Money & Markets – Week of 1.03.10

Massive Jump In Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) Benefits – Up 43% In One Month!
Mish’s Global Economic Analysis (07 Jan 10)

Census Jobs May Jump-Start U.S. Employment Rebound in 2010
Bloomberg.com (08 Jan 10)

Congress Tinkers with Withholding Tax Tables for 2010
BigGovernment (06 Jan 10)

Whither Debt Limits?
Zero Hedge (08 Jan 10)

U.S. Warns Banks to Guard Against Rate-Rise Risks
Bloomberg.com (08 Jan 10)

Chinese Firm Beats Morgan Stanley Out of Most Of Its Derivatives Claim
GATA (07 Jan 09)

Business Bankruptcies Rise More Than Individuals’
Bloomberg.com (07 Jan 10)

Kan Rewinds Stance on Yen Policy to Avoid ‘Fatal Blow’ to Japan
Bloomberg.com (07 Jan 10)

Severe Unemployment Worsens in Cities
CNNMoney (05 Jan 10)

‘Withdrawal Tax’: How to Stick It to the Big Banks That Got Bailed Out, and Make Money While You’re at It. Pass It On!
LewRockwell.com (02 Jan 10)

2010: Giant Gathering Storm Clouds
Financial Sense University (06 Jan 10)

Food Prices May Increase as Economic Rebound Begins
Windmill (04 Jan 10)

Timothy Geithner Meets Vladimir Lenin
Hussman Funds (04 Jan10)

SMFG to Raise $9.6 Billion as Goldman Converts Stock
Bloomberg.com (06 Jan 10)

Emerging Stocks Lose 20% as Mobius Sees IPO Backfire
Bloomberg.com (06 Jan 10)

FOMC Discussed Expanding Purchases If Economy Weakens
Bloomberg.com (06 Jan 10)

Glencore May Expand to Rival BHP, Rothschild Says
Bloomberg.com (06 Jan 10)

Personal Bankruptcy Filings Rising Fast
The Wall Street Journal (06 Jan 10)

December Rolling Tax Witholdings Collapse To Multi-Year Low
Zero Hedge (05 Jan 10)

Is The U.S. Government Buying Stocks?
Zero Hedge (04 Jan 10)

Conversation With John Rubino
Phil’s Favorites-By Ilene ( 04 Jan 10)

Midnight in The Food-stamp Economy
Reuters (18 Dec 09)

Japan Return to ’91 GDP Gives Market Mega Risk Crisis
Bloomberg.com (05 Jan 10)

PPIP: Banks ‘Making A Killing’ On Government Toxic Asset Program
The Huffington Post (05 Jan 10)

Global Bear Rally Will Deflate as Japan Leads World in Sovereign Bond Crisis
Telegraph.co.uk (04 Jan 10)

In The Year 3000: Predicting The Liability Side Of The Fed’s Balance Sheet
Zero Hedge (03 Jan 10)

Is the US Goverment Preparing the Lifeboats for the Next Financial Disaster?
Jesse’s Crossroads Cafe (03 Jan 10)

[Informational|Capital|Judicial|Security] Controls
Zero Hedge (03 Jan 10)

The North Dakota Model For Capitalizing Community Banks
Web of Debt (03 Jan 10)

N.Korea’s Currency Reform Could End in Chaos
The Chosun Ilbo (03 Jan 10)

Saudi Central Bank Governor Affirms Riyal’s Dollar Peg
Yahoo News (03 Jan 10)

2010: Will States Lay off 900,000
The Real News (03 Jan 10)

Treasuries Set for Worst Year Since 1978 as U.S. Steps Up Sales
Bloomberg.com (03 Jan 10)

Cities, Counties Take Back Corporate Tax Breaks
Yahoo Finance (02 Jan 10)

Icelandic Revolt Upsets Icesave Deal
Telegraph.co.uk (01 Jan 10)

Treasury Debt Sales Top $2.1 Trillion for Year
The Wall Street Journal (31 Dec 09)

FTSE Registers 2009 Gain Of 22 Percent
Reuters (31 Dec 09)

Kyle Bass Betting Big On A Collapse Of The Japanese Bond Market
The Money Game (31 Dec 09)

Colorado’s Minimum Wage Becomes 1st In US To Drop
MyWay (31 Dec 09)

State, Local Tax Revenues Decline 7%
The Wall Street Journal (30 Dec 09)

Euro Zone Grapples With Debt Crisis
The Wall Street Journal (30 Dec 09)

The Federal Reserve Needs More Money
Free Gold Money Report (30 Dec 09)

IMF:Global Reserves Up; Dollar Share Of Allocated Reserves Slips
The Wall Street Journal (30 Dec 09)

Credit Unions Duke It Out With Banks
CNN Money (30 Dec 09)

NY Investment Firm Gaga For Green Acres
Shenandoah (30 Dec 09)

“2010: Foreseeable and Unforeseeable Risks ~ The Room For Policy Error is Enormous”
Naked Capitalism (29 Dec 09)

Concerns Grow Over Sovereign Debt Risk
Financial Times (27 Dec 09)

Top 1 Percent Control 42 Percent of Financial Wealth in the U.S. – How Average Americans are Lured into Debt Servitude by Promises of Mega Wealth
My Budget 360 (27 Dec 09) [Must subscribe to read full article.]

For First Time, Plurality Believes Stimulus Plan Hurt the Economy
Rasmussen Reports (26 Dec 09)

Japan Drafts Record Budget as PM Battles Scandal
Reuters (25 Dec 09)

How Your Income Stacks Up
Yahoo Finance (23 Dec 09)

Banks Bundled Bad Debt, Bet Against It and Won
The New York Times (23 Dec 09)

Is It All Just A Ponzi Scheme?
Scribd (23 Dec 09)

The Best Performing Stocks Of The Decade
The Money Game (16 Dec 09)

USDA Analysis Confirms Cap-and-Trade Damages Agriculture
Corn&Soybean (16 Dec 09)

10 Business Opportunities That Are Booming
The Business Insider (30 Nov 09)

Beyond California: States in Fiscal Peril
PEW Center On The States (11 Nov 09)