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The Latest Opinions From Bloomberg View

Mar 19, 2015

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<= href="http://link.mail.bloombergview.com/55086a4c3b35d051538c37cc2ehgl.=461/VP9kIkmOpoExRQKUBef93" style="text-decoration:none;color:#00b9e7;lin=-height:1.6em">INVESTING

Barry Ritholtz: "Every once i= a while, there is a way to resolve a host of problems that is so obvious =t gets overlooked." Following Wednesday's Federal Open Market Committee me=ting, "let’s have a look at four big problems: crumbling U.S. infr=structure; federal budget deficits; normalizing U.S. monetary policy; and =he shortage of investment-grade debt. There is a single solution to all of=them: Issue more long bonds, preferably 30- or 50-year securities."=Read more...

FEDERAL RESERVE

Clive Crook: "Every central b=nk tries to steer expectations about monetary policy. ... That's why econo=ists are so preoccupied with 'forward guidance' -- the message Fed policy =akers send about their intentions. The Fed's thinking on this just changed= and in a good way. It ought to change a bit more." Read more...

TECH

Katie Benner: "Facebook is no= allowing its users to send money to friends via its mobile Messenger app.=The feature has been anticipated ever since PayPal executive David Marcus =oined the company last June to lead its mobile messaging business. ... I=E2��m gonna come right out and say that I think Facebook can really su=ceed here, even though every company on the planet wants to get into payme=ts." Read more...=/span>

ASIAN ECONOMY

Wiliam Pesek: "Now that Janet=Yellen has set the stage for Federal Reserve rate hikes, the conventional =isdom is that Asia is in trouble. If the taper tantrums of 2013 threw mark=ts and currencies into turmoil, just wait until the U.S. tightens for the =irst time since 2006. But what if the coming Fed cycle is really an opport=nity for the region?"

EUROPE

Marc Champion: "The campaign =ight between the main Conservative and Labour parties ahead of elections o= May 7 is being fought on very familiar ground: Economic competence for th= Tories, versus fairness and a strong health service for Labour. But there=s an oddity in the campaign that requires some explanation." Read more...

POLITICS

Margaret Carlson: "It takes a=lot to catch the not-so-watchful eye of the Capitol ethics police. ... So =hat does it take for an ethical violation to really take hold? Well, if al= else fails, you can paint your office red. That's what Illinois Represent=tive Aaron Schock did." Read more...

REAL ESTATE

Jonathan Miller: "A relic fro= the days of the housing boom is making a comeback. The share of sales tha= feature bidding wars is up." Read more...

ELECTIONS

Cass Sunstein: "This week, Or=gon became the first state to adopt automatic voter registration. ... The =ruth is that voting rights remain a work in progress. Oregon's new law poi=ts to a simple, inexpensive and promising way forward." Read more...

UKRAINE CRISIS

Leonid Bershidsky: "The Europ=an Union summit taking place Thursday and Friday shouldn't decide the futu=e of economic sanctions against Russia, because the cease-fire in eastern =kraine is uncertain. I still think the sanctions were a bad idea, but havi=g imposed them EU leaders need to be consistent in clearly linking changes=to the success of the truce." Read more...

INDIA

Dhiraj Nayyar: "Even as India= Prime Minister Narendra Modi gears up to try and push through his biggest=reform yet, easing the process for acquiring land for industrial developme=t, questions have arisen about one of his earliest successes." Read more...

NEWS ROUNDUP

Barry Ritholtz (Read the news roundup)

Meet the new bond king: Joshua Barrickman is the opposite =f Bill Gross. But his Vanguard index fund is poised to become the biggest =ond fund. Read more..=

Behind the increase in driving:=/span> Read more...

It’s the world’= biggest house for sale -- and it’s top secret. Read more...

Jonathan Bernstein =span class="roundup-read-more" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;te=t-decoration:none;color:#00b9e7;font-weight:normal;font-size:17px;line-hei=ht:1.6em;text-transform:none">(Read the news roundup)=/span>

Brendan Nyhan at the Upshot looks at how some outlets are =isreporting polling about Hillary Clinton’s e-mails. Read more...

James Pethokoukis at the Week is unimpressed with the Hous=’s budget plan. Read more...

Fred Kaplan on what the Israeli=election means for Israel’s future: Read more...

Katie Benner (Read the news roundup)

Instacart was hit with a class action lawsuit allegi=g that the delivery service misclassifies workers as independent co=tractors, reports Time. Read more...

Postmates just got a boost from=Starbucks, which will use the service to deliver coffee in Seattle, GeekWi=e reports. Read mor=...

Bitcoin exchanges will be regul=ted in the U.K., the Wall Street Journal reports. Read more...

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