short paper – Guest Post: The Future – Deflation – Posted by Tyler Durden – Submitted by James Perry – Zero Hedge

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A Faster Lost Decade? – Is the United States economy headed for a Japan-style lost decade? Evoking our February, 2008, item “Faster Markets,” Slate’s Daniel Gross suggests that the deep, ongoing recession in [...]

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    SEVERELY Bearish Treasury Development – From Marketwatch: NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Dresdner Kleinwort Securities has withdrawn from the Federal Reserve’s primary U.S. government security dealers, the U.S. central bank said Friday.  The change is net neutral in terms of numbers as a new dealer just came online, but in [...]

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  I overheard the kids last night talking about doing chores. My daughter said, “If we stop dusting, we could use the coffee table for a message board!” Speaking of message boards, I have seen a few analysts state that they believe property appraisals are keeping a lid on values. More precisely, when [...]

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To Our Clients, Colleagues and Friends,

A random question:  Why do people have those e-mail messages that say “I am out of the office but will return tomorrow?” Do they really accomplish anything?

A serious question:  What if banks gave out frequent flier points for deposits?  Wouldn’t that attract some business?  We think so.
Our all-time favorite deposit [...]

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