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  • Is '70s-style stagflation returning? (MSN Money Canada)

    Inflation in the U.S. is rising and the economy is decelerating, but those problems don't add up to that nasty combination of stagnant growth and out-of-control price increases. Yet.
    2008-01-04 09:12:02

  • Bush: Financial markets 'stron and solid' (The Chippewa Herald)

    WASHINGTON — President Bush said Friday that while there is some uncertainty about slowing economic growth, the nation’s “financial markets are strong and solid.’’
    2008-01-04 09:13:28

  • Mortgage securities sales under scrutiny

    CNN Money - SEC officials have said they are examining Wall Street banks, investors, credit-rating agencies and others and their role in the mortgage market crisis. ... Last June, two hedge funds at Bear Stearns Cos. ( BSC , Fortune 500 ) collapsed after making bad ...
    2008-01-04 04:33:00

  • Jobs: December's Big Chill

    BusinessWeek - Home foreclosures have soared to record highs and financial companies have racked up billions of dollars in losses from bad mortgage investments. Credit problems have made it difficult for people to finance big-ticket purchases and for companies to ...
    2008-01-04 07:46:00

  • Spin and denial survive the global credit crunch

    International Herald Tribune - And while 2007 may be remembered as the year of credit crisis and bursting real-estate ... In this bad-news-is-good-news scenario, Malpass argues, nonperforming mortgage loans were a problem that is "not very large," but only appears so because ...
    2008-01-04 06:49:00

  • The Coming Credit-Card Crunch

    Smart Money - THE SUBPRIME-MORTGAGE crisis has cost millions of homeowners their homes. Now it threatens to put the squeeze on even more consumers by spilling into the credit-card market. The bad news is pretty straightforward: With home equity dried up, consumers ...
    2008-01-04 09:41:00

  • Credit Derivatives Head for Worst Week in More Than Two Months

    Bloomberg - Credit-default swaps tied to the bonds of mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp., homebuilder Lennar Corp. and Citigroup Inc., the biggest U.S ... Bad news coming out of the U.S. has become almost a habit,'' said Gunnar Stangl, head of index and ...
    2008-01-04 12:40:00

  • Land of Leather plunges on warning

    Financial Times - It blamed the credit squeeze, which it said “appears to have further affected consumer confidence and spending since ... Consumers have faced higher mortgage and gas bills, among other expenses, and the pain – particularly for retailers of big ...
    2008-01-04 07:18:00

  • U.S. jobless rate hits 2-year high

    Miami Herald - Home foreclosures have soared to record highs and financial companies have wracked up billions of dollars worth of losses from bad mortgage investments. Credit problems have made it difficult for people to finance big-ticket purchases and for ...
    2008-01-04 02:13:00

  • It’s the year of living dangerously, but how bad will it get?

    Times Online - It’s the year of living dangerously, but how bad will it get? The omens are not good. The credit squeeze could worsen and the housing market ... that the yet steeper falls in US house prices expected by some experts, and a rising tide of mortgage ...
    2008-01-04 03:10:00

  • Unemployment reaches two-year high

    Baltimore Sun - Home foreclosures have soared to record highs and financial companies have wracked up billions of dollars worth of losses from bad mortgage investments. Credit problems have made it difficult for people to finance big-ticket purchases and for ...
    2008-01-04 03:31:00

  • The Real Mortgage Fraud is by Politicians - Tracy Press

    The Real Mortgage Fraud is by PoliticiansTracy Press, CA - 8 hours agoIn fact, this course is almost as bad a deal for lenders as it is for borrowers. They typically lose up to half the value of the mortgage on foreclosures. ...
    2008-01-04 12:24:56

  • Weak Jobs Report Weighs on Stocks - BusinessWeek

    Weak Jobs Report Weighs on StocksBusinessWeek - 7 hours ago(IFC) said it expects a fourth-quarter loss due to the weak mortgage and housing markets. It says it will report more non-performing loans due to weak ...
    2008-01-04 01:04:23

  • Feeling Bernanke's pain: Why the Fed is stuck - Los Angeles Times

    Feeling Bernanke's pain: Why the Fed is stuckLos Angeles Times, CA - 6 hours agoTo revive the housing market, Barnes reasons, Bernanke wants mortgage rates to move lower in the long term. But if the Fed moves too aggressively, ...
    2008-01-04 02:13:46

  • Foreclosure fallout - Providence Journal

    Foreclosure falloutProvidence Journal, RI - 6 hours agoThe 30-year mortgage carried an initial interest rate of 6.53 percent, which was scheduled to adjust two years later to a maximum of 9.53 percent. ...
    2008-01-04 02:17:06

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