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naked capitalism (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
Research by an IMF economist concludes that US residential real estate was overvalued by 14% as of the first quarter of 2008. The paper seeks to define an equilibrium price and also anticipates that the housing market will fall markedly below that level. From Reuters (hat tip Michael Panzner ): The downward spiral of U.S. housing prices still has a way to go and homes were overvalued by between 8 percent...
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OTB News (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The downward spiral of U.S. housing prices still has a way to go and homes were overvalued by between 8 percent to 20 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to research by an International Monetary Fund economist published on Friday.
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ParaPundit (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
David Stuckler and Lawrence P. King of the University of Cambridge and Sanjay Basu of Yale find that 3 post-communist countries which participated in International Monetary Fund programs had higher rates of tuberculosis and mortality. The IMF seems like the causative agent of this outcome according to their analysis. We performed multivariate regression of two decades of tuberculosis incidence, prevalence,...
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The Shebeen (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The downward spiral of U.S. housing prices still has a way to go and homes were overvalued by between 8 percent to 20 percent...
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Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The downward spiral of U.S. housing prices still has a way to go and homes were overvalued by between 8 percent to 20 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to research by an International Monetary Fund economist published on Friday.
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Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
ISLAMABAD :It is doubtful whether prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will be meeting International Monetary Fund officials during his visit to the US. “I have got nothing on the prime minister’s programme. I’ll ask that unfolds…,” stated David Hawley, senior adviser, external relations department of IMF at a press conference at Washington DC on Thursday. His [...]
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The Bayesian Heresy (Free subscription) | yesterday
International Monetary Fund Programs and Tuberculosis Outcomes in Post-Communist Countries These findings indicate that IMF economic programs are associated with significantly worsened tuberculosis control in post-communist Central and Eastern European and former Soviet Union countries, independent of other political, health, and economic changes in these countries . Further research is needed to discover...
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OTB News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A report by the fund says that Tehran should raise interest rates and that growth is expected to slow, but judges that overall prospects for the economy are good
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
It is empirical that the Ethiopian government curbed spending to bring inflation under control following signs of "growing macroeconomic imbalances," IMF said on Tuesday.
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Darwiniana (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Links and forum to comment on this and other columns at: http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/editorsblog The Scourge of the IMF By Robert Weissman July 24, 2008
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Raw Story (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
WASHINGTON - The downward spiral of U.S. housing prices still has a way to go and homes were overvalued by between 8 percent to 20 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to research by an International Monetary Fund economist published on Friday...
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American Leftist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Having cited Joseph Stiglitz earlier in the week in relation to the release of the study establishing the positive correlation between receiving IMF loans and rates of tuberculosis, I now discover that he has published an article in the Financial Times on the credit crunch. Stiglitz specifically addresses the emerging crisis in Fannie Mae and Freddic Mac. Both are government sponsored entities that...
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Odd Numbers (Free subscription) | yesterday
From a new I.M.F. working paper by Hui Tong and Shang-Jin Wei , a look at how forecasts for G.D.P and consumer confidence changed after September 11th and the subprime implosion: The major difference between the two is that while 9/11 was mostly a consumer confidence shock, the subprime mess is a liquidity and confidence double whammy. It is certainly true that market interest rates went up in the...
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KTemoc Konsiders ........ (Free subscription) | yesterday
Malaysiakini news report on Ex-World Bank, IMF bosses: M'sia should drop Anwar charges tells us again of how those heads of organizations close to Anwar Ibrahim have rallied behind him. A day or two ago, none other than Condoleeza Rice, the US Secretary of State also voiced her support of Anwar, ominously warning the Malaysian government that the sodomy charges against Anwar has been viewed with suspicions...
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Northwest Navigator (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) nominated Intermediate Maintenance Facility (IMF) Pacific Northwest as an OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) "Star" site July 11. The VPP Star program recognizes organizations that have comprehensive safety and health management systems and a robust commitment from labor, management and employees to continuous, cooperative safety relationships...
