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Economics and Politics by Paul Krugman - The Conscience of a Liberal - NYTimes.com
I’ve been getting the predictable hysterical reactions to today’s column. And it’s true — I’m a Sharia Jewish atheist Marxist who hates America! Bwahahaha! But one thing actually worth reacting to is the assertion I keep getting that this is all a distraction, that even if we seized all the money of the top 0.1% it would make no difference to the fiscal outlook.Economix Blog - NYTimes
Two candidates from emerging-market countries have been put forward for the presidency of the World Bank, along with the Obama administration’s nominee, setting up the first contested election in the history of the development institution, which is based in Washington. The American contender , Jim Yong Kim, a global health expert and the president of Dartmouth College, is considered the favorite. On Monday, I posted excerpts from a conversation with one of the challengers, José Antonio Ocampo, a former Colombian finance minister. I also spoke with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s finance minister, who has won the endorsement of Nigeria, Angola, South Africa, the African Union, The Financial Times and The Economist .
The 8th edition of my intermediate macroeconomics text will come out in June, ready for fall classes. One significant change in this edition is that some of the existing material has been reorganized. Over the past several years, monetary policymakers at the Federal Reserve have engaged in a variety of unconventional measures to prop up a weak banking system and promote recovery from a deep recession. Understanding these policies requires a strong background in the details of the monetary system.
Greg Mankiw's Blog
Economy Weblog
(ii) el frenazo de la inversión empresarial, en un contexto de escaso grado de utilización de la capacidad productiva y deterioro de las expectativas, se deja sentir en la industria de bienes de equipo, y (iii) la intensa destrucción de empleo explica la extrema debilidad del consumo, lo que lastra la cifra de negocio en la industria de este tipo de bienes y en los servicios, en especial el comercio. Industria - Los indicadores de la industria prolongaron en enero la senda de debilitamiento observada a lo largo de 2011. Así, la cifra de negocio, corregido de efecto calendario, cayó un 1,1% interanual (0% en el 4T11).
On a nationwide basis, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac own or guarantee 60 percent of the mortgages outstanding, but they account for only 29 percent of seriously delinquent loans, obviously a much lower proportion than their share of the market. Even though the Enterprises have a smaller share of seriously delinquent loans than other market participants, they account for just over half of all Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP modifications. Between HAMP modifications and their own proprietary loan modifications, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have completed more than 1.1 million loan modifications since the fourth quarter of 2008. It has been well-publicized that there is one form of loan modification that FHFA has not embraced, that being principal forgiveness . To be clear, the disagreement is not about helping borrowers.
Calculated Risk
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Giancarlo Corsetti , 2 April 2012 Is austerity self-defeating? Is it keeping Europeans underemployed for years and destroying the very growth needed to pay off the debt? Or is it steering nations clear of Greek-like tragedies?
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España es uno de esos países donde la cultura del seguro no ha calado. Supongo que la falta de cultura financiera por parte del asegurado tiene mucho que ver, aunque también entiendo que las propias aseguradoras tendrán su parte de responsabilidad, por no hablar del largo brazo del Estado y su yateloarregloyo . Pero las necesidades y riesgos siguen ahí. ¿Un ejemplo?
Economía y empresas. El blog Salmón
Un empeoramiento de la crisis que atraviesa actualmente la economía española podría conducir a la economía mundial a una "depresión persistente" y tendría numerosas repercusiones, dificultando incluso la posibilidad de reelección del presidente de Estados ... Caídas cercanas al 3% en las bolsas europeas, incluyendo la española, que sitúan al Ibex en 6.846,6 puntos. Vemos como principal desencadenante de las caídas de hoy el potencial cambio de gobierno tanto en Francia como ...
GurusBlog
Los empleados públicos tenemos mala fama en este país, como lo revelan desde los chistes de Forges hasta denigrantes comentarios recientes sobre renunciar al cafelito . ¿Está justificada esta imagen pública en cuanto al absentismo laboral? En tal caso, ¿tendrán efecto los planes recién anunciados del actual Gobierno para reducir ese absentismo? Tenemos alguna evidencia empírica, basada en otros países, para empezar a contestar a estas preguntas.