Money & Markets – Week of 2.14.10

And Some More Horrible News: Lipper FMI Reports $916M in High Yield Bond Overflows, Following $1B Outflow in Prior Week
ZeroHedge (18 Feb 10)

Fed Begins Tightening Process: Discount Rate Raised To 0.75% From 0.5%, Futures Plunge, Dollar Surges, Curve Pancakes
ZeroHedge (18 Feb 10)

Swaps to Weigh on Italian Cities for ‘Generations’
Bloomberg.com (17 Feb 10)

Brussels Threatens to Widen Net on Currency Swaps
euObserver.com (16 Feb 10)

DXY: 81+
ZeroHedge (18 Feb 2010)

Senate Republicans Said to Draft Alternative Financial Overhaul
Bloomberg.com (18 Feb 10)

More Credit-Card Fees Coming
Kiplinger (16 Feb 10)

FAQs on the New Credit Card Rules
Kiplinger (Feb 10)

U.S. Bank Lending Falls at Fastest Rate in History
London Telegraph (17 Feb 10)

Tax Exile Guy Hands Finds Lonely Guernsey Haven is No Haven
Bloomberg.com (18 Feb 10)

Muni Threat: Cities Weigh Chapter 9
Wall Street Journal (18 Feb 10)

South Carolina Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Federal Currency
CBS News (17 Feb 10)

U.S. Economy Grinds to a Halt As Nation Realizes Money Just a Symbolic, Mutually Shared Illusion
The Onion (16 Feb 10)

India Inflation Quickens
Straits Times (15 Feb 10)

Spanish Intelligence Probing Debt “Attacks” Report
Reuters (14 Feb 10)

Pawlenty: Financial Crisis Risk Was Overblown
The Hill (12 Feb 10)

BofA Fired Top Lawyer to Retain Moynihan, SEC Says
Bloomberg (17 Feb 10)

Dead Cat
Robert Kiyosaki (12 Feb 10)

Obama to Create Fiscal Commission to Consider Debt Solutions
CNNMoney (17 Feb 10)

Goldman’s O’Neill Says ‘Something’s Brewing’ With China’s Currency
GATA (15 Feb 10)

Bomb Goes Off at JP Morgan Offices in Athens
Reuters India (17 Feb 10)

The Federal Reserve’s Exit Strategy: Unlegislated Bailout of Fannie and Freddie
Hussman Funds (16 Feb 10)

China’s Continued Sale of U.S. Debt Seen As a Trend
GATA (16 Feb 10)

UK Businesses Threaten to Pull Out of China Over Protectionism
London Telegraph (9 Feb 10)

Obama Administration Turns to Foreign Investors to Help Fund Housing Market
The Washington Post (16 Feb 10)

Bharti Eyes Africa in $11 Billion Bid For Zain Assets
Reuters (15 Feb 10)

Civilization at the Crossroads
Silver Bear Cafe (Feb 2009)

U.S. is Still Top Destination For Foreign Direct Investment
Smart Brief (12 Feb 09)

Mistake Affects Some Ga. Taxpayers
My Fox Atlanta (14 Feb 10)

Dubai Says No Offer Made to Dubai World Creditors
Bloomberg.com (14 Feb 10)

Canadian Mine Workers Stubborn to Point of Self-Destruction
MISH’S Global Economic (14 Feb 10)

The Bank Of England Engaged In Flagrant Gold Manipulation In The Interwar Period Via The New York Fed; Does History Repeat Itself?
Zero Hedge (13 Feb 10)