Economics and Investing:

GG flagged this: The Debt Bomb: Uncle Sam on teaser rate

Randy F. sent this: Payback Time – Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government

Items from The Economatrix:

Stocks Climb on Report Showing Jump in Home Sales

Late Payments on Credit Cards Drop in 3Q

IMF Chief: Global Economy Still Fragile

AP Survey: Debt Stress Turns Shoppers into Scrooges

Gas Prices Fall to Begin Busy Travel Week

Bets Rise on Rich Country Derivative Defaults

Gold Hits New High Among Rising Political Tension

Couples Turn to “Shift-Parenting” to Stay Afloat

End of the Checkbook: Bankers Drawing Plans, Could End by 2018

Dollar Slump Persisting as Analysts See No End

From that oft-quoted French Think Tank: Red Alert: The Second Wave of the Financial Tsunami. It could hit between the 1st and 2nd quarters of 2010

The Great Stimulus Debate of 2009