Tag: financial crisis

17 Nov

Global Economy Matters: As Italy Enters It’s Fourth Recession Since 2000, Who Will Bail-Out Unicredit?

Italy long term GDP Global Economy Matters: As Italy Enters It’s Fourth Recession Since 2000, Who Will Bail-Out Unicredit?: “Italy, which is still the eurozone’s third biggest economy, slipped into a recession in the third quarter. The Italian economy fell into what is now its fourth recession in less than a decade as gross domestic product [...]
04 Nov

Europe on the brink of currency crisis meltdown - Telegraph

Europe on the brink of currency crisis meltdown - Telegraph: “The financial crisis spreading like wildfire across the former Soviet bloc threatens to set off a second and more dangerous banking crisis in Western Europe, tipping the whole Continent into a fully-fledged economic slump.” (…) Experts fear the mayhem may soon trigger a chain reaction within [...]
29 Oct

The Bank Bailouts Are Very Well Intended, But Where Is All The Money Going To Come From?

The Bank Bailouts Are Very Well Intended, But Where Is All The Money Going To Come From?: “It has been estimated that European government bond issuance will rise to record levels of more than €1,000bn in 2009 – 30 per cent higher than 2008 – as governments seek to stimulate their economies and pay for [...]
13 Oct

US National Debt Clock runs out of numbers

National Debt Clock runs out of numbers - Economy in Turmoil- msnbc.com: “A non-digital, improvised dollar sign has been pasted next to the “1.” (Via Msnbc.)
09 Oct

Financial crisis simplified

Patrick Chappatte for the Int’l Herald Tribune Presentation Zen: Financial crisis simplified (a whiteboard presentation) Collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) are investment instruments that are partially to blame for the mortgage crisis. What, you say you don’t know what CDOs are or why they matter? Don’t worry, almost no one does (maybe that’s part of the problem). But [...]
08 Oct

The Real Great Depression - ChronicleReview.com

Panic in 1873 The Real Great Depression - ChronicleReview.com The depression of 1929 is the wrong model for the current economic crisis By SCOTT REYNOLDS NELSON As a historian who works on the 19th century, I have been reading my newspaper with a considerable sense of dread. While many commentators on the recent mortgage and banking crisis have drawn [...]