Khamsin
Khamsin February, 17, 2011 David R. Kotok > “This is not just a warm wind, but a dust-laden, suffocating hot wind! It blows in...
Philly Fed solid but with rising prices
Following an in line NY manufacturing survey on Tues, the Feb Philly Fed # was well above expectations at 35.9 vs the consensus of 21....
Egypt and China, Economic Growth, 1 AD-2008
Long-term growth of both Egypt and China, via Visualizing Economics, charted over the past 20 centuries: > click for ginormous version
Economic data
Jan CPI rose .4% m/o/m headline, .2% m/o/m core, both above expectations of up .3% and .1%. The .4% gain is for a 2nd straight month and...
Is the NAR Overstating RE Sales ?
“Beginning in 2006, NAR’s sales numbers began to look even more inflated relative to data collected by CoreLogic, the...
Oh My, Oh MERS! NY Bankruptcy Judge Rules That Mortgage...
Richard Vetstein is a nationally recognized real estate attorney, frequently quoted in the media. He was recently named one of Inman...
MERS: Stop Foreclosing in Our Name
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, aka MERS, finds itself in a bit of a pickle. The bank owned entity created to facilitate mass...
Mid-Week Reading
See if you can spot the theme: • Matt Taibbi: Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail? (Rolling Stone) • Michael Lewis: All You Need to...