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    Growing concern over a growing deficit

    Bloomberg economics editor Tom Keene talks about the growing deficit in the US economy. The current account deficit in the US seems to ...
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    Get ahead of the curve on fixed rates… Oops! Too late!

    We have been touting fixed rates for quite some time on the basis that people needed to fix at the time rates were heading for historic...
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    The Final Crash, by Hugo Bouleau (book review & interview)

    Hugo Bouleau's (pseudonym of the author) book was for me, perhaps the most riveting reading of 2008. I like to underline important sent...
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    How is TRS calculated?

    TRS or Tax Relief at Source, is a mortgage related tax relief available to first time buyers. The working elements of it will be descri...
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    Alan Blinder talks to Charlie Rose

    I know on the last post with Charlie Rose I said 'this is a must see' but cancel that, this one is the must see of the day! This is ...
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    Financial Fragility and Corporate Governance in Ireland today

    This is footage of a talk given by Prof. Stephen Kinsella of the Kemmy Business School in University of Limerick, about his thoughts on...
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    Let down by a writedown, the cost of nationalisation

    Today we have had our sovereign rating downgraded yet again. A part of me is slightly miffed that the same ratings agencies who were ra...
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    Inflation… ‘when’ not ‘if’…

    The endurance of gold at above $900, rising oil prices, the weakening dollar and a Treasury/Fed combo that is increasing the money in c...
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    The cost containment of healthcare.

    This is a video from the libertarian group The Cato Institute and it talks about universal healthcare. It raises some interesting point...
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    Inflation or Deflation? 1923 or 1932? What will it be?

    I have been a proponent of inflation being the greater risk to society than deflation for quite some time, so all said, I am in the 'in...
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