2012 Articles of Interest
DECEMBER
A housing boom could be coming, some experts say
Economic optimism now official
Bank of England warns of triple dip
Banks Discover Money Management Again as Trading Declines
Canadian household debt hits new high
China's Consumptive Consumption
Colleges Debt Falls on Students After Construction Binges
Euro zone faces deepest downturn since early 2009
False hope springs eternal in the eurozone
France Seeks New Path to High Tax Rate
France Sexy No More for Entrepreneurs Escaping Hollande
Hollande Minister's Mittal Nationalization Call Sparks Furor
Home Seizures Rise as Banks Adjust to Foreclosure Flow
IMF agrees more aid for Ireland and urges easing of austerity
Japan Tankan Business Confidence Falls to Near 3-Year Low
More U.S. Consumers Climb Out of Debt
Portugal braced for "fiscal earthquake"
Shaky foundations - How Ottawa's computers get Canadian home prices wrong
U.S. on Pace for Slowest Decade of Population Growth Since 1930s
Union Solidarity rubs against slow economy in LA ports strike
NOVEMBER
1930s medicine pushes Europe back into double-dip recession
Angst returns on German recession fears and US fiscal cliff
Anti-austerity strikes sweep Europe
Baby Boomers Blunt Fed Easing While Saving for Retirement
Banks are shrinking for good as job cuts near 160,000
Canada job numbers hide the fact that private sector bleeding jobs
CEO Council Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff
Corporate China's Black Hole of Debt
Credit Rating Firms in EU to Face Sovereign Debt Limits
Economy Set for Better Times Whether Obama or Romney Wins
Euro Crisis Weighs on Germany's Economy
European Bankruptcies May Soon Jump
FHA to Exhaust Capital Reserves
Ford Cuts Shift at B-Max Assembly Plant, Offers Buyouts
German Unemployment Increased for an Eighth Month in November
OCTOBER
A call for frank talk about our debt from Bill Clinton (and me)
A Very Strange Way to Assess the Safety of Banks
Aldi Following Trader Joe's as Germans Spurn Austerity
Analysts Cut Profit 52% as Europe Valuations Hit 2 Year High
Another domino falls as Hollande pushes France into depression
Applied Materials to Cut Up to 9 Percent of Staff Amid Slump
Banks Must Cut Deeper to Help Prices, Mckinsey Says
Barclays slashes bankers pay by up to half as profits fall
BlackRock's Fink Says U.S. a Year Away From Robust Growth
BofA Says Putback Losses May Be $6 Billion Above Reserve
Bubble-Era Financing Returns as Profits Falter
Burdened by Old Mortgages, Banks Are Slow to Lend Now
Bureaucrats Paid $250,000 Feed Outcry Over College Costs
China's GDP is "man-made," unreliable: top leader
Corporate Sales Seen Falling in Quarter
SEPTEMBER
Alberta deficit set to triple slumping oil prices
America May Have Too Many College Graduates
Birinyi Sees S&P 500 at 1,500 While Warning on Trading Risks
China Confronts Mounting Piles of Unsold Goods
Dark clouds gather over China's once-booming solar industry
Despite the crisis, Britons are still spending like drunkards
Employers to cut jobs if economy doesn't pick up
Finland prepares for break-up of eurozone
France Debt 'Significantly Overvalued'
It's the capital requirements, stupid
Iron ore prices near three-year low
George Will Details Entitlement Crisis, 'Welfare State Death Spiral'
Macro Hedge Funds Lose Touch as Bacon Returns $2 Billion
Spanish banks increasingly dependent on ECB drip
Alberta deficit set to triple slumping oil prices
America May Have Too Many College Graduates
Birinyi Sees S&P 500 at 1,500 While Warning on Trading Risks
China Confronts Mounting Piles of Unsold Goods
Dark clouds gather over China's once-booming solar industry
Despite the crisis, Britons are still spending like drunkards
Employers to cut jobs if economy doesn't pick up
Finland prepares for break-up of eurozone
France Debt 'Significantly Overvalued'
It's the capital requirements, stupid
Iron ore prices near three-year low
George Will Details Entitlement Crisis, 'Welfare State Death Spiral'
Macro Hedge Funds Lose Touch as Bacon Returns $2 Billion
Spanish banks increasingly dependent on ECB drip
AUGUST
BMW's 'Demo' Sales Boost Results
Carmakers stuff German market with self-sales
China Export Growth Slides as World Recovery Slows
Euro-Area Economic Output Contracted on Spain: Economy
Christie Signs Bill Overhauling Job Guarantees for Teachers
Hard landing for China as facotry prices fall and deflation looms
Japan Growth May Slow to Half Previous Pace as Exports Wane
Losing 500,000 Jobs Seen New Reality of Europe Crisis
Many New York City Teachers Denied Tenure in Policy Shift
San Bernardino, California, Files Chapter 9 Bankruptcy
Sicily's Fiscal Problems Threaten to Swamp Italy
Stocks Cheaper Than Any U.S. Peak in 23 Years
World shipping crisis threatens German dominance as Greeks win long game
World's Oldest Shipping Company Closes in Industry Slide
JULY
China heads for a hard landing
China's inventory-building masking a bigger demand slump
Cities Consider Seizing Mortgages
How Stockton went broke: A 15-year spending binge
Europe's bad debts 'will bite in 2013'
Francois Hollande annouces French tax grab on holiday homes
IMF to trim growth forecast as global crisis deepens
Merkel breaks German law on ESM rescue
US factory output at three-year low
US manufacturing contraction feeds fear of global slowdown
MAY
Americans Are Under Planning For Their Financial Futures
Austerity is a myth to con the financial markets, City firm tells Cameron
Bad Models Mistook Housing Bust for Dot-Com Bubble
California Deficit Swells to $16 Billion, Governor Brown Says
Electoral silence on France's slow economic decline
France faces 40pc house price slump
China's economic data disaster
High earners say au revoir to France
Italy's banks shaken as economic slump deepens
Nearly Half Of Americans Aren't Saving For Retirement
Many Workers Have Savings Below $25K, EBRI Says
Spain Underplaying Bank Losses Faces Ireland Fate
Truck Cancellations Hit Two-Year High as Rebound Slows
World edges closer to deflationary slump as money contracts in China
APRIL
Europe's banks beached as ECB stimulus runs dry
Argentine Shortages Range From Drugs to Salom on Import Cuts
Bank of America Faces Bad Home-Equity Loans: Mortgages
Barclays rocked by new claim of swaps mis-selling
California Teacher Fund Targets Pension-Inflating Spiking
Euro-Region Unemployment Surges to 14-Year High, Nears Record
Fitch doubts Dutch AAA as property slump reaches 'coma'
Illinois 'Treads Water' as Unpaid Bills Top $9 Billion
German tempers boil over back-door euro rescues
IMF encourages Europe's economic suicide
Rajoy Says Spain in 'Extreme Difficulty' as Bond Demand Drops
Rousseff Orders $35 Billion Stimulus to Aid Brazil Industry
Sony to Eliminate 10,000 Jobs, 6% of Workforce, Nikkei Says
Spain Faces Risks in Budget Refit
Spain's 'lose-lose' struggle reignites euro crisis
Surprise! You owe another $54 billion
Superyacht owners turn to arson to get through austerity
Swimming naked in Brazil's bubbly water
Time to Cast More Light on Finance's 'Shadows'
Trouble in shipping turns ocean into scrapheap
MARCH
Bernanke says U.S. needs faster growth
Geithner Aides Reaped Millions Working for Banks, Hedge Funds
Banks set to cut $1tn from balance sheets
Bernanke Sees Need for Higher Household Spending to Fuel Growth
Greece's Fringe Parties Surge Amid Bailout Ire
Italian Government Debt Increases to $2.5 Trillion With Euro Bailout Costs
Japan's Trade Deficit Widens to a Record as Export Slump Deepens: Economy
Light Beer Fights for Life as Craft Brews Invade Shelves
Newspapers Lose $10 Dollars in Print for Every Digital $1
Portugal Town Halls Face Default Amid $12 Billion Debt
Spain Sinks Deeper Into Periphery on Debt Rise
Stress Tests Pass Fed's Flim-Flam Standard: Jonathan Weil
Triple trouble in Europe, US and China brings out the bears
Dutch Freedom Party pushes euro exit as 2.4 trillion rescue bill looms
ECB's Mario Draghi raises the stakes with trillion euro gamble
Elpida Files for Protection in Biggest Japanese Bankruptcy for Two Years
Euro-Region Economy Contracts as Investment, Exports Decline
Global liquidity peak spells trouble for late 2012
Goldman Secret Greece Loan Reveals Sinners
Italian tax men blitz the chic in ski resort raids
Greenhut: If Stockton Is Broke, Then Why Isn't San Diego?
Japan's Central Bank Joins Peers in Opening the Taps
Spain appeals to Brussels for easier deficit reduction targets
Spanish revolt brews as national economic rearmament begins in Europe
Student Loan Delinquency Reached $85 Billion in Third Quarter
The European fallacy of Ireland and the Baltics
Toronto Condo Bubble Risk Topping New York
US taxpayers to subsidise $40bn housing settlement
USPS Loses $3.3B, Warns of Cash Drain
Wall Street Bonuses Fall 14% to Lowest Since 2008 in New York Projection
What the Top 1% of Earners Majored In
FEBRUARY
25% of Mortgages 'face write-down'
Atlanta BofA Tower Auction Highlights Foreclosures
America's incredible shrinking labour force
'Bloated' London Banks Shrink in City as Europe Takes Aim
Borrowers turn lenders as banks tap firms for cash
China tells banks to roll over loans
Cuomo's New York Budget Faces Union Fight on Pensions, Teachers
David Rosenberg: Bearish and Sticking To It
Deutsche Analyst Sounded Alarm When Asked to Alter Numbers
E.U. Leaders Set to Conclude Austerity Is Not Enough
Itchy Investors Ramp Up the Risk
Mario Draghi, the Latin Bloc's monetarist avenger
One Third of New Yorkers Can't Retire
Swedish Banks Told to Grid for Second European Credit Crisis, Frisell Says
The Euro is pushing Italy into depression
JANUARY
Italian tax authorities to raid summer resorts in crackdown
Italy, Europe, and Red Brigade terror
How Paulson Gave Hedge Funds Advance Word of Frannie Rescue
Market Shrinks First Time Since '09
Stock Trading Is Lowest in U.S. Since 2008
WhatWould New York Look Like With a Smaller Financial Sector?
Most of the Unemployed No Longer Receive Benefits
Weil: Why Zombie Banks Hate to Write Off Bad Loans
World's Biggest Economies Face $7.6 Trillion Debt
Tale of two labour markets: Spain's jobless rise while German unemployment lowest since unification
Spain jobless figure hit 'astronomical' 5.4 mn
French 'don't get' problems at euro's heart
Lagarde warns of global depression
Italy welfare minister breaks down in tears as government agrees austerity measures