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[Welcome To Jim Sinclair's MineSet] In The News Today : Welcome To Jim Sinclair's MineSet: While the U.S. House of Representatives has approved a financial regulation bill, authorities in the U.S. and Europe have sidelined measures that would automatically force changes in the structure of financial companies that Bank of England Governor Mervyn King called “too important to fail.” Volcker is leading a chorus arguing for restricting the size or primary functions of financial institutions.

[FP Posted] January employment rate: Economists react - FP Posted: Dawn Desjardins, assistant chief economist, RBC Economics Research. This was contrary to market expectations for the rate to rise to 8.5%.

[The Web Tycoon's blog] The Job of Ben Bernanke in the Federal Reserve is in Danger | The ...: Donald Kohn, vicepresident of the Federal Reserve, would be the interim chief of the bank is reelection of of Ben Bernanke is postponed. Other names that circulated as alternatives for the presidency of the Federal Reserve, include Kohn himself, Lawrence Summers, the economic assistant of the president, and Alan Blinder, the economist of the Princeton University.

[TeaParty365.org] Obama critics say his economic vision lacking :: TeaParty365.org: “Americans have spent the past 18 months around the kitchen table figuring out what they can do without, and they want their leaders in Washington to prioritize as well,” said Bruce Reed, chief executive of the Democratic Leadership Council and an advisor in the Clinton White House.

[Gouverneur Times News Feed] Financial turmoil strikes as G-7 officials gather: Finance ministers and central bank presidents from the world's seven major industrial countries ”” the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Canada ”” were scheduled to arrive Friday for discussions in this small snow-swept Canadian town about 200 miles south of the Arctic Circle.

[Infowars Ireland] Wake Up, America! : Infowars Ireland: Bankrolled by the Rothschild money dynasty (principal owners of the federal reserve banks), they have emerged as our present day aristocracy, the “ruling elite families” which includes generations of Rockefellers, Kennedys, and the Bush family; Lawrence Summers - National Economic Council : Bilderberg, Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission, Treasury Secretary during Clinton administration, chief economist at World Bank, chief economist at IMF.

[Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières] [Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières] Future of Capitalism: 50 people ...: Managing director of the IMF from 1978 to 1987, when he oversaw policy on the Latin American debt crisis and the Plaza accord on the dollar. He was then governor of the Banque de France and president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

[WSJ.com: Washington Wire] Summers, Rubin, Schmidt to Attend Economic Meeting With Obama ...: Meeting attendees include former Treasury secretaries Lawrence Summers and Robert Rubin, ex-Federal Reserve Chief Paul Volcker and Google Chairman Eric Schmidt.

[DealBook] Leaders in Davos Admit Drop in Trust - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com: And so, from President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, who urged creation of a new international monetary system and even a new reserve currency to replace the dollar, to angry representatives from trade unions, to the white businessmen in suits who still dominate this snow-kissed gathering, the one certainty seemed to be continued uncertainty.

[Jon Taplin's Blog] Life After Empire « Jon Taplin's Blog: We average Americans do so very much wish that were the case, but we are the ones who get to make good on all those IOUs — unless the Really Smart Guys do something like the Weimar, or Argentina and other places and inflate the “debt dollars”

[Irvine Housing Blog] Irvine Housing Blog - Irvine Real Estate and Resale Homes - Will ...: Devaluation of USD/RMB will force other export driven countries (Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia ”¦ ) to devalue their currencies if they want to compete for the dwindling demand from US and EU. Expanding production capacity in the face of global slowdown is insane, and equally insane is taking on more debt to solve a crisis that was caused by too much debt.

[Economic Principals] Economic Principals » Blog Archive » Best and Highest Use: Summers settled down to the job of running the president’s daily economic briefing - serving as a senior strategist at a time when US global interests were being challenged in almost every direction. A little further reflection would have persuaded Summers that the path from the White House, whenever he chose to leave, could lead as easily to a partnership at a big private equity firm like Carlyle Group or Blackstone Group, or to an independent consulting business modeled on Kissinger Associates.

[DealBook] Wall St. Will Find a Way Around Plan, Bogle Says - DealBook Blog ...: Mr. Obama appeared to be leaving crucial details to be hashed out by Congress, where partisan tussling has already threatened another reform the president supports ”” the creation of a consumer protection agency that would have oversight over credit cards, mortgages and other lending products.

[The Small Business Watchdog] The Small Business Watchdog » Blog Archive » » Capitol Hill ...: The hearing will focus on Inspector General audit of the amount of taxpayer dollars the department spent on conferences, retreats, and other offsite activities, in addition to the lack of internal controls governing policies, oversight, and reporting of conference planning and spending practices.

[The Disciplined Investor] Roubini is Bullish (JK!) : The Disciplined Investor: Nouriel Roubini, the New York University professor who anticipated the financial crisis, said the U.S. growth outlook remains “very dismal” and White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers said the economy is still mired in a “human recession.”

[The Rates Blog] Blogging On Interest Rates, Economics & Business in New Zealand: As companies look to slowly rebuild those inventories the factories will start up, and according to former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, the economy could grow 0.6 percent during the current quarter.

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