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WSJ's Ip leaving to join The Economist

Greg Ip, who has covered the Federal Reserve and the economy for The Wall Street Journal for the past seven years, is leaving the paper to become the U.S. economics editor for The Economist, reports Robert MacMillan of Reuters.

MacMillan writes, “Greg Ip will join The Economist magazine as U.S. economics editor, he told Reuters on Tuesday, after covering the Fed since 2001 for the Journal. He likely will join the weekly in late July, he said.

“At The Economist he will be responsible for writing and reporting on the U.S. economy and economic policy, including the Federal Reserve, he wrote in an e-mailed statement.

“‘This is an extraordinary opportunity for me to expand my horizons, to learn a more analytical and critical style of writing, to serve a rapidly growing and discerning readership worldwide, and to work with a remarkable group of journalists and editors who share my passion for economics,’ he wrote.

“Ip’s stories in the Journal have been widely followed by financial market participants seeking clues into the Federal Reserve’s thinking about interest rates and the economy.”

Read more here. And here is Dow Jones Newswires, which is owned by the same company as the Journal, following the Reuters story about one of its co-workers.

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  • The following comment is from The Economist for David Ip.

    Dear David,

    I watch your discussion in News Hour with interest. Some of my views
    are posted at the web site of Paul Solman:

    http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/

    The enclosed question for the new administration could be of interest
    to you. Thank you for your consideration.

    Best regards,
    Hugh Ching
    http://post-science.com/ching.htm

    Valuation is at the heart of the financial crisis. We need correct
    valuation for the troubled assets, which are stopping banks from
    lending. Funding priorities in the stimulus package should be based
    on the rate of return on investment, which can only be determined from
    correct valuation (regulations.gov 4810-25-P; comments by Hugh Ching).
    As early as 1984, real estate appraisal authorities picked our
    mathematically rigorous solution of value (Patent No. 6,078,901) to
    solve the S&L Crisis. Valuation is the foundation of economics. Or
    economics must start from the solution of value. Unable to solve the
    problem of value, our economy will be in constant financial crises.
    The solution to financial crises is the solution of value.

    My question is:

    "Except our solution of value, is there a correct solution of value
    which can predict and solve financial crises?"

    Our solution of value has predicted publicly since 1984 the S&L
    Crisis. It detected the Subprime Woe, and I warned the Federal
    Reserve in June 2006, just two week before it first flared up. Until
    we have solved the problem of value, financial crisis will grow bigger
    and more fierce, even if by some random chance we have the current
    crisis under control. The progress of society should be based on
    knowledge, not money of politics. Thank you for your consideration.
    ### Hugh Ching, Post-Science Institute 2/2/2009

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