Castro’s Cuba Leaves Nothing to Be Admired

I have a very close friend (who shall go unnammed) that seems to admire Fidel Castro ... : President Ford announces softening of the embargo, letting foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies sell [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 06:33:42

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Obamanomics

Over the weekend, two of the top economists in the President-elect's administration published " ... in food stamps and expansions of unemployment insurance. - State fiscal relief designed to alleviate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:52:03

Fiscal Situation of 50 States: Combined Budget Gaps Estimated at $350 Billon for 2010 and 2011.

It is simply stunning that 44 states are facing shortfalls either for this fiscal year, or will come up short in 2010 or 2011 ... package there is a large portion dedicated to state relief. Looking at the data, it looks like many [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 07:09:06

Willem Buiter Argues Against Eurozone Breakup Worries

Predicting the demise, or at least the marginalization of the euro is a popular pastime for some writers ( ... national government.... The relevant passages from Authers’ The Short View follow in full: Greece [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 06:58:57

First 10 Senate Bills Of The 111th Congress

First 10 Senate Bills Of The 111th Congress January 7, 2009, 9:46 AM Filed under: Economics, Energy, Environment, Government, Health Care, ... , provide tax relief, and protect those in greatest need, and for other purposes.” The stimulus bill [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:46:21

Economic Jihad: $700 Billion Bail-Out Aids Oil Rich Arab Sheikhs

Posted by request: Economic Jihad: $700 Billion Bail-Out Aids Oil Rich Arab Sheikhs  By Paul L. Williams (author of The Day of Islam) ... the principal beneficiary of the $350 million that has been spent under the Troubled Asset Relief Program [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:02:13

Panicking Leadership

A new start in American politics next week, yes, but the environment is not helping ... , so the problem isn’t a lack of liquidity. The problem is that too few people want to use [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:49:24

Alan Schram: The Story of 2008: What Went Wrong?

The past year has been financially chaotic on a level almost no one alive has ever seen ... has $1 billion of capital. They buy $30 billion worth of triple-A mortgage-related debt using $29 billion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 05:06:35

How to Talk to Your Kids About the Economy

The bad news is inescapable and much as you’d like to there’s no use hiding under a rock ... Dr. Erik A. Fisher for his advice in talking to kids about the economy. Dr. Fisher is the author of “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 20:11:11

Obama's Call For Action -- And Money: "A crisis unlike any we have seen..."

Barack Obama just wound up his speech at George Mason University ... borrowers could repay them, and some borrowers took advantage of cheap credit to take on debt they couldn’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:41:03

ECB Preview: The Debate Over the Rate Cut

Of all the major central banks in the world, the ECB has been one of the least aggressive ... s downgrade of Greece’s sovereign debt rating to A- and rumors that Ireland may seek help from the IMF [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 05:32:30

Currency News - Thursday, 15 January 2009

Economic News USD - The USD Recovery Continues The USD continues to trade between 1.3100-1 ... that the European Central Bank (ECB) will lower its main refinancing rate by a half-percentage point [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:47:55

Limbaugh falsely asserted "Banking Queen" Barney Frank "created" subprime mortgage crisis

During the January 7 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh falsely asserted that Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) ... the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to replace the Office [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 20:24:26

Opinion: Week of carnage

By BNZ Currency Strategist Danica Hampton It’s been a week of carnage for the NZD ... s downgraded the outlook for NZ’s foreign currency debt. Yesterday, Prime Minister John Key warned the NZ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:46:32

Four at Four: Clean-Up in the Financial Supermarket

Citigroup’s time at the top of the heap among major U.S ... Travelers Insurance and unite it with Citibank. This week, Citigroup was at the forefront of another [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 13:27:00

Ugly: Behold The First Ten Bills Of The 111th Congress

Ugly: S.1—American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ... educational opportunities, preserve and improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 04:12:25

Reason's Matt Welch and Adrian Moore and Big Hollywood's Andrew Breitbart on what comes next

Reason's Matt Welch and Adrian Moore and Big Hollywood's Andrew Breitbart on what comes next Publicado por Ricardo Valenzuela en 08: ... taxes, national debt, or printing the money (growing inflation), the government has to damage long [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:14:00

1-15-2009 (Thu Morning) Fin. & Econ. Activity

Bank of America Corp., the biggest U.S. bank by assets, ... more government assistance on top of the $45 billion of U.S. funds that it already received - Bloomberg [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:01:45

Cram Down Nation: Do Lenders Fear Obama?

Cram Down Nation: Do Lenders Fear Obama? ... to reorganize an individual’s debt, but it does not give them authority to fundamentally alter a person’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:39:42

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