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U.S. economy shrank at an alarming rate »
Posted by: Pdlpublic 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
U.S. GDP fell at an annualized rate of 6.1% in the first quarter of this year according to data released on Wednesday April ...
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Federal budget deficit relative to size of economy highest since 1945 »
Posted by: Klarissa 1 month ago in News
CBO estimates that the federal budget deficit was about $1.4 trillion in fiscal year 2009, $950 billion greater than the shortfall recorded in 2008 ...
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Get Real on Health Care »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months ago in Political Opinion
Some of my summer in France was spent listening to indignant outbursts about U.S. health care reform. The tone: “You must be kidding! What ...
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Durable Goods Data | The Big Picture »
Posted by: tehranchik 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
January Durable Goods fell a greater than expected 5.2% (consensus was -2.5%) but ex transports, the drop of 2.5% wasn’t that ...
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New Normal of 2% GDP Growth Coincides With Biggs »
Posted by: engineer 5 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Americans may have to get used to
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unemployment greater than 8 percent for the first time since
1983 and an economy that won’t grow ...Read (124) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at bloomberg.com
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UK cannot take Iceland's soft option »
Posted by: engineer 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Britain has foreign reserves of under $61bn dollars (£ 43.7bn), less than
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Malaysia or Thailand. The foreign liabilities of the UK banks are $4.4 ...Read (113) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at telegraph.co.uk
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Investors rush back into stocks as economy grows »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 2 weeks, 1 day ago in Business & Finance
Stocks logged their best day in three months as investors rushed into the market on word the economy grew faster than expected.
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Economy returns to growth after a year of declines »
Posted by: Progressive 2 weeks, 1 day ago in Business & Finance
The U.S. economy grew in the third quarter for the first time in a year, beating market expectations, as consumer spending and new home-building ...
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GDP Falls as Businesses Sharply Reduce Inventories »
Posted by: populist 6 months, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
When most of the fall in investment comes from a reduction in inventories, it indicates that businesses are making the necessary adjustments to the difficult ...
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Free to Lose »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 day, 5 hours ago in Political Opinion
Consider, for a moment, a tale of two countries. Both have suffered a severe recession and lost jobs as a result — but not on the ...
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Nightmarish Financial Numbers »
Posted by: populist 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Current consumption, which at $8.2 trillion is around 70% of GDP, has fallen $150 billion from last year,” and that investment, which represents things ...
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GDP falls at 1% rate in Q2, less than expected »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
WASHINGTON (AP) — The economy contracted at a 1% annual rate in the spring, a strong sign recession is winding down, and President Obama said Friday ...
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Latest Data Shows Recession Likely to End in September »
Posted by: myfairlady 5 months ago in Business & Finance
The May update of the USA TODAY/IHS Global Insight Economic Outlook Index shows increasing evidence that the recession is likely to end in September ...
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When should the Fed raise rates? (even more wonkish) »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 month ago in Business & Finance
Let me start with a rounded version of the Rudebusch version of the Taylor rule:
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Obama's Plan For A Debt-Ridden Future »
Posted by: populist 5 months, 1 week ago in Political News
President Obama has officially begun the era of bigger big government by proposing to go on a multitrillion dollar borrowing spree that risks doing to ...
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