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...sliding again is when the media seeks out the pessimists among the bureau for famous analysts and financiers. Wilbur Ross and George Soros are getting too much air time. They rarely have good things to say about the future. They may be making bets in the market that key economic measurements will deteriorate so their motives are suspect. But, they are probably right anyway. Billionaires have proven track records for prescience. Once they begin to circle, it is almost certain that something is about...
...This is partly because officially, Social Security is still running a substantial surplus and will be throughout the next decade, according to the CBO. A key source of that surplus, though, is interest payments on federal debt held by the Social Security trust fund. It's money that Social Security has definitely earned, but it's coming out of the rest of the federal budget. Same goes for employer contributions to Social Security for federal employees, which also boost the program's bottom line but not the government...
...years ago, the Chinese called it their Going Out strategy. State-owned companies in key industries were encouraged by the government to plant the flag of Chinese capitalism around the world by purchasing stakes in foreign companies. China was flush with cash and full of optimism--naive optimism, it turned out. Beijing's fledgling sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp. poured $3 billion into New York City--based private-equity firm Blackstone in return for a 10% stake in the company--just before the bottom fell out of U.S. debt and equity markets. That deal was followed...
...government is not alone in having trouble finding the key to the housing disaster. Almost all of the arguments and forecasts about residential real estate run in circles which may be why it is so hard to tease out what the real issues are. Only three things are certain. The first is that housing prices are still falling. The second is that mortgage rates are at remarkably low levels. And, the third is that delinquencies are rising...
...Tournament at Cornell University—but they’ll first have to beat University of Kentucky in a few days to secure a spot. Nick, the men’s captain, is not prone to exuberant flourishes of emotion, but he whistles and growls, low and off-key, to a Johnny Cash track blaring from the car speakers. He is confident of a victory against Kentucky and hopeful—perhaps even sure—of success at the tournament. If Harvard beats the University of Connecticut in its first slotted game at Regionals, the team will move...