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Economist Notepad
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Note: Bloomberg terminal clients interested in participating in the Bloomberg Macro Economic Chat Room, please
send an IB or e-mail to Bloomberg economist, Richard Yamarone at ryamarone@bloomberg.net for an invite.
Worthy Reads
The Financial Times
Time to Dust off Old Euro Crisis Playbook as Growth Weakens, by Trevor Greetham, August 21, 2014.
on.ft.com/1v5aM9m
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York Liberty Economics blog
The Declining U.S. Reliance on Foreign Investors, by Thomas Klitgaard and Preston Mui, August 20, 2014.
nyfed.org/1tlyz1N
The Wall Street Journal
"Small-Business Lending Stuck in the Slow Lane, by Ruth Simon and Angus Loten, August 18, 2014.

on.wsj.com/1q0p4Ug
The New York Times
Why the Middle Class Isnt Buying the Talk About a Strong Recovery, by Neil Irwin, August 22, 2014.
nyti.ms/1tnNGsi
Bloomberg Businessweek
by Peter Coy and Matthew Philips, August 25, 2014.
buswk.co/1v5bQK9

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The New York Times
Construction of Rentals is Taking Off," by Floyd Norris, August 23, 2014.
nyti.ms/1loFLKv
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Paper [Technical]
The Decline of the U.S. Rust Belt: A Macroeconomic Analysis," by Simeon Alder, David Lagakos, and Lee Ohanian
CQER Working Paper 14-05, August 2014.
bit.ly/1sgmrxh
The Washington Post
"Rebuilding America, One Bridge at a Time," by Felix G. Rohatyn and Peter C. Goldmark Jr., August 21, 2014.
wapo.st/1trXMHE
The Wall Street Journal
U.S. Farmers are up to Ears in Corn, by Tony C. Dreibus and Jesse Newman, August 18, 2014.


on.wsj.com/1uO0MRA
The Atlantic
Where the Five-Day Work Week Came From?," by Philip Sopher, August 21, 2014.
theatln.tc/VGHXAN
The Economist
A Less Dovish Yellen, a More Dovish Draghi," August 23, 2014.
econ.st/1sjr1uo
The Washington Post
When a Factory Laves Town," by Howard Schneider, August 23, 2014.
wapo.st/1zco6WV

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American Enterprise Institute Today
The Federal Reserves Policy Dilemma, by John H. Makin, August 20, 2014.


bit.ly/1rnNXgy
CGP Grey
Humans Need Not Apply, August 15, 2014.
bit.ly/1tAVR3z
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Working Paper [Technical]
Fiscal Policy: Ex Ante and Ex Post, by Dean Croushore and Simon van Norden, August 2014.
bit.ly/1q2fu33

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