Economics and Investing:

B.B. flagged this piece at Zero Hedge: Nordea’s Chart of the Week – Collapsing US Import Demand

AmEx (American Ex-pat) sent this bit of gloomage $2 Trillion debt crisis threatens to bring down 100 US cities

Over at the It’s All About MunKnee blog: The U.S. Dollar: Too Big to Fail?

Items from The Economatrix:

Bernanke Denies Printing Money.  Mogambo Not Convinced.  

Will Congress Delete Mortgage Deduction?  

Higher Gasoline Prices May Linger Into 2011  

Oil Prices Climb Amid Cold Snap