“With big banks revealing massive 2009 bonuses, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke now supporting a “full review” of AIG's bailout, and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner due to testify on the same, this is shaping up to be a watershed month in the bailout backlash department: “This whole situation is a mess for Bernanke, it's a mess for the banks ultimately and I'm not sure how we get out of it because the public wants blood,” says Christopher Whalen, managing director at Institutional Risk Analytics, and a longtime and critic of both Bernanke and Geithner.”
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David Rosenberg @EconguyRosieThe spike in Umich consumer inflation expectations is nothing more than a misnomer. The problem is that it is taking place at a time when the working class is losing bargaining power at an alarming rate. Fully 67% of households see higher unemployment over the coming year (was…
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