Econ Briefing: Second Leg of Credit Crisis; Housing Affordability; Mystery of Chinese Treasury Holdings; FOMC Minutes...

• Is The Second Leg Of The Credit Crisis Starting? - ritholtz
• Housing affordability is near 18-year high - money.cnn
• Economy Grinds To Halt As Nation Realizes Money Is An Illusion - ritholtz
• Small Reactor Powers Nuclear Industry - online.wsj
• The Mystery Of Chinese Treasury Holdings - zerohedge

• Federal Reserve Declares Recession Over - ritholtz
• Housing Starts, Vacant Units and the Unemployment Rate - calculatedriskblog
• HAMP: 116,000 Permanent Mods, Over 1,000 Permanent Mods Cancelled - calculatedriskblog
• FOMC Minutes: Expect "slow improvement in the labor market" - calculatedriskblog
• PEW Study Shows Trillion Dollar State Pension Gap; Can Anything Be Done? - globaleconomicanalysis

• A Quick Look at Household Balance Sheets - ritholtz
• Coming Soon: Chapter 9 Municipal Bankruptcies - ritholtz
• Deleveraging Though... Deflation? Has Ending QE Been The Ulterior Motive All Along? Andrew Smithers Thinks So - zerohedge
• City Turns Down $2.5 Million Stimulus - globaleconomicanalysis