Found a nice blog on resource pricing issues (Our Finite World) recently … balanced, informative and data backed. The most recent post on US Natural Gas pricing is quite good and adds a few key points to my understanding of what is up: There is very little storage of NatGas … this can’t blunt supply …
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US Banks “better” thanks to Fed-Treasury money mill
March 15th, 2012 | Posted by in Econ / Finance - (Comments Off)Looks like most of those problem big banks now pass the “stress test” (here is a Bloomburg write-up on this). While some might think of this as a result of hard work I suggest something much different – basically these big banks are cutting back on being lending and savings banks for individuals, small …
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Many enraged by mortgage “settlement” – no surprise here
March 13th, 2012 | Posted by in Government - (Comments Off)I guess folks don’t pay attention to how these settlements between industry and government usually go. With big-tobacco the government took money now in exchange with not interfering with the marking and sales of what is the most deadly product out there. It was money over principle. Also they tossed in a percent or two to “do …
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If you can’t see it you can’t manage it. The folks at the Sunshine Foundation have presses for more data access from the US Government as well as some APIs. As much as politicians love to bury their special deals inside 5000 page documents a push for transparency is one of the few hopes to shame these …
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Very fun 8 minute video on the European financial crisis
March 4th, 2012 | Posted by in Econ / Finance | Europe - (Comments Off)A very fun 8 minute video on the European financial crisis is available at youTube: (click here to go to right youTube page to play) Below is a graphical outtake: It seems like the ECB has very recently (in a few weeks) tossed in 1,000,000,000,000 Euros to any bank to effectively grant 100% value (AAA+++) for …
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If the US is a now gasoline exporter why high prices?
March 3rd, 2012 | Posted by in Energy - (Comments Off)There has been a series of stories and projections showing how North America is quickly becoming oil independent thanks to oil fracking in the Montana and the growing production from Canadian Tar Sands. But a related story has been developing that shows the US has become a gasoline and refined product exporter for the first …
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Discovery’s last flight and the new spacecraft reusability
March 1st, 2012 | Posted by in Space/Astronomy - (Comments Off)For the love of wings was the American manned space program lost? We are now looking forward to the last “flight” of the space shuttle Discovery … but not to space. Instead it will be taking a trip on the back of the 747 that ferried so many missions back from American West when weather …
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Great podcast on small but global manufacturing
February 29th, 2012 | Posted by in Education / Job Paths - (Comments Off)We often talk about the Chinese taking our manufacturing base … but reality is more complex. There was another good podcast/mp3 at EconTalk (click her for the correct download page) featured an author who wrote an article that took a close look at a family run mid-sized manufacturer of auto parts. The family run aspect is important …
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German Rentenmark model for new Greek currency
February 27th, 2012 | Posted by in Econ / Finance | Europe - (Comments Off)The Greek (second) bailout is the big thing that never quite gets done. Two-thirds of people in Greece and Germany still think there will be a default at some point even with this plan. Bad blood continues to deepen as German flags are burned on side and insults build up from the other (click here). One of …
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Money stability single mandate for Fed bill – great!
February 25th, 2012 | Posted by in Econ / Finance | Government - (Comments Off)Representative Kevin Brady’s “Sound Dollar Act” aims to “maintain the purchasing power of the dollar in order to foster long-term economic growth and stability.” Click here for news item at CNBC. Basically it gets rid of the “dual mandate” to promote jobs/economy and money stability and just go with money stability. The “dual mandate” has really …
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