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Suppliers in the "What next"

…at G.M. and Chrysler are getting more severe, according to their top executives and other officials…. Many of their suppliers are teetering on the verge of bankruptcy themselves, and do…

Measuring TARP

…a less severe downturn. How is it possible to establish such a claim, if ever with any degree surety, and how is ‘overall stability’ connected to TARP actions, if at…

Employment Report

…implies that 4th quarter hours worked are falling at about a 5% annual rate. When you compared the employment drop in this cycle we are now seeing a more severe

Bailout, Round 2: Misplaced Optimism

…hostage to the Treasury Department’s blunders. For the fact is that the plan on offer is a stinker — and inexcusably so. The financial system has been under severe stress…

Champaign Bottle corks are popping today

…stimulus. To be frank, the administration has a credibility and trust gap as big as that of Wall Street. If the crisis was as severe as they claim, why didn’t…

More on the McCain Health Care Plan

…coverage, so the adverse selection in the employer provided pool will only slowly become as severe as that in the individual market. So I claim an either/or either a lot…

Quit Doling Out That Bad-Economy Line

…to the housing “slump” and once to the housing “crisis,” to the “severe” decline in home prices, to the “spike” in mortgage foreclosures, to the “change” in the mortgage market…

Roubini’s not wrong, but…

…of LEH going out of business would not be so severe as the effect of BS going out of business for one reason that Roubini, for some reason, appears not…

Polling Margins: The Myth of "Double-Digits"

…double-digit lead among them. How about 2000? Bush v Gore, per Gallup: A severe outlier early, and another slight outlier (almost ten points, but not quite) later on, but still…

Hello My Name is Robert Waldmann

…more severe dynamic inconsistency would hold less of their wealth as checking account balances, because it is too easy to spend. This appears to actually be true (Oh I love…