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Letting the EGTRRA and JGTRRA Provisions Expire
In Econbrowser - Posted 6 hours ago
Or, what would happen if we Let Bush Be Bush . Recall the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts were written to expire, for the most part, in FY2011. The impact of ...
Tags: budget tax
Greek Finance Minister: Call for help worst possible signal
In Calculated Risk - Posted 10 hours ago
From Bloomberg: Greece Says Aid Call Would Send Worst Signal as Bonds Slide The worst possible signal which we could send out is one calling ...
Tags: deficit tax
Feds Bullard Advocates Selling Mortgage Securities Gradually in 2010
In Wall Street Journal: Real Time Economics - Posted 12 hours ago
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said Monday the U.S. central bank should begin gradually selling its mortgage securities holdin...
Tags: central bank discount rate economy fed fed funds federal reserve housing mortgage rates the fed
The Crumbling Greek Economy
In Big Picture - Posted 13 hours ago
I don t recall where this is from, but it seems appropriate today: ...
Tags: economy
Reading the Budget's Footnotes
In Greg Mankiw's Blog - Posted 13 hours ago
From the Commitee for a Responsible Federal Budget:The Administration is taking two tax provisions from the 2009 stimulus bill -- expansions of the ch...
Tags: budget tax
Seven Questions, Week No. 6
In Digital Rules by Rich Karlgaard - Posted 17 hours ago
1. Is Sean Payton America's Best CEO?What impressed me most about the New Orleans coach was how he kept his underdogs and Super Bowl rookies mentally ...
Tags: economy facebook myspace
Email From A Volunteer Firefighter
In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 17 hours ago
Just to show you how the deck is stacked against true patriots in favor of union members who have their hands in your pocket, please consider this ema...
Tags: budget
Greek unions prepare for 24-hour strike amid austerity measures
In Finance Markets - Posted 17 hours ago
Greek unions have today vowed to strike on Wednesday to protest against the Government s austerity measures.Last week, Greek Prime Minister, George ...
Tags: taxes
Indicator Shows Improvement in Jobs Picture
In Wall Street Journal: Real Time Economics - Posted 17 hours ago
The U.S. job picture improved for the fifth consecutive month in January, according to a report released Monday.The Conference Board said that its Jan...
Tags: economy federal reserve
Greenspan: The Danger of Falling Stock Prices
In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 17 hours ago
The win by the Saints yesterday was something of an upset but, nonetheless, the graphic to the right that appears this morning in the Meet the Press...
Tags: economy fed greenspan markets treasury secretary
Greece Gets the Green Light: Will it Work?
In Seeking Alpha - Posted 17 hours ago
Well, as reported over the weekend on this blog, the EU Commission did in fact demand more sacrifices from the Greek people.In the end, Prime Minist...
Tags: blog economy
Palin Mocks Liberals (646379)
In A Canadian Econoview - Posted 18 hours ago
We haven't written about the faux controversy over Sarah Palin's writing a few words on the palm of her hand at the Tea Party convention, apparently a...
Tags: tax
The U.S. Consumer's Own Worst Enemy
In Seeking Alpha - Posted 18 hours ago
Last week Mike Shedlock made a comment in passing about people being economically and financially illiterate. Collectively we do not know as much as w...
Tags: economics
U.S. Consumer Credit: Resting on a Bed of Government Loan Support
In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 18 hours ago
Consumer spending is the lifeblood of the American economy. Before the Credit Crisis, it was responsible for 72% of U.S. GDP.American consumers don't ...
Tags: economy gdp
Financial Crisis Was Rooted In The Corporate Income Tax Interest Deduction
In Vox Baby - Posted 19 hours ago
Washington invariably prefers the quick fix and ignores the underlying causes of whatever problem it faces. What better example than the financial ...
Tags: budget tax taxes
Toward an Exit Strategy at the Fed
In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 19 hours ago
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will be chatting up the central bank s exit strategy later this week when he testifies before the House Financial Services...
Tags: bernanke central bank economy fed inflation the fed
The Real Value of the Dollar
In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 19 hours ago
For all the concern over the $1.6 trillion U.S. budget deficit and record debt load, the dollar is as valuable now as 35 years ago, Bloomberg News a...
Tags: budget deficit
Greenspan: The danger of falling stock prices
In The Mess That Greenspan Made - Posted 19 hours ago
The win by the Saints yesterday was something of an upset but, nonetheless, the graphic to the right that appears this morning in the Meet the Press ...
Tags: economy fed greenspan treasury secretary
Grumble, grumble
In Environmental Economics - Posted 19 hours ago
It's now out and my review copy has arrived; the authors are Yoram Bauman and illustrator Grady Klein. It is the next step in economics education. ...
Tags: economics
Tightening at the Fed: Get Ready for the Undoing
In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 20 hours ago
I would recommend reading the article by Jon Hilsenrath with the title Fed to Bare Tightening Plan which appeared on the front page of the Wall ...
Tags: economy fed federal reserve the fed

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