Links: 2008-12-17

| 17 December 2008 22:05

After yesterdays melt-up on the Fed’s decision to go ZIRP and introduce quantitative and qualitative easing, things are a bit calmer today. Here’s what I have.

Enjoy.

Ed

Bloomberg.com: Pickens’s BP Capital Says Equity Fund Withdrawal Rate at 65%

Bloomberg.com: European Inflation Rate Declines Most Since 1991

Bloomberg.com: Fed Targeting Zero Isn’t the Same as Doing Zip: Caroline Baum

Bloomberg.com: BOE Voted 9-0 for Interest-Rate Cut to 2% in December

naked capitalism: Trepidation About Quantitative Easing, Version 2.0

Bloomberg.com: Hong Kong Monetary Authority Cuts Base Rate to 0.5%

Econbrowser: Quantitative easing

Alea | Lehman and Federal Reserve Assets

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Edward Harrison is the founder of Credit Writedowns and a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty years of business experience. He is also a regular economic and financial commentator on BBC World News, CNBC Television, Business News Network, CBC, Fox Television and RT Television. He speaks six languages, a skill he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

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