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Cowen points Christina Romer to step down from CEA and Peter Diamond not confirmed as Fed Governor. Also see this funny article on economic forecasting Bush had passed certain tax cuts in his time....
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July -2010 unemployment report card continues to show a grim picture. The unemp rate was 9.5%. It is now being called as Great Stall amidst economists. Who invented the term - Steve Blitz of Majestic...
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Ajay Shah points to three upcoming research meetings Kirti Rao writes on IFMR Blog about the need for microfinance/social cause firms to adopt- Social Performance Reporting. Read the interesting...
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The FOMC maintains its rates. One highlight is that certain mortgage backed securities held by Fed are maturing. Fed will use this money to buy Treasury Bonds. So, Fed balance sheet will not shrink. NY...
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IFMR Blog points Meet our Wealth Managers from Sasan Ambagaon TTR points IIT Kharagpur had quotas for faculty’s children! I somehow missed this news item Krugman has two interesting posts on...
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Should US brace for deflation. Here is a NYT debate between several economists. (HT: Tyler Cowen) IFMR Blog on ‘For-Profit’ companies as Business Correspondents? Krugman on The Price Stability Trap WSJ...
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Nachiket Mor and Bind Ananth of IFMR say Don’t like the SKS valuation? Compete, don’t complain. Well, this was all on expected lines. People will criticise if so much money being made out of a social...
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Twoi vistors to this blog have sent these links: Rakhi Gupta sends these two links: Recently RBI has released Annual Report for 2009-10. This document provides inner insights in simple and summarised...
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The Budgetary Impact of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Here is an interesting CBO short note on the topic. It also explains the various mehthodologies used by CBO to estimate the impact. Other useful speeches: Fiscal Policy Choices in Uncertain Times an...
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There are a couple of interesting links : Tyler Cowen suggests Fed should adopt a inflation target of 3% which will then help in faster recovery of US economy. Once Fed says it will keep expanding...
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