For the commute home,
- The fiscal multiplier revisited. Read more
For the commute home,
- The fiscal multiplier revisited. Read more
For the commute home,
- Why cities keep growing while companies eventually die (HT Stacy-Marie Ishmael). Read more
For the commute home,
- Why LinkedIn’s IPO will hand even more control to its founder. And is it time to jam like 1999? Read more
For the commute home,
- The upward slope of real house prices. Read more
For the commute home, now a more expensive trip,
- IMF working paper on cyclical vs structural unemployment. Read more
For the commute home,
- A new toy for Bill Gross: the UltraShort 20 Yr Treasury ETF (TBT) performance simulator. Read more
For the commute home,
- How to make money in microseconds. Read more
For the commute home, have a great weekend,
- “Breaking stride to pick up a penny, if it takes more than 6.15 seconds, pays less than the federal minimum wage.” Read more
For the commute home,
- Top 5 reasons the MBS lawsuits are just beginning (HT Shanny Basar). Read more
For the commute home,
- James Hamilton on whether high oil prices bring a new recession. Read more
For the commute home,
- Finance books released in May, and three foreign policy books recommended by Dan Drezner. Read more
A friendly reminder that FT Alphaville is off on Friday to celebrate an odd ritual whose meaning escapes its American correspondent. (We kid, people, relax.)
Monday, of course, is a bank holiday. We’ll be on alert in case something huge breaks, but in all likelihood we’ll see you on Tuesday. Read more
For the commute home, where there is often such a thing as too much information, like the government warning on your favourite bottle of scotch,
- US IPO filings reach 2007 levels. Read more
For the commute home, enjoy the long weekend with some short pickings,
- The US has already had a lost decade. Read more
For the commute home, where per-capita beer consumption is about to explode,
- “We’re still in the early days of this trend, whereby countries slowly converge in terms of per-capita beer consumption.” Read more
For the commute home, where your kids are tagging embarrassing pictures of you on Facebook,
- The Economist halts production for a month to let its readers catch up. (Or so says America’s finest news source.) Read more
For the commute home, or while frantically dropping off your tax forms at the post office alongside the other procrastinators,
- There’s the word “transitory” again, this time describing the Q1 slowdown. Read more
For the commute home,
- Those Xtranormal videos are getting meta. Read more
For the commute home, where the only industrial policy is your children’s allowance, and returns decline by the year,
- Dani Rodrik vs Russ Roberts on industrial policy and entrepreneurs. Read more
For the commute home, where no-one criticises your fiscal policies,
- More on Goldman’s bearish commodities turn. Read more
For the commute home, where low volumes signal a run to the beer market,
- Does slow stock trading signal a bear market? Read more
For the commute home, where… oh forget it, we’re sick of shutdown jokes too,
- Almost sick of them: the top 10 government shutdown pickup lines. Read more
For the commute home, where the carry trade means helping your better half unload the car in exchange for first dibs on the remote,
- The FT visits Bernie Madoff. Read more
For the commute home, where budget decisions are made for rather than by children,
- Corn goes pop! Reaches a 33-month high. Read more
For the commute home, where your discount windows have always been transparent and available with easy credit,
- Appetite grows for asset-backed securities. Exotic ones, no less. Awesome. Read more