Unsecured Debt Consolidation, Dont Be Afraid

It’s a fact that financial problems can sneak up on anyone ... history, and in exchange you may find that you’ll pay a higher rate. Whether you choose a secured ... a higher interest rate since the lender is agreeing to provide you funds without having any tangible [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:41:04

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The Global Credit Crisis as History

Barry Eichengreen, an economic historian at the University of California at Berkeley whose scholarly work showed how the international affection for ... and elsewhere , have resisted stimulative policies that might produce a falling exchange rate ... drew other lessons: “the importance of avoiding competitive currency depreciation and of keeping [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 12:00:00

Korea National Museum

We've been on vacation this week, which has been blissful, restful, wonderful, choose your own word that means the same thing and add it here: _____________.  We had originally set out to take another cool trip, but the exchange rate ... .  Normally admission is 2000 won, but today it was free, and we got an education in Korean history [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 23:17:00

Brazilian history of hyper-inflation, and the resulting propensity to consume

People who have witnessed hyper-inflation may fear that if crisis hits again, they may loose all of the value of their savings… ... the current account deficit, and in turn scares away foreign investors…driving down the exchange rate ... , not in my generation in the USA). While I dont think inflation is a risk in Brazil at the moment (although [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 13:58:29

links for 2009-01-09

Not Doing Enough - John Judis Geithner Preparing Overhaul Of Bailout - washingtonpost.com Monetary Policy and the Crime Rate - Macro and Other Market Musings Empirical evidence ... Keep your enemies close - Free exchange Obama and trade: an alarm sounds - FT Economic history [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 08:06:00

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