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Blinder and Zandi Paper

For those interested, here is the paper by Alan Blinder and Mark Zandi that I mentioned last night: How the Great Recession Was Brought to an End

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Jim the Realtor: Beach Cheapie?

Earlier (with graphs): New Home Sales: Worst June on Record I haven’t checked in with Jim for some time. This 800 sq ft REO is “cheap”?

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Quick Update: Bernanke rescheduled to 2 PM ET

The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM ET

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Merle Hazard: Greek Debt Song

A little music to go along with the Sovereign Debt series …

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BofA 30+ Day Delinquency and FHA

The following graph from the BofA Second Quarter 2010 Earnings Presentation says more about the FHA than BofA (ht Brian): Click on graph for larger image in new window. For BofA, the 30+ day deliquency trends continue to improve

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Reuters University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment drops sharply in July

From Reuters: Consumer Sentiment Sinks To Lowest in 11 Months The survey’s preliminary July reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment plummeted to 66.5 from 76.0 in June.

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Some European Stress Test Results may be delayed

From James Kanter at the NY Times: European Bank Stress Test Results May Be Delayed Top European finance officials said Tuesday that results of banking stress tests would be released on July 23, but that some national regulators could take longer to release more detailed information on certain national lenders …

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Happy July 4th

Two earlier posts: Weekly Summary and a Look Ahead with 8 graphs from last week. Recession Dating and a “Double Dip”. A discussion of recession dating issues.

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Shanghai Composite at lowest level since April 2009

Just an update … Click on graph for larger image in new window. This graph shows the Shanghai SSE Composite Index and the S&P 500 (in blue)

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House Passes Homebuyer Tax Credit Closing Extension

From Reuters: U.S. House backs homebuyer tax credit extension This is bad policy …

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