Breakfast Briefing Econ Edition: Unemployment Forecast, Housing Crisis, Visualizing the Deficit Abyss...

• Obama Administration Unemployment Forecast - calculatedriskblog
• The Next Leg Of The Housing Crisis In Five Simple Charts - zerohedge
• Visualizing The Abyss: An Itemized Representation Of The (Endless) U.S. Budget Deficit - zerohedge
• Capital Journal: Budget Deficit Threatens National Security - online.wsj
• How Not to Create Jobs - smartmoney

• Residential Investment Components in Q4 - calculatedriskblog
• Did You Pay for the Right to Walk-Away? - ritholtz
• Banks Stop Making It Tougher to Borrow; Manufacturing Activity Gains - online.wsj
• Guest Post: There's Nothing Good Here - zerohedge
• FHA and Fannie: Pushing Foreclosure Sales - cnbc

• Obama To Announce $30B Small Business Lending Program - Sources - foxbusiness
• Volcker's Testimony - Big Banks' Risky Trading Should be Curbed: Volcker - cnbc
• Construction Spending Declines in December - calculatedriskblog
• Neil Barofsky says handcuffs may be coming! - ritholtz
• Obama's Two-Faced Poisonous Plan Sure To Please No One - globaleconomicanalysis

• Banks not loosening credit yet, Fed reports Economic Report - marketwatch
• HUGE Loophole: U.S. Bankers Using Derivatives To Cash Out Restricted Bonuses Early - businessinsider
• Futures Resistance At 1,085 Proving Material As Volume Moves From Fumes To Empty - zerohedge
• Our debt time bomb is ready to go ka-boom Paul B. Farrell - marketwatch
• Obama Budget Plan Relies on 6 Years of Above-Average Growth - cnbc