Arguments for and against lift off

Should the Fed raise its policy rate this September or not? Seems like a lot of people want to know. For those not following the discussion closely, let me try to summarize what I think are the main arguments for and against...

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How to create a modularized ear project in maven

This post is one way of creating a typical javaee6 maven project that contains ear, web, ejb and api. The output of course is an ear file that contains (web, ejb and api).How it looks like (assuming our top project is named ipiel):+ipiel +ipiel-ear +ipiel-web +ipiel-api +ipiel-ejb*Note...

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Moralsk feilspor om Hellas

Kalle Moene mener i sin kronikk lørdagens DN at Tyskland og EU er ansvarlig for gresk gjeldsoppbygging og korrupsjon. Dersom Moenes hypotese er sann, hvordan forklarer vi at ingen andre europeiske land er i samme situasjon som Hellas? Uansett om Tyskland og EU skulle ha et moralsk ansvar, så er det...

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Is Germany's Trade Surplus a Problem?

Ben Bernanke's recent post "Germany's Trade Surplus is a Problem" got me thinking about "global imbalances" again. I'm still not sure what to make of the issue. May as well think out loud.The word "global imbalance" sounds...

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