The concept of the Debt Supercycle was originally developed by the Bank Credit Analyst.

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"There is systemic risk, " says Eileen Fahey, managing director at Fitch Ratings and head bank credit analyst.

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The Bank Credit Analyst, an independent research company, suggests a longer-term reason for the attractiveness of Asian shares: the region's companies are making more money.

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Martin Barnes of the Bank Credit Analyst, a research service, thinks the economy will grow more slowly than its capacity could allow at least until the end of 2009.

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An analysis by Martin Barnes, of the Bank Credit Analyst, finds that if America's growth performance is instead measured by the gap between actual and potential output, it looks much less stellar.

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Martin Barnes of Bank Credit Analyst, a research firm, points out that the direction of official policy (low rates, quantitative easing, big deficits) looks inflationary but the economic fundamentals (a big output gap, sluggish credit growth) look deflationary.

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The condo owner, moreover, can deduct property taxes, and gets a partial exemption from capital gain taxes when he moves, notes James Banahan, a credit analyst with National Cooperative Bank in New York.

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"Sports- and entertainment-based facilities have had a really mixed history of success, so investors are becoming pickier about what they do, " said Joseph Krist, a municipal-credit analyst with a unit of Swiss bank UBS AG.

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Robin Bhar, senior metals analyst at Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, said as geopolitical factors wane, the focus is shifting toward the U.S. dollar, the Eurozone debt crisis and inflation concerns.

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Bank of America shares fell 3 percent in trading the day after Mr. Assange made his threat against a nameless bank, and while the stock has since recovered, the prospect of a Bank of America data dump from WikiLeaks remains a concern, said Moshe Orenbuch, an analyst with Credit Suisse.

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Mr Treichl joined it as a credit analyst in New York and worked in its offices in Brussels, Athens and Vienna before joining Erste Bank some 15 years ago.

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