Mike Shedlock Archives

2009
	Audit The Fed Needs Your Help ... Again!  PF   Nov-19-2009
	Economists Opposing Fed Audit Are On Fed Payroll  PF   Nov-19-2009
	Mapping Unemployment - You Make The Call - Downloadable Spreadsheet  PF   Nov-16-2009
	10 States In Deep Fiscal Trouble  PF   Nov-12-2009
	What Is Inflation and How Does One Measure It?  PF   Nov-09-2009
	U.S. Faces Second Lost Decade "Because" of Misguided Stimulus  PF   Oct-23-2009
	Bernanke Guilty of Coercion and Market Manipulation  PF   Oct-20-2009
	Overly Optimistic Consensus Plays Greater Fools Game Once Again  PF   Oct-09-2009
	Case Shiller CPI At Negative 5.1%  PF   Oct-04-2009
	Huge Downward Jobs Revisions Coming  PF   Oct-02-2009
	Reflections on the Unexpected Negative Surprise in Chicago Purchasing Index PMI  PF   Sep-30-2009
	Daniel Amerman vs. Mish: Reflections on the Great Inflation/Deflation Debate  PF   Sep-26-2009
	Strategic Default Data Suggests Foreclosure Prevention Tactics Useless  PF   Sep-19-2009
	Yellen Calls For "U" Shaped Recession and Another Jobless Recovery  PF   Sep-15-2009
	Ghost Fleets and Protectionism  PF   Sep-14-2009
	One Sixth Of All Construction Loans In Trouble  PF   Sep-05-2009
	Greater Than One in Four FDIC Insured Institutions are Unprofitable; Bank Problem List at 15 Year High  PF   Aug-28-2009
	Fed's Dual Mandate Is Mission Impossible  PF   Aug-27-2009
	Collapse Of The "Ownership Society"  PF   Aug-16-2009
	Government Bailouts and the Stock Market - The Seen and the Unseen  PF   Aug-11-2009
	U.S. Home Vacancies Hit 18.7 Million; Whats the Real Story?  PF   Jul-24-2009
	For One-Third of US, Frugality is the "New Normal"  PF   Jul-22-2009
	Health Care Bill Will Raise Taxes, Then Raise Them Again  PF   Jul-12-2009
	Geithner Lies Again as PPIP Prepares for Launch  PF   Jul-08-2009
	Senator Shelby Calls Fed's Expertise "Grossly Inflated" as Geithner Attempts to Defends the Indefensible  PF   Jun-18-2009
	Lack of Transparency in Fed Balance Sheet and Liquidity Programs  PF   Jun-11-2009
	Kennedys Healthcare Bill Will Increase Expenses, Decrease Employment and Encourage Outsourcing  PF   Jun-08-2009
	Mortgage Meltdown, More Pain To Come  PF   May-31-2009
	Speak Out - Audit the Fed, Then End It!  PF   May-21-2009
	Effect of Household Deleveraging on Housing, Consumption and the Stock Market  PF   May-19-2009
	Credit Card Defaults At Record Highs But Worst Is Yet To Come  PF   May-16-2009
	How Banks Become Condo Rental Agents  PF   May-03-2009
	Anti-Libertarian Nonsense From Henry Kaufman and Company  PF   Apr-29-2009
	Deflation Returns To U.K.  PF   Apr-22-2009
	Economist Mankiw Defends Policy of Theft  PF   Apr-21-2009
	Time For Mankiv To Resign  PF   Apr-19-2009
	How To Take Advantage of Low Mortgage Rates  PF   Apr-10-2009
	Fed's Effort To Roll Snowball Uphill Is Failing  PF   Apr-06-2009
	New York Times Threatens To Shut Boston Globe  PF   Apr-04-2009
	Geithner's Gift To Pimco  PF   Apr-02-2009
	Bank CEO calls Geithners Plan "Asinine"  PF   Mar-16-2009
	All Manias Leave Something Undervalued  PF   Mar-11-2009
	Time To Stop Squandering Taxpayer Money  PF   Mar-10-2009
	Jobs Contract 14th Straight Month; Unemployment Rate Soars to 8.1%  PF   Mar-06-2009
	Frank Monstrosities  PF   Mar-05-2009
	Stop The Seller Funded Down Payment Assistance (SFDPA) Scam  PF   Mar-04-2009
	Warren Buffett Loses His Way  PF   Mar-01-2009
	Bernanke's Hide and Seek Delaying Tactics  PF   Feb-24-2009
	Citigroup Begs To Be 40% Nationalized  PF   Feb-22-2009
	Nationalization Revisited  PF   Feb-20-2009
	Fed and BOE Shell Games to Bailout Insolvent Banks  PF   Jan-18-2009
	Obama Calls For Sacrifices, Scales Back Campaign Promises, Ups Jobs Program To 4M  PF   Jan-10-2009
	Jobs Contract 12th Straight Month; Unemployment Rate Soars to 7.2%  PF   Jan-09-2009
	Media Blamed For Making Economic Crisis Worse  PF   Jan-06-2009
	Reflections On 2008, Themes For 2009  PF   Jan-06-2009
2008
	Couples Hitched To The Economy, Not To Pets  PF   Dec-21-2008
	Nonsense About Gold Backwardation, Ameros,Yuan Devaluations, etc.  PF   Dec-08-2008
	Stop The Auto Bailout Campaign - Phase Three  PF   Dec-04-2008
	GM Bankruptcy Option Under Discussion  PF   Dec-04-2008
	Search For Stimulus In A ZIRP World  PF   Dec-02-2008
	Credit Risk Rises on Citigroup Breakup Speculation  PF   Nov-21-2008
	Stop The Auto Bailout Campaign  PF   Nov-17-2008
	Chicago Prepares For Mass Layoffs: Mayor Daley  PF   Nov-13-2008
	Battle Over Bazooka Point Lending  PF   Nov-11-2008
	Baltic Dry Shipping Collapses  PF   Oct-15-2008
	That Giant Sucking Sound  PF   Oct-02-2008
	Rep. Brad Sherman On Bailing Out Foreign Investors  PF   Oct-01-2008
	How To Stop A Run On The Banks  PF   Sep-30-2008
	Final Push To Kill The Bailout Monstrosity  PF   Sep-29-2008
	The Bailout Failed: Whats Next?  PF   Sep-29-2008
	Nouriel Roubini: Paulson Plan is a Disgrace  PF   Sep-26-2008
	House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Sells Out  PF   Sep-25-2008
	Ron Paul Says "Call Them!"  PF   Sep-24-2008
	Senate Majority Leader Reid: "No Blank Check" for Wall Street Bailout  PF   Sep-23-2008
	Treasury Auction Scam and How To Stop It  PF   Sep-23-2008
	Phone And Fax Numbers For All US Senators; More On What To Do  PF   Sep-22-2008
	Bush Administration Seeks "Dictatorial Power"  PF   Sep-21-2008
	Lies From Paulson Keep Stacking Up: What You Can Do About It  PF   Sep-21-2008
	Congressional Leaders Stunned That Bernanke Finally Admits The Truth  PF   Sep-19-2008
	Stock Market Cheers Fiscal Insanity  PF   Sep-18-2008
	Global Financial Seizures Continue, Gold Soars  PF   Sep-17-2008
	Telling Action In Euro, Dollar As ECB Holds Rates  PF   Sep-05-2008
	Commodity Hedge Fund Ospraie Shuts Down After Losses  PF   Sep-03-2008
	Conspiracy Theory Psychology  PF   Aug-28-2008
	Revisiting the M3 Contraction  PF   Aug-21-2008
	EBay Cuts Fixed-Price Fees By 70%  PF   Aug-20-2008
	M3 Contraction - The Future Is Now  PF   Aug-19-2008
	Australia Reserve Bank "Shocked" by the Severity of the Slowdown  PF   Aug-12-2008
	Record Declines In Case-Shiller Home Index  PF   Jul-30-2008
	Contact Your Senator: Say No To Fannie Bailout  PF   Jul-16-2008
	How Many Bullets Does The Fed Have Left?  PF   Jul-14-2008
	Metalworking Business Index Trends  PF   Jul-04-2008
	Deflationary Hurricanes to Hit U.S. and U.K.  PF   Jun-30-2008
	Fed Looking To Bend Rules To Aid Banks  PF   Jun-26-2008
	Telling Rift Over Fed Lending Facility  PF   May-28-2008
	Unstoppable Credit Contraction  PF   Apr-30-2008
	Fed Auction Futility  PF   Apr-24-2008
	Vacancies Soar In Commercial Real Estate Bust  PF   Apr-21-2008
	Misguided Calls For Activism  PF   Apr-08-2008
	Fed Defends The Indefensible  PF   Apr-03-2008
	As Desperation Sinks In, Non-Solutions Proliferate  PF   Feb-18-2008
	Shadows of the CDS Market  PF   Feb-17-2008
	Businesses Advised To Walk Away  PF   Feb-15-2008
	Countrywide And Chase Shut Off The Cash Spigot  PF   Feb-01-2008
	60 Minutes Legitimizes Walking Away  PF   Jan-28-2008
	Faith In The Fed: The Last Bubble To Pop  PF   Jan-23-2008
2007
	Losing Control Of Monetary Policy  PF   Dec-10-2007
	Will Ambac and MBIA Survive?  PF   Nov-28-2007
	LIBOR Rates Show Stress  PF   Nov-26-2007
	Liquidity Pump Runs Dry  PF   Nov-23-2007
	Citibank SIVs Hit Norway Townships  PF   Nov-21-2007
	Downward Spiral of Deep Junk  PF   Nov-03-2007
	Question of Solvency at Citigroup  PF   Nov-02-2007
	When Will Housing Bottom?  PF   Oct-25-2007
	Enron Accounting at Citigroup  PF   Oct-19-2007
	Super SIVs - A Fraudulent Attempt at Concealment  PF   Oct-15-2007
	Every Reason To Panic Over Portland Condo Glut  PF   Oct-09-2007
	Debt Slave Act of 2005 Revisited  PF   Oct-08-2007
	Drowning in Debt: How do we protect ourselves?  PF   Oct-03-2007
	Buyout Bingo Reversal Continues  PF   Sep-22-2007
	Shattered Confidence  PF   Sep-17-2007
	Global Savings Glut Exposed  PF   Sep-12-2007
	Moonbats Active Again in Massive Jobs Disaster  PF   Sep-07-2007
	A New Dance Craze - The Bernanke Shuffle  PF   Sep-06-2007
	Implode-O-Meter Stats vs. the BLS  PF   Sep-02-2007
	Duration Mismatch to Bankruptcy (in one week flat)  PF   Aug-19-2007
	Mad Dash For Cash  PF   Aug-18-2007
	Duration Mismatch at Sentinel  PF   Aug-16-2007
	$100 Billion Bond Backup  PF   Aug-11-2007
	High Rate CDs and other Moral Hazards  PF   Aug-08-2007
	Cold Feet and Sea Bass  PF   Aug-03-2007
	Massive Bets On Idiots  PF   Jul-31-2007
	Is $100 Oil Coming? $200 Anyone?  PF   Jul-25-2007
	Missing The Boat On Globalization  PF   Jun-06-2007
	Construction Jobs Puzzle  PF   Jun-01-2007
	Squeeze on Wage Earners Accelerates  PF   May-15-2007
	Rear View Mirror Housing Experts  PF   May-13-2007
	Housing Bright Spots  PF   May-10-2007
	Capital Spending Suggests Hard Landing  PF   Apr-28-2007
	Mod Squad Containment  PF   Apr-23-2007
	Supply Side Economics  PF   Apr-09-2007
	March Employment Numbers & Leading Indicators  PF   Apr-07-2007
	Spillover Scorecard  PF   Apr-05-2007
	Hot Lines for Hard Times  PF   Mar-25-2007
	Who's to Blame for the Housing Mess?  PF   Mar-19-2007
	1st Helicopter Drop Now Being Organized  PF   Mar-13-2007
	February Jobs / Employment Data  PF   Mar-09-2007
	Fed Is Ready and Willing To Act  PF   Feb-28-2007
	Does Anything Mean What It Used To?  PF   Feb-27-2007
	Pricing Risk  PF   Feb-21-2007
	Largest Home Price Drop on Record  PF   Feb-15-2007
	Focus on Currencies (Part 1 of 2)  PF   Feb-13-2007
	Counterfeiting Money - Crime or Good Economics?  PF   Feb-09-2007
	Inflation Is Now Illegal  PF   Feb-08-2007
	Jobs - the Good, Bad, and Ugly  PF   Feb-03-2007
	Gold, M3, and Willingness to Lend  PF   Jan-23-2007
	World Oil Demand  PF   Jan-21-2007
	Credit Swaps And Bond Yields  PF   Jan-20-2007
	Leading Economic Indicators  PF   Jan-16-2007
	Significant Shifts In Psychology  PF   Jan-04-2007
	Lennar Lays an Egg / Defective Homes Update from Morgan  PF   Jan-02-2007
2006
	Monetary Shock Therapy  PF   Dec-21-2006
	Paulson, Bernanke Strike Out  PF   Dec-17-2006
	Interview with Paul Kasriel  PF   Dec-11-2006
	Housing Industry Employment  PF   Nov-20-2006
	The PPI, Gold, and Dr. Copper  PF   Nov-14-2006
	Earnings, Confidence, and Boxes  PF   Oct-25-2006
	Kool Aid and Krispy Kremes  PF   Oct-16-2006
	A Discrepancy in Jobs?  PF   Oct-11-2006
	Outsourcing Homework  PF   Sep-29-2006
	Updating the Arrow after Home Prices Drop  PF   Sep-27-2006
	Kiss Goldilocks Goodbye  PF   Sep-22-2006
	More Anecdotes  PF   Sep-21-2006
	No Hard Landing  PF   Sep-19-2006
	On the Cusp  PF   Sep-02-2006
	Reflections on Danville Illinois  PF   Aug-23-2006
	Five Stages of Grief  PF   Jul-25-2006
	Time Preferences  PF   Jul-17-2006
	Strike Three  PF   Jul-11-2006
	Thank-you Again, Ben Bernanke  PF   Jun-10-2006
	9th Inning Liquidity  PF   Jun-02-2006
	Greenspan Predicts Housing Bust  PF   May-29-2006
	WCI and DHOM / Let's do the Math  PF   May-10-2006
	Oh Lord, Please don't let me be misunderstood  PF   May-03-2006
	Canaries at the Periphery  PF   Apr-25-2006
	Financial War Games  PF   Apr-20-2006
	Sinkholes and Hurricanes  PF   Apr-18-2006
	New Math on Homes  PF   Apr-02-2006
	The Apologists Club  PF   Mar-26-2006
	In Praise of Saville  PF   Mar-23-2006
	Mideast Contagion?  PF   Mar-17-2006
	The Sorry State of US Gov't Accounting Practices  PF   Mar-14-2006
	Bubble Busting Phoenix  PF   Mar-12-2006
	Dust Bowls and Hurricanes  PF   Mar-08-2006
	The Red Queen Race  PF   Feb-24-2006
	Peak Water?  PF   Feb-17-2006
	KBH Insider Sales  PF   Feb-15-2006
	Foreclosures Rise / More Defaults Expected  PF   Feb-08-2006
	The Kondratieff Cycle Revisited  PF   Jan-18-2006
	Has the FED Already Overshot?  PF   Jan-16-2006
	Energy Crisis & the Politics of Oil  PF   Jan-12-2006
	Hybrid Loan Time Bomb  PF   Jan-03-2006
2005
	Affordable Housing  PF   Dec-31-2005
	No Worries  PF   Dec-23-2005
	Timing the Credit Event  PF   Dec-07-2005
	Parties, Gifts, and Bonuses  PF   Nov-28-2005
	No Social Security Number? No Problem!  PF   Nov-22-2005
	Bank Lending Practices  PF   Nov-16-2005
	The Education Gap  PF   Nov-08-2005
	The Kids Have Spoken  PF   Nov-01-2005
	Playing Hardball With Softwood  PF   Oct-27-2005
	Totally Out of Touch with Reality  PF   Oct-25-2005
	Ben Bernanke Inflation Fighter  PF   Oct-18-2005
	Personal Bankruptcy Followup  PF   Oct-17-2005
	Personal Bankruptcies Soar  PF   Oct-14-2005
	Faith Based Financing  PF   Oct-03-2005
	Thoughts on the Davis Bacon Act  PF   Sep-29-2005
	Focus on the UK Consumer  PF   Sep-22-2005
	Thoughts on Savings - Part 2  PF   Sep-16-2005
	Thoughts on Savings - Part 1  PF   Sep-15-2005
	A Just in the Nick of Time Downgrade  PF   Sep-14-2005
	Competition is Killing Subprime Margins as Risk Skyrockets  PF   Sep-13-2005
	Renminbi Trading Ranges to Widen  PF   Sep-09-2005
	The Train They Call The City of New Orleans (Part 1)  PF   Sep-02-2005
	Reflections on Central Banking  PF   Aug-27-2005
	Are You Missing the Real Estate Boom? (part 2)  PF   Aug-24-2005
	A Sign of the Times  PF   Aug-20-2005
	Gold's Honest Discipline  PF   Aug-17-2005
	Bank Lending Practices  PF   Aug-16-2005
	GM Offers "Heaps of Gold" to Entice Car Buyers  PF   Aug-05-2005
	What Housing Bubble?  PF   Aug-02-2005
	The Great "Flation" debate - Whats coming and how to profit from It  PF   Jul-27-2005
	Inflationists Respond  PF   Jul-22-2005
	The Kondratieff Cycle  PF   Jul-16-2005
	Seasonal Adjustments to Jobless Claims  PF   Jul-08-2005
	King Copper and Steel  PF   Jul-06-2005
	Trade War Tensions Flare Over Oil  PF   Jul-05-2005
	UK Headed for Recession  PF   Jul-01-2005
	Spotlight on Silver  PF   Jun-29-2005
	Thoughts on Volatility  PF   Jun-14-2005
	Conspiracy Theories and Market Tops  PF   Jun-10-2005
	Steel Revisited  PF   Jun-08-2005
	Same Data / Different Interpretation  PF   Jun-07-2005
	Buy to Rent  PF   Jun-02-2005
	More Concern Over Rising Foreclosures  PF   May-31-2005
	Foreclosures on my Mind  PF   May-29-2005
	An Evolution in Transportation Funding  PF   May-26-2005
	Concern About Froth  PF   May-25-2005
	Should the Government Sell Bread, Orange Juice, or Mortgages?  PF   May-19-2005
	U.S. Warns Lenders To Elevate Standards  PF   May-17-2005
	Reader Question on Gold and Silver  PF   May-11-2005
	Cyclical Endgame  PF   May-10-2005
	Making Sense of April Payroll Numbers  PF   May-08-2005
	A Measured Pace of Fake Transparency  PF   May-05-2005
	Deflation is in the Cards  PF   May-04-2005