The Audit

WSJ vs. FT on QE2

The pink paper wins the page-one battle by focusing on the long-term repercussions

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 5, 2010 at 10:55 AM

Quantitative Easing II: Good or bad? Take your pick from the respective front pages of The Wall Street Journal and... More

Nasiripour on America’s Failing Monetary Policy

By Felix Salmon   Nov 5, 2010 at 08:52 AM

Shahien Nasiripour has delivered a massive 4,000-word article on the Fed’s monetary policy, laying out with great clarity just... More

Audit Notes: Derailed; Tax Know-Nothings, Press Bubble, Etc.

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 4, 2010 at 04:40 PM

John Collins Rudolf writes at The New York Times's Green blog about the effect Tuesday's GOP landslide will have on... More

Bernanke Explains QE2

But a press conference is needed

By Felix Salmon   Nov 4, 2010 at 10:06 AM

Ben Bernanke might not be giving Trichet-style press conferences, but he is at least taking to the op-ed page of... More

The Journal Misfires on the Economy and the Election

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 4, 2010 at 09:47 AM

The Wall Street Journal makes a logical error this morning in reporting that the "Economy Wasn't Sole Voter Concern." Now,... More

The Tea Party Faction and the Business Agenda

It’s worth watching how the new members toe the corporate line

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 3, 2010 at 03:03 PM

What will the historic Republican landslide mean for business? Lots of things, says Bloomberg, in a long look at what... More

Myopia on Wall Street

The Observer’s Max Abelson finds a prime example in a new book

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 3, 2010 at 11:54 AM

Wall Street still hasn't taken responsibility for its central role in creating the housing bubble, the predatory lending, the financial... More

The Economic Consequences of Gridlock

By Felix Salmon   Nov 3, 2010 at 10:59 AM

“The conventional wisdom likely to be repeated over the next few weeks,” writes Mohamed El-Erian today, “is that political gridlock... More

Rubin’s Unhelpful Fiscal Exhortations

By Felix Salmon   Nov 3, 2010 at 09:31 AM

Oh dear, what have I signed up for? No sooner do I agree to start blogging more about economic journalism... More

Audit Notes: Jamie’s WaMu Dud, Sloan on Foreclosuregate, Sorkin

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 2, 2010 at 06:30 PM

Bloomberg Bloomberg Markets takes a long look at the troubles facing JPMorgan Chase, the latest of which is that Jamie... More

Captive Customers

NPR reveals a behind-the-scenes role by private prisons in Arizona’s tough immigration law

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 2, 2010 at 03:19 PM

An NPR investigation goes right to the heart of the problem with private prisons: Putting a profit motive behind taking... More

Felix Salmon is the Columbia Journalism Review’s New Peterson Fellow

Will blog about media coverage of fiscal and economic policy

By Dean Starkman   Nov 2, 2010 at 12:54 PM

Felix Salmon, the finance blogger for Reuters and a leading voice on financial and economic issues, has been appointed the... More

Audit Notes: Magnetar, Comfort the Comfortable, Minimum Wage

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 1, 2010 at 06:50 PM

ProPublica reports that the SEC is investigating a specific JPMorgan deal with the Magnetar hedge fund and whether the bank... More

Robo-Signers Aren’t Limited to Foreclosures

The Times finds debt collectors signing up to 2,000 affidavits a day

By Ryan Chittum   Nov 1, 2010 at 11:27 AM

The New York Times does an excellent job this morning finding a new angle on the robo-signers scandal. It's a... More

Audit Notes: Stopping Wall Street, Kate Kelly, Labor Laws

By Ryan Chittum   Oct 29, 2010 at 06:38 PM

Michael Lewis has a useful Bloomberg column detailing how some on Wall Street are getting around the financial-reform law's ban... More