Economy:
U.S. Birth Rates Hit Record Lows: Is It the Economy? – Time
How the top 1 percent made its money in two charts – Washington Post
7 Charts That Sum Up Our Jobs Mess – Motley Fool
25 college majors with the highest unemployment rates – CBS Money Watch
25 college majors with lowest unemployment rates – CBS Money Watch
Paying Students To Quit Law School – Slate
Markets:
Fed Now Largest Owner of U.S. Gov’t Debt—Surpassing China – CNSNews
Housing Wins Higher FHA Mortgage Limits – Bloomberg
Housing Starts in U.S. Declined 0.3% in October – Bloomberg
Contagion grips euro zone debt markets – Reuters
Politics:
How we can succeed through supercommittee’s ‘failure’ – Washington Post
Financial Repression Redux – IMF
Federal debt tops $15 trillion: Total increased $56 billion in one day – Washington Times
ECB Has Secret 20 billion Euro Bond-Buying Limit: Report – MSNBC
Banks:
Closing Wall Street’s casino – Reuters