Tag Archives: recession

A Never-ending Recession, The Contained Depression and More Strategic Defaults

Posted on August 25, 2010 by stacyherbert| 19 Comments

How low can we fall this fall (Automatic Earth)
“Contained depression” (Mish Shedlock)
Solvent commercial property companies strategically defaulting (Naked Capitalism)

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Tagged depression, recession, strategic defaults

Masters of the Universe apparently shocked that UK economy sucks

Posted on October 23, 2009 by stacyherbert| 42 Comments

Stacy Summary: Seriously, are any of you surprised? And, @Mike/Liverpool . . . are you happy??

Shock for Alistair Darling as shockingly UK still in recession

Shock economic figures today stunned the City by revealing that Britain is wallowing in its longest recession since records began.

Sterling tumbles on shock GDP data

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Fiscal disasters, disbelieving Ponzis and misused TARP

Posted on July 20, 2009 by stacyherbert| 167 Comments

Stacy Summary: The disbelieving Ponzi victims remind me of nearly the entire populations of much of the Western world that Ambrose says await an Irish fiscal fate. What are you thinking or reading about today?

Recession forces a million Brits to work part time

An Irish like fiscal disaster awaits the Western world

Victims of UK ponzi scheme refuse to believe they have been had

Bailout overseer finds most banks misused TARP funds

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Reading the signs and crop circles: recession or recovery?

Posted on June 16, 2009 by stacyherbert| 74 Comments

Stacy Summary: I have included below a headline I covered yesterday about IMF stating that worst may lie ahead. @Russ objected to my headline of Strauss-Kahn’s statement. But, as you can see below, the Guardian interpreted his statement in exactly the same way that I did. What are your thoughts?

Worst days of US crisis may lie ahead, says IMF – Guardian headline

China cuts US Treasury bond holdings by $4.4 billion

Don’t bank on a British recovery

Japan may be over worst of recession

Crop circle predicts end of world as we know it?

Stacy: Telegraph seems to be treating the story as if crop circles are not man-made? Maybe the crop circle phoenix is the real green shoots that is the absolute end of our current oligarchic system and perhaps something better lies ahead?

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Tagged china, crop circle, imf, japan, recession, us treasury bonds

Headlines, Headlines, Headlines – 04 May 2009

Posted on May 4, 2009 by stacyherbert| 57 Comments

Stacy Summary: I’m sure most are suffering from Goldman outrage fatigue, but here is some more preposterous news regarding the Firm. And, finally, while job losses are mounting, those in jobs are seeing their wages rise for the most part. Does anyone have stories to tell of either job losses or pay rises in their own circle of friends or family? Comment below.