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Measure by Measure

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Anirvan Banerji, co-founder and director of research at the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI), talks about other indicators of economic health, beyond the Dow. This week: stocks & bonds.

Guests:

Anirvan Banerji

Comments [5]

jjl

follw up

(and is there a lag between dropping property values and risk associated with future muni tax, since tax reevaluations often lag by a few years. please address THAT LAG TIME)

May. 14 2009 10:52 AM
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hjs from 11211

true or false? -
the dow doesn't indicate anything about the economy other than people's "feelings" about the economy

May. 14 2009 10:48 AM
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jjl

Please explain relationship between bonds and municipal property taxes. If muni taxes based on property values are halved, for example, doesn't that increase risk of bond ownership? what does that do to the market value of the bond?

May. 14 2009 10:47 AM
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Tony from San Jose, CA

What is your opinion about i-Savings bonds? They yield a ~5% return and have the "security" of Sam, and are fixed to inflation.

Do you suspect, like I do, that the government is lying about inflation?

May. 14 2009 10:46 AM
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superf88

Obama's new scrutiny on derivatives, announced yesterday -- the revolution our "economy" has been been waiting for without really knowing it?

(background)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/business/14regs.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=derivatives&st=cse

May. 14 2009 10:45 AM
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