What to watch: Thursday, May 29: U.S. Revised Q1 GDP; Friday, May 30: CPI for April (May for select metropolitan areas); April – Industrial Production; April – Household income and expenditure survey; April – New housing starts; April – Unemployment and Ratio of Job Offers to Applicants
Ongoing: Commodities and forex volatility — more inflation reporting chicanery. Protectionist tendencies may be pressured by a report (and the realization) of $3.2 billion in cross-shareholding losses in FY2007, as well as greater urgency from within for acceptance of foreign investment. In the meantime, we can enjoy watching the latest round of TCI (The Children’s Investment Fund (UK)) vs. J-Power (JP: 9513). continue reading…
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(THE PRAGMATIC CAPITALIST, 1/26/10)
Twenty years ago today in Japan...
(The Mess That Greenspan Made, 12/29/09)