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Louis S. Barnes

Real estate: patiently awaiting what’s next

A lot of would-be buyers prefer to sit pretty with their current low-interest mortgages. But if mortgages drop back to…

World falling deeper into Alice’s rabbit hole

In the age of COVID-19, everyone (Congress, bankers, bureaucrats) all could use some gentle correctives. Here goes.

Fed poised for even more easing

Facing resistance, Bernanke plans to keep stimulating laggard economy.

Bank lending still isn’t happening

Why are they still not making loans? Let me count the reasons.

Economic recovery aborted in June

Democrats want more government, Republicans less. The Tea Party answers with an angry hammer-smash at the reset button.

We shouldn’t let house prices “just fall”

Housing needs emergency help.

Shadow housing inventory looms over economy

The Fed and Administration need to do more to fix it.

Economy: the queasy sensation continues

The gates of every economic lunatic asylum are wide open.

It’s only a “Modest Depression”

The sky is black with chickens coming home, and the Fed looks weak or lost.