Entries from Chemicals & The Economy tagged with 'Nicholas Brady'

Congress ends 'mark to market'

Last month, the blog supported former US Treasury Secretary Brady's argument that 'mark to market' accounting rules were helping to worsen the current financial crisis. It therefore welcomes the decision by the US Financial Accounting Standards Board to revise its...

Another US Treasury Secretary speaks out

James Baker was Treasury Secretary to President Reagan. When he says that the US is "repeating Japan's mistake by viewing our banking crisis as one of liquidity and not solvency", the blog listens. His prescription is stark: "we should divide...

The man with a plan

Yet again, as in October, 'buy on the rumour, sell on the news' has been the financial markets' reaction to the latest efforts to solve the financial crisis. A 5% fall on Wall Street last night, in response to the...