tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post3873811230773207453..comments2023-11-02T15:48:50.381+00:00Comments on UK Bubble UK Economy: Will it be this weekend?Alice Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05753570123987780947noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-9667398962513479932008-08-25T22:08:00.000+01:002008-08-25T22:08:00.000+01:00"I wonder where he will hide when it all goes wron..."I wonder where he will hide when it all goes wrong."<BR/><BR/>At the moment, behind the Olympians.<BR/><BR/>NickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-87061346581247824342008-08-25T12:35:00.000+01:002008-08-25T12:35:00.000+01:00Mitch: "Gordons biggest crime was to convince...Mitch: "Gordons biggest crime was to convince most of the UK that he had abolished boom&bust ..."<BR/><BR/>Pleased to say, I wasn't convinced. But there is another corker that shouldn't be forgotten, put forward by Blair, "we will abolish child poverty within ten years".<BR/><BR/>Now apart from the fact that Brown's tax credits f*** U* has very often forced people into penuary, they do seem to have stopped crowing about that particular goal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-61843228934972317262008-08-24T09:18:00.000+01:002008-08-24T09:18:00.000+01:00Gordons biggest crime was to convince most of the ...Gordons biggest crime was to convince most of the UK that he had abolished boom&bust and that house prices would always go up.<BR/>I wonder where he will hide when it all goes wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-85487347093871488422008-08-23T23:43:00.000+01:002008-08-23T23:43:00.000+01:00I wonder what will happen to UK share prices if th...I wonder what will happen to UK share prices if they do collapse? A FTSE-100 level of below 5000 in the coming weeks would not surprise me.mikenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01169859912912167489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-76919059123428508232008-08-23T22:30:00.000+01:002008-08-23T22:30:00.000+01:00Bloomberg interviews Yu Yongding, a former adviser...Bloomberg interviews Yu Yongding, a former adviser to China's central bank who said, "If the U.S. government allows Fannie and Freddie to fail and international investors are not compensated adequately, the consequences will be catastrophic. If it is not the end of the world, it is the end of the current international financial system."<BR/><BR/>sorry pissed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-33472615377425705292008-08-23T22:27:00.000+01:002008-08-23T22:27:00.000+01:00Fannie and Freddie were a great idea, privatising ...Fannie and Freddie were a great idea, privatising them with Government guarentees was a stupid idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-13914759377240477642008-08-23T22:23:00.000+01:002008-08-23T22:23:00.000+01:00China's $376 billion of long-term US agency debt i...China's $376 billion of long-term US agency debt is mostly in Fannie and Freddie assets. <BR/><BR/>This changes everything, only the gods know how it will pan out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-69199767537435955122008-08-23T13:09:00.000+01:002008-08-23T13:09:00.000+01:00Fannie and Freddie were such stupid ideas that it'...Fannie and Freddie were such stupid ideas that it's remarkable that they've survived so long. But very little is going to survive the Lowest Generation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2948538160252327076.post-24629032612837035402008-08-23T09:14:00.000+01:002008-08-23T09:14:00.000+01:00A Refrain for the Ballad of Freddie and Fannie:Ber...A Refrain for the Ballad of Freddie and Fannie:<BR/><BR/>Bernanke took aim with his forty-four,<BR/>Five times with a rooty-toot-toot.<BR/><BR/>(With thanks to Frankie and Johhny)<BR/><BR/>B. in C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com