ZeroHedge-Tyler Durden
Tired of poring through thousands of PDF files from the Fed's Bloomberg FOIA release? Curious why Ron Paul said that he "was surprised and deeply disturbed ... to learn the staggering amount of money that went to foreign banks" and is planning to hold a hearing over emergency loans to the branches of non-U.S. banks? Then here is the excel file for you: the following publicly shared google docs spreadsheet contains the complete Discount Window loan origination data from March 14, 2008 through March 16, 2009. We offer it so that anyone who wishes to perform their own analysis on the primary data can do so (and needless to say banks noted as FORI in the markstat entity type are foreign borrowers).
Excel- Spreadsheet downloadable
Chicago Breaking Business
Clothing prices are expected to rise about 10 percent in coming months, with the biggest increases coming in the second half of the year, said Burt Flickinger III, president of Strategic Resource Group.
Clothing prices have dropped for a decade as tame inflation and cheap overseas labor helped hold down costs. Retailers and clothing makers cut frills and experimented with fabric blends to cut prices during the recession.
But as the world economy recovers and demand for goods rises, a surge in labor and raw materials costs is squeezing retailers and manufacturers who have run out of ways to pare costs
Every excuse other than the "truth"... Blame the Snow. Lie about a "recovery" to hide the fraud in the system.
In the beginning of November 2010 the Federal Reserve announced a new round of asset purchases (QE 2) to the tune of 600 billion . This is by no other name... MONEY PRINTING.
Here is the response in the markets since the announcement of a new round of asset purchases (Money Printing) by the US central bank...
"Global Economic Recovery"? Surge in "Demand"?
Eli Whitney would be proud of our central bankers.
