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Economics and Investing:

SurvivalBlog’s Poet Laureate, George Gordon (“G.G.”) sent us this one: Illinois facing ‘outright disaster’ amid budget crisis [1]

Items from The Economatrix:

40% of Florida Home Sales are Foreclosures [2]

Fed Made Taxpayers Unwitting Junk-Bond Buyers [3]

Denninger: The Clock is Running Out [4]

Gold Miners and Explorers Face Serious Supply Problems [5]

Pelosi: Unemployment Checks Fastest Way to Create Jobs [6]

Market’s Swoon Prompts Fear of the Dreaded “Death Cross” [7]

A Depressing Thought: Deflation [8]

Pending Home Sales Plunge Record 30% [9]

Layoffs Climb as Housing Slump Deepens [10]

1.3 Million Unemployed Won’t Get Benefits Restored [11]

Stock Futures Head Lower to Open Third Quarter [12]

New Jobless Claims Rise in Sign of Weak Job Market [13]

Global Markets on “Cliff Edge” Amid Fears Over European Banks [14]

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Time to Shut Down the US Federal Reserve? [15]

Suiting Up for a Post-Dollar World [16]

US Money Supply Plunges at 1930s Pace and Housing Index Dives [17]

UK Manufacturing Outlook Follows Euro-Zone Slowdown [18]

CBO Says Debt Will Reach 62% of GDP by Year’s End [19]