A few articles regarding the bond crisis in Ireland: The Irish Mess (IV) ECB buying of Irish bonds ‘vital’ support The world backs away from Ireland, Spain, Portugal In keeping…

…a Greek 10yr bond yields 14.5% with a euro price of 59, while a 2-yr bond yields 21.4% with a euro price of 73. Bond investors are going for the…

…Medical Debt On Credit Reports and Policy Responses To Date Medical debt is a leading cause of bankruptcy in the United States and impacts ~100 million Americans. The result of Medical debt…

…decline as bond investors anticipated weakness, and a recession began. In deflationary recessions, an asset bubble bursts, and/or a debt overhang reaches critical mass, and the inflation rate declines, possibly…

I am sick today and had to cancel plans with a friend tonight. I decided to look at Eurozone unemployment rates to pass the miserable time. According to the Friday…

…‘deficit’ and ‘debt’. A ‘deficit’ is basically an accounting convention, it is worthwhile to calculate various gaps between income and cost. But not everything labeled ‘income’ actually represents cash extracted…

…growth over the 2000 to 2007 period. In CY 2008 debt growth goes negative. Here’s a close-up view. So much for optimism-fueled debt growth. Between the non-existent debt surges Sumner…

…calculations of ‘Real Debt’ to use the remainder, which Treasury tracks under the name ‘Debt Held by the Public’. Which to my mind is too close to ‘Public Debt’. But…

…that ? First it is possible to construct an interest rate swap using a portfolio of older assets, bonds, bond futures, short positions on bonds and short positions on bond…

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