas has vacationers, businesses changing behavior Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Patricia Sabatini

Bureaucrats Helping the Poor? Or Themselves? Tech Central Station / Tim Worstall