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Capital One Credit Card Defaults decline, BofA defaults increase

From Reuters: Capital One Credit Card Defaults Fall, but BofA's Rise Capital One said the annualized net charge-off rate — debts the company believes it will never collect — for U.S. credit cards fell to 10.19 percent in February from 10.41 percent in January. ...However, Bank of America said it... (original story)

Housing Market Index, Housing Starts, Snow and Spec Homes

As mentioned in the Weekly Summary and a Look Ahead post, the NAHB Housing Market Index for March, and Housing Starts for February, will both be released early this week.Here is a graph showing the relationship between the two series: Click on graph for larger image in new window.This graph compares... (original story)

Streetfilms: Voices From the National Bike Summit

Last week, hundreds of bike advocates descended on Washington D.C. for the tenth annual National Bike Summit -- the largest one yet. Hosted by the League of American Bicyclists, the summit is always a great opportunity for advocates to share ideas and make the case for cycling on Capitol Hill. This ... (original story)

Industrial Production, Capacity Utilization increase slightly in February

From the Fed: Industrial production and Capacity Utilization Industrial production edged up 0.1 percent in February following a gain of 0.9 percent in January. Production was likely held down somewhat by winter storms in the Northeast. Manufacturing decreased 0.2 percent in February, with mixed resu... (original story)

Today’s Headlines

Yellow Bus Honcho Makes Dept of Ed an Offer They Can't Refuse (Post) Cabbies and Customers in an Uproar Over Excess Charging Scandal (NYT, News, NY1) Livable Streets Mensch David Yassky Tapped to Head TLC (NY1) Hit-and-Run SUV [...] (original story)

Details on East Side SBS Come Into Focus at CB 8 Meeting

We've got a few dispatches from last week's Manhattan Community Board 8 meeting on East Side bus and bike improvements, which we couldn't attend ourselves. First, Michael Auerbach, who's doing some fantastic livable streets advocacy at Upper Green Side, filed a report for Second Ave Sagas about how... (original story)

Krugman: "Time to take a stand" on China Currency Manipulation

From Paul Krugman in the NY Times: Taking On China Tensions are rising over Chinese economic policy, and rightly so: China’s policy of keeping its currency, the renminbi, undervalued has become a significant drag on global economic recovery. Something must be done....Twice a year, by law, Treasury... (original story)

Does Your City Have Ambitions?

Cities are launching pads for all sorts of human aspirations. (Photo: Gold41 via Flickr) Yesterday, at The Urbanophile, Aaron Renn posted a thoughtful essay about the idea of the "city as platform." He looks at all the different meanings of the word platform and muses about how they appl... (original story)

This Week: UES & Bklyn Street Safety, NYMTC & Carrion

Former Bronx boro prez Adolfo Carrion returns to the city for a Thursday event. Otherwise this week's highlights are all about street safety and transit improvements. Tuesday: TA's East Side Streets Coalition will hold a workshop on street conditions on the Upper East [...] (original story)

Afternoon Reading: Taxes on Short Sales, More Delinquencies, TARP Fraud

Carolyn Said at the San Francisco Chronicle writes: Short sale tax shortchanges ex-homeowners (ht picosec) California legislators last week passed a bill that ... mirrors a federal law that excludes "forgiven debt" on a principal residence from being considered taxable income. It covers short sales... (original story)








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