Money & Markets – Week of 6.09.08

Central Bank Body Warns of Great Depression
By Gill Montia – Banking Times (9 Jun 2008)

Germans Begin Rejecting Euros From Latin Bloc
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (13 Jun 2008)

China Urges U.S. to Stabilize Dollar
From Agence France-Press (9 Jun 2008)

SEC ‘Scarlet Letter’ Drive Hurts Asset-Backed Market
By Mark Pittman & Jesse Westbrook – Bloomberg.com (10 Jun 2008)

How HUD Mortgage Policy Fed the Crisis
By Carol D. Leoning – Washington Post (10 Jun 2008)

F.H.A. Faces $4.6 Billion in Losses
By Rachel L. Swarns – New York Times (10 Jun 2008)

F.H.A. Loans Emerge From the Sidelines
By Dina ElBoghdady – Washington Post (10 Jun 2008)

Federal Reserve and ECB are in no Mood to Save Us From the Consequences of Our Debt
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (10 Jun 2008)

NY Fed Tries to Make Sense of Credit Derivatives Market
By Serena Ng & Emily Barrett – Wall Street Journal (10 Jun 2008)

Scotiabank Brings Shanghai the Year of the Golden Derivatives
By John Partridge – The Globe and Mail, Toronto (9 Jun 2008)

The Pentagon’s $1 Trillion Problem
By Scott Paltrow – Condé Nast Portfolio.com (May 2008 Issue)

Banks Say Auction-Rate Investors Can’t Have Money
By Darrell Preston – Bloomberg.com (6 Jun 2008)

Fresh Blow to AIG as Regulator Probes Derivatives Valuations
By Francesco Guerrera & Joanna Chung – Financial Times (7 Jun 2008)

Russia Scolds U.S. For Trying to Control World Markets
By Neil Buckley & Catherine Belton – Financial Times, London (7 Jun 2008)

No Inflation if People Don’t Expect it, Bernanke Tells Harvard Grads
By Jeannine Aversa – Associated Press (4 Jun 2008)

China Drafts New International Currency System, Mundell Says
By Jason Webb – Reuters (4 Jun 2008)

Rasmussen Consumer Index
Rasmussen Reports (8 Jun 2008)

Lehman’s Confidence Game
By Liz Moyer – Forbes.com (27 May 2008)