Posts Tagged ‘Great Deleveraging’

State of US economic recovery

Posted in Economy on April 19th, 2012 by Paul Deng – 1 Comment

Almost three years after the recession ended, where do we stand now, in terms of employment and investment?

Not much to cheer about.

slow employment recovery 428x350 State of US economic recovery

slow investment recovery 416x350 State of US economic recovery

(Graph courtesy of San Francisco Fed. )

 

Are we repeating the same mistakes as Japan?

Posted in debt deleveraging on August 15th, 2011 by Paul Deng – Be the first to comment

Debt-deleveraging and its economic consequences.

The perspective from Japan – interview of Richard Koo of Nomura.




David Rosenberg shares his latest assessment of data points. He called another recession “virtual certainty”.

Lowenstein: The future of Wall Street

Posted in Economy on April 24th, 2010 by Paul Deng – Be the first to comment

Interview of Roger Lowenstein,  author of “When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management” and “Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist.”

Link to the interview, about 45 mins.  A good history review of what went wrong.