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To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (59613)	1/2/2010 2:29:16 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217714

Stiglitz calls for more stimulus. warns US economy may contract in second half of 2010. "The likelihood of this slowdown is very, very high," Stiglitz told reporters in Singapore. "There is a significant chance that the number will be in the negative range." google.com This is election year, mind you...

To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (59613)	1/2/2010 2:31:11 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217714

Krugman: "I would go with Joseph Stiglitz,” Krugman added, “I’m really worried about the second half.” “reasonably high chance” the economy will contract in the second half of next year.

To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (59613)	1/2/2010 3:04:36 PM
From: KyrosL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217714

The end of all that will of course be inflation I wish I was so certain about future inflation. There is huge overcapacity worldwide, and there are still billions clamoring to climb onto the globalisation bandwagon, greatly increasing worldwide productivity. Overcapacity and productivity are recipes for deflation rather than inflation. Of course all central banks are printing furiously. But a lot of that printing (like China's) is directed towards even more capacity and productivity.

To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (59613)	1/2/2010 6:26:16 PM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217714

the combo that be the american neo capitalism, aka thievery, and usa empire accounting, aka trickery, has given rise to a class of citizens fatally intoxicated on all assets paper, and the 'savings' of such bits of paper constructs as an end-all destination point for their hard-earned and harder-kept fiat paper dollars; they basically believe that they must choose between financing the wastrel ways of others at zero rate return or underwrite the gambles of still others at negative return; the drama will inexorably play out until its inevitable end, when all would believe some more printing will sset matters right, and then, and only then, will the unwashed masses get religion, and as in the case of many who engages with the true faith, too late. let us watch n brief 2010, now that we are back from boracay cheers, tj

To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (59613)	1/3/2010 7:51:51 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217714

ITU considering purchasing stakes in U.K. lenders including Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Lloyd Banking Group Plc, when they are sold off by the U.K. Government Brazil’s Itau May Buy Stake in U.K. Banks, Sunday Times Says Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Itau Unibanco Holding SA, Brazil’s largest bank, is considering purchasing stakes in U.K. lenders including Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Lloyd Banking Group Plc, the Sunday Times newspaper, citing an Itau executive. The company is looking at purchasing shares in the banks when they are sold off by the U.K. Government, the newspaper said, citing Pedro Malan, chairman of Itau’s international advisory board. Malan also said the Brazilian bank is “not in a hurry” to purchase the stakes. To contact the reporters on this story: Ambereen Choudhury in London at achoudhury@bloomberg.net