| It could be another 2-2.5 yrs until real estate market sees clearing prices-Credit Writedowns 3/10 |
| Returns on junk-rated municipal bonds may be crimped as defaults increase-Bloomberg |
| Central banks suppressed gold price to artificially lower interest rates-Zero Hedge 3/9 |
| MBS delinquencies will force Fed to monetize to boost balance sheet equity-Zero Hedge |
| WTO win lets Brazil impose $560M in tariffs against U.S. products-Financial Times |
| Pell Grants as mandatory entitlements would add $200B to debt in 2011-2020-Wall Street Journal |
| Europe cuts Wall Street banks out of non-$-denominated gov't bond sales-Guardian |
| 3.6% mutual funds' cash level indicates equity market is running out of gas-Bloomberg 3/8 |
| Japan's government pension fund can't roll over its maturing bonds-FT Alphaville |
| Lenders were forced to buy back $20B in mortgages in 2009-Wall Street Journal |
| China's M1 broad money supply grew 39% year-over-year in January 2010-BusinessWeek/Financial Times |
| GMAC is running a Ponzi scheme with residential mortgage-backed securities-Reuters 3/5 |
| China scales back oil refinery runs, which has outpaced economic recovery-FT Alphaville |
| Sprott's gold bullion trust bought 9 tonnes of gold over the last week-Jesse’s Café Americain 3/4 |
| UK's budget deficit problem is more immediate than national debt problem-FT Alphaville |
| Gold in euro terms has bullishly broken out of a cup and handle pattern-Bloomberg |
| For a 14% CO2 reduction by 2020, fuel tax rise will make gas cost $7/gallon-NYT Dot Earth 3/3 |
| $50B worth of prime ARMs could face payment shocks each month by 2011-SNL |
| Bank of England plans to issue 3-year bonds denominated in U.S. dollars-Bloomberg |
| German foundry finds 500-gram tungsten bar bought from central bank as gold-Zero Hedge 3/2 |
| Two ways to look at Fed's transfer of wealth from J6Ps to banking cartel-MarketWatch |
| Money multiplier remains negative and is remarkably growing more negative-Thoughts from the Frontline 3/1 |
| Don't look now, but prices of finished food products are rising-MSN Moneycentral 3/1 |
| Primary dealers shifted from $13.8B net long to $15B net short in T-bills-Zero Hedge 2/26 |
| Rutgers professors review past Federal Reserve exit strategies-Financial Times |
| Volcker Rule may be a Trojan horse for shrinking the financial sector-Business-Standard |