Topic: Economic Issues

Mortgage market up 40% in 2011

The European credit crisis appears to have passed by the Czech Republic's mortgage market, which enjoyed an unusually strong performance in...
THERE will be "no ambiguity about who is in charge" when taxpayers' money is at risk, Chancellor George Osborne promised yesterday, as he unveiled...

Slightly lower growth, unemployment in 2012

The Federal Reserve has slightly reduced its outlook for U.S. economic growth this year but is a little more optimistic about the unemployment...

Broken Forever?

What's the difference between a piggy bank and a money-market fund? Not much. Neither is insured, and the returns are basically the same: nothing...
Inflation. Deflation. Rehypothecation. Bad rap lyrics, or the poetry of finance? You can judge for yourself when you finish this first installment ...
We thought we had it all figured out before this week started. We were wrong. The top minds in the investment business offered some novel analysis...
Three topless Ukrainian protesters were detained Saturday while trying to break into an invitation-only gathering of international CEOs and ...

Book Bits For Saturday: 1.28.2012

? The Benefit and The Burden: Tax Reform-Why We Need It and What It Will Take By Bruce Bartlett Review via The Financial Times America's tax system...
We have a ton of new cartoons this week, and the star of the show has to be Newt Gingrich, he of the open-marriage and the status of both a...
The Auto Customization Shops industry has experienced a bumpy road over the past five years. Industry revenue is expected to fall 0.7% annually on...