Eoin Treacy's view Thanks to a subscriber for this extensive list of academic reports contributed in the Spirit of Empowerment Through Knowledge. I particularly recommend those from the Bank of International Settlements towards the end of the list:

Alesina: "Fiscal adjustments: lessons from recent history"


BIS: "European banks' US dollar funding pressures"


Fed: "The First U.S. Quantitative Easing: The 1930s"


Fed: "Consumption Responses to Permanent and Transitory Shocks to House Appreciation"


Posen: "WHEN CENTRAL BANKS BUY BONDS INDEPENDENCE AND THE POWER TO SAY NO"


Buba: "Trend and cycle features in German residential investment before and after reunification"


Fed: "Financial Crisis and Bank Lending"


IMF: "Current Account Imbalances in the Southern Euro Area"


BIS: "Currency collapses and output dynamics: a long-run perspective"


BIS: "China's high saving rate: myth and reality"


Fed: "The Federal Reserve's Commercial Paper Funding Facility"


2010 Irish Open - As some of you may be aware the 2010 Irish Golf Open is being held in my home town of Killarney this year from July 29th to Augist 1st. If any subscribers are in the vicinity for the weekend and would like to meet up just let me know.