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only 185 properties for sale in a postcode I watch. 339 if you include the SSTCs funny, but the two combined was about 150 in 2007.

scepticus, on 26 November 2009 - 10:18 PM, said: my point is, its all the same thing. You invest in gov bonds in country A, you depress rates in country A and hence indirectly invest in asset price inflation in country A UNLESS country A has a productive use for those funds. The thing is, the world has a massive surplus of capital that has nowhere to go, and hence yields and profits are vanishing. That's the rot at the heart of the GFC....

Injin, on 26 November 2009 - 10:55 PM, said: Oh, I was referring to you just reciting things from the CIA's big book of facts. Figured you were in shock. Still, if you don't know now, you will by the end of tomorrow. once again I have no idea what you are going on about.

http://globaleconomi...-us-dollar.html Quote Inquiring minds are noting a selloff in equity market futures as the Yen rallies and the dollar sinks further. Please consider Yen Rises to 14-Year High on View Authorities to Tolerate Gains The yen rallied to a 14-year high against the dollar on speculation Japanese monetary authorities will tolerate further appreciation of the currency. Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii said today the government...

Luminist, on 26 November 2009 - 07:00 PM, said: I'm not sure what the stories in your links were meant prove. They are both about single incidents that happened in a country with a population of 1.3 billion. I am sure that when you googled for these stories, there must have been literally thousands more quirky tales where those ones came from. For those who haven't bothered to read the links, I'll summarise them here for you....

http://www.lse.co.uk...l_Times__Nov_27 Financial Times DARLING TO CONCEDE RECESSION WORSE THAN HE FORECAST Chancellor Alistair Darling will admit in next month's pre-budget report that the recession has been much deeper than he previously forecast. He is also expected to reveal that the economy contracted by 4.75 percent in 2009, at least one percentage point more than predicted in the budget. He is also likely to forecast output growth...

RandomBear, on 25 November 2009 - 12:40 PM, said: Some really really sad, embarrassing stuff here from GOM. Bloo you should know better, but GOM that last page is the most pathetic thing I've ever seen on this site. What was even more amusing for me was your total and utter **** and bull story about your near neighbours coming round to look at your house. Pull the other one. Even in the most nosy little corners of South West London...

Bloo Loo, on 23 November 2009 - 01:37 PM, said: depositors have been rescued all the way so far. this could continue up to the 50K limit....which very few, as a whole have on deposit. What about the periphery banks who bank solely with the zombie clearing banks? Do they only receive 50K?

Steve Cook, on 26 November 2009 - 10:46 PM, said: We do not owe the money in the here and now. The debt is owed by the future. Lending money into existence today is predicated on the assumption that the future will be able to pay that debt off. The problem is, the future says "no" Where the debt is held by foreigners (in China, Japan, and The Gulf, or wherever), over time, you are going to see WEALTH DECLINE in the UK, and...