HERE COMES QE3

Most people agree that yesterday’s jobs report was a disaster.

 

To many, this just meant the chances of more quantitative easing had increased.  Surely, this is why gold prices spiked yesterday.

Vincent Reinhart, Morgan Stanley’s chief U.S. economist, thinks there’s an 80 percent chance that a new quantitative easing program is announced at the June 19-20 FOMC meeting.

“Slower employment growth, worsening strains in European markets, and a gloomier assessment of US politicians’ ability to steer clear [...]

WASHPOST teams up with Chinese gov’t to launch ‘news’ website

BY: Adam Kredo - March 15, 2012 5:00 am

An advertising partnership between the Washington Post and a Chinese government propaganda outlet is raising questions about the propriety—and legality—of an American news outlet publishing foreign propaganda under its masthead.

At issue is the Post’s China Watch publication, a print and online advertising supplement that purports to deliver the news about China. The site hosts numerousarticles and feature pieces that portray the Chinese government—particularly its human rights record—in a glowing light.

Some journalism experts and China observers say [...]