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Economics and Investing:

Tim B. sent this: Dollar Crisis Looms if US Doesn’t Curb Debt [1]

And in related news, GG sent us this: US must cut spending to save AAA rating, warns Fitch [2]

GG also sent this one: The Coming Sovereign Debt Crisis, by Nouriel Roubini and Arpitha Bykere [3]

Yet another from GG: A Season Of Discontent [4]: The only alternatives for which majorities express “a lot” of trust to help manage financial risk are close family members (64 percent) and their own efforts (74 percent)

Items from The Economatrix:

Stocks Rise as Optimism Builds About Earnings [5]

Retails Sales Fall Unexpectedly; Jobless Claims Up [6]

Scariest Chart of the Day [7]

US Has Record December Budget Gap of $91.9 Billion [8]