Daily Archives: July 24, 2009
Some Fear N.Y. Fed Too Influenced by Wall Street – Washington Post
New York Fed President William C. Dudley served 10 years as Goldman Sachs’s chief economist. (By Kevin Clark — The Washington Post) By Neil Irwin Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, July 20, 2009 NEW YORK — The low-slung cubicles wrap … Continue reading
Subprime Brokers Back as Dubious Loan Fixers
Despite making promises of relief to homeowners desperate to keep their homes, FedMod and other profit making loan modification firms often fail to deliver, according to a New York Times investigation based on interviews with scores of former employees and … Continue reading
Useful Reports
How to Turn a Recession Into a Depression – Bill Niskanen, Cato Institute Upgrading Our China Outlook – Wang, Yam & Zhang, Morgan Stanley Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary – Wells Fargo Economics Weekly Economic Report – Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Hudson … Continue reading
The perils of polling in the post Obama era
Over the decades, “garbage in, garbage out” has been shortened to its acronym, GIGO. In politics, one of the places where you’re most likely to run across the GIGO phenomenon is in the construction of a survey sample. Read more
N.J. officials, N.Y. rabbis caught in federal money laundering, corruption sweep
Arrests include Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt, Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano, Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell and Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini Get more on the story, including video, photos and more at www.nj.com
