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Thirty-Year History of Deregulation
By William K. Black, New Economic Perspectives The imminent passage of the fraud-friendly JOBS Act caused me to reflect on the fact that the worst anti-regulatory travesties in the financial sphere have had broad, bipartisan support. The Garn-St Germain Act … Continue reading
January 2012 Consumer Credit Expands on the Back of Student Loans
Written by Steven Hansen According to the Federal Reserve, January 2012 consumer credit increased at an annual rate of 8.5%. Revolving credit increased at an annual rate of 4.5%, while nonrevolving credit increased at an annual rate of 14.75%. The … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Credit
Tagged automobile loans, banks, consumer credit, Federal Reserve, G.19, revolving credit, Steven Hansen, student loans
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Consumer Credit Expansion Continues in December
According to the Federal Reserve, December 2011 consumer credit increased at an annual rate of 9.25%. Revolving credit increased at an annual rate of 4.1%, while nonrevolving credit increased at an annual rate of 11.8%. Econintersect spends time on this … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Credit
Tagged automobile loans, banks, consumer credit, Federal Reserve, G.19, revolving credit, Steven Hansen, student loans
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Contrarian Analysis for 2012. Part 1.
Could 2012 Surprise to the Upside? by Guest Author John Slater, Capital Matters In January we are trained to predict the likely course of the coming year and more often than not we get it wrong. This year virtually everyone … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, economic predictions, macroeconomics
Tagged Bank Credit, Bank Loans, bankruptcy, banks, Business Sale, Capital Matters, Commercial Loans, economic growth, Economic Stimulus, Federal Reserve, Globalization, inflation, John Slater, M&A, Mergers, QE3, quantitative easing
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November 2011 Consumer Credit Grows At Fastest Rate Since October 2008
According to the Federal Reserve, November 2011 consumer credit increased at an annual rate of 10.0%. Revolving credit increased at an annual rate of 8.5%, while nonrevolving credit increased at an annual rate of 10.75%. Econintersect spends time on this … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Credit
Tagged automobile loans, banks, consumer credit, Federal Reserve, G.19, revolving credit, Steven Hansen, student loans
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Has Anything Changed in the Euro Crisis?
by Elliott Morss Introduction The leaders of the Euro countries held meetings late into the night last week. They announced new steps but the UK would not go along. So instead of new rules for the European Union, they had … Continue reading
Consumer Credit Grew Slightly October 2011, Mostly Student Loans
According to the Federal Reserve, October 2011 consumer credit increased at an annual rate of 3.75%. Revolving credit increased at an annual rate of 0.5%, while nonrevolving credit increased at an annual rate of 5.25%. Econintersect spends time on this … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Credit
Tagged automobile loans, banks, consumer credit, Federal Reserve, G.19, revolving credit, Steven Hansen, student loans
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The Great Debate©: Public Banking
Debate between Ellen Brown and Michael Rozeff Editor’s note: This debate started with an article by Ellen Brown (first article below) which elicited a response from Michael Rozeff (second article below) and then a rebuttal from Brown. Prof. Rozeff has … Continue reading
Posted in Banking News, Economics, Government, Great Debate©
Tagged banks, communism, cost of capital, creator of money, Ellen Brown, interest, Michael Rozeff, public banking, user of money
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Can There be Reason for Optimism in the Eurozone?
by Elliott Morss Introduction It was interesting that on Friday, the talking heads and stock markets were quite bullish on developments in the Eurozone. What really happened last week? We had two changes of government and a new “weak sister” … Continue reading
Eurozone: A ‘Depressing’ Brief Analysis
by Elliott Morss Editor’s note: As the title indicates this brief analysis summary by Dr. Morss clearly shows that conditions are “depression-like” when it comes to unemployment and bank weakness associated with the weak sisters (so identified by Dr. Morss … Continue reading
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Tagged banks, Elliott Morss, Eurozone, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, unemployment
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September 2011 Consumer Credit Growth Is Due to Student Loans
According to the Federal Reserve, September 2011 consumer credit increased at an annual rate of 3.5%. Revolving credit decreased at an annual rate of 1.0%, while nonrevolving credit increased at an annual rate of 5.8%. A summary for third quarter … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Credit
Tagged automobile loans, banks, consumer credit, Federal Reserve, G.19, revolving credit, Steven Hansen, student loans
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August 2011 Consumer Credit Contracts Due to Student Loans
Student loans this month were over 14% of total credit – and accounted for one-half of consumer credit growth. In some previous months, it has been literally the entire growth of consumer credit. Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Credit
Tagged automobile loans, banks, consumer credit, Federal Reserve, G.19, revolving credit, Steven Hansen, student loans
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Consumer Credit Expands At 6% Annual Rate in July 2011
It is clear consumer credit is expanding in this economic cycle. It is interesting it is happening in a period many are claiming we have re-entered a recession. Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Credit
Tagged automobile loans, banks, consumer credit, Federal Reserve, G.19, revolving credit, Steven Hansen, student loans
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Consumer Credit Expanded Faster than Economy in June 2011
According to the Federal Reserve, June 2011 consumer credit increased at an annual rate of 4-1/4% in the second quarter. In June, consumer credit increased at an annual rate of 7-3/4%, with revolving credit increasing at a rate of 8% and nonrevolving credit increasing at a rate of 7-1/2%. Both are much higher than GDP growth. Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Credit
Tagged automobile loans, banks, consumer credit, Federal Reserve, G.19, revolving credit, Steven Hansen, student loans
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Spotlight on the Bush Council of Economic Advisors
The CEA did not warn of any credit risk at Fannie and Freddie. Indeed, it urged them to make more loans to weaker credit risks as long as they securitized the loans. Securitization would not have reduced Fannie and Freddie’s credit risk. Continue reading
Posted in Government, Home Sales and Home Prices
Tagged banks, bubble, bush, cea, economic advisor, home loans, housing, William K. Black
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Excluding Student Loans – Consumer Credit Expanding 1% in May 2011
Finally there is real expansion in consumer credit in May 2011. In prior months, there was expansion only in student loans causing the consumer credit data to appear like it was expanding. Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Credit
Tagged automobile loans, banks, consumer credit, Federal Reserve, G.19, revolving credit, student loans
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$13 Trillion Cover-up
In the case of bailing out Wall Street – and thereby the wealthiest 1% of Americans – while saying there is no money for Social Security, Medicare or long-term public social spending and infrastructure investment, the beneficiaries are obvious. So are the losers.
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Tagged bail-out, bankruptcy, banks, CDO, CDS, crashes, debt free money, derivatives, michael hudson, public investment, Social Security
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Consumer Credit Expanded (or at least did not contract) in April 2011
Econintersect has a “small quibble” with the percentages used in the headline, non-revolving grew at 3.4% YoY while revolving credit declined 4.9%. If student loans are ignored, consumer credit declined 6.2% YoY, but MoM consumer credit was unchanged -0.0%. Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Credit
Tagged automobile loans, banks, consumer credit, Federal Reserve, G.19, revolving credit, student loans
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Consumer Credit: Healing but Still in Bad Shape
Consumer credit per capita is no longer declining according to the NY Fed in 1Q2011. But consumer credit has a long way to go to get healthy. The most rapidly growing area of credit is for student loans, an area that has come under increasing scrutiny for abuse plus lack of efficiency and effectiveness. Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Credit
Tagged automobile loans, banks, consumer credit, credit card, Federal Reserve, HELOC, mortgages, revolving credit, student loans
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Consumer Credit Increases For First Time Since February 2009
Econintersect has a lot of “buts” but agrees with the Federal Reserve that consumer credit expanded in March 2011. The first “but” is the amount of increase. The second “but” is that without student loans consumer credit would have been down again.
Posted in Consumer Credit
Tagged automobile loans, banks, consumer credit, Federal Reserve, G.19, revolving credit, student loans
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