http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/budget Blog Articles Tagged with 'budget' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111719?rsstype=tag&tag=budget Avis Budget Group (CAR) is expected to report Q2 earnings after market close Wednesday, August 6, with a conference call scheduled for Thursday, August 7 at 9:00 a.m. ET. GuidanceAnalysts are looking for EPS of 6c on revenue of $1.52B. The consensus ... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:45:17 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1111719?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/becker-posner-blog/1110812?rsstype=tag&tag=budget I agree that there is no reason to expect the rate of growth of per capita income in the United States to decline in the foreseeable future. Of course it may decline; the future is uncertain; a particular uncertainty concerns the ever-present possibi... Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:36:32 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/becker-posner-blog/1110812?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1110848?rsstype=tag&tag=budget Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (July 28 August 3, 2008)As oil prices seesawed through the past week, fresh uncertainty about the outlook for the beleaguered financial sector triggered another wave of volatility in financia... Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1110848?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1111136?rsstype=tag&tag=budget Kenneth Rogoff says we need to raise interest rates to prevent inflation, to quit trying to stimulate the economy with fiscal policy, and allow financial institutions to fail:The world cannot grow its way out of this slowdown, by Kenneth Rogoff, Fina... Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:33:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1111136?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1109624?rsstype=tag&tag=budget But math is hard! says Time magazine stenographer Michael Scherer. He opens with an interesting story: The Candidates' Tax Plans: Fuzzy Math: The choice in this election is stark and simple, John McCain said at recent Denver event, repeating a p... Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:23:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1109624?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1109625?rsstype=tag&tag=budget Duncan Black writes: Eschaton: Oh Well: So much for that. 2003: (AP) President Bush's goal of cutting in half a projected $500 billion federal deficit within five years is being dismissed as too timid by conservatives, unachievable by analysts and la... Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:03:05 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1109625?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1109668?rsstype=tag&tag=budget From the USA Today: Record deficit expected in 2009 The White House has increased its estimate for next year's deficit to nearly $490 billion, a record figure ... In February, President Bush predicted the 2009 deficit would be $407 billion.The budget... Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:33:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1109668?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1109572?rsstype=tag&tag=budget Its actually kind of ironic: Two Fed Governors warn Federal Reserve Chief Alan Greenspan about major problems -- and are promptly ignored by the maestro. Ed Gramlich on subprime and predatory lending, and Bill Poole on Fannie and Freddie. In the Sund... Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:58:58 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1109572?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1109635?rsstype=tag&tag=budget John McCain says that his closest economic advisor--Phil Gramm--does not speak for John McCain: CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - McCain: Phil Gramm does not speak for me - Blogs from CNN.com: John McCain for... Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:03:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1109635?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/argmax/1109527?rsstype=tag&tag=budget More fallout from the McCain tax policy bait and switch...Wonk Room Holtz-Eakin On $2.8 Trillion Gap: Just Because McCain 'Said Things In Town Halls...Doesn't Mean It's Official'McCain adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin responded yesterday to a recent re... Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:53:04 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/argmax/1109527?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1109857?rsstype=tag&tag=budget [This spends some time setting the stage by repeating past posts, if you want to skip to the new part - a defense of the gains from globalization from Gary Hufbauer and Matthew Adler of the Peterson Institute - clickhere.]Awhile back, I issued achall... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:44:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1109857?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1109902?rsstype=tag&tag=budget Concerning ... the first public boat access along Pender County's fast-growing coast :Countyofficials thought they had the funds in hand when the General Assemblypassed a budget that showed $10 million for the project.But the expected financial wind... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:16:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1109902?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1109860?rsstype=tag&tag=budget Chris Hayes wants to know why air travel is so lousy. A source inside the industry responds:Why Airline Travel Sux: Big Air Responds!, by Christopher Hayes: So I ve been on a bit of a jag about how awful flying is. I ve flown four of the last eig... Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:06:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1109860?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/greg-mankiw-blog/1109595?rsstype=tag&tag=budget The New Yorker looks at the GSEs. One tidbit:It wasn t until 1968 that Fannie was privatized....The main reason for the change was surprisingly mundane: accounting. At the time, Lyndon Johnson was concerned about the effect of the Vietnam War on th... Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:03:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/greg-mankiw-blog/1109595?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/argmax/1109530?rsstype=tag&tag=budget CBO director Peter Orszag weighs in on the allocation of carbon permits under a cap-and-trade regime. Orszag argues the standard economics of the program --- that only with an auction can the revenue be recycled, through lower taxes or rebates. Witho... Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:40:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/argmax/1109530?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/argmax/1109531?rsstype=tag&tag=budget Avi-Yonah sums up the problems with McCain's expensing proposal...Wonk Room McCain's Expensing Idea Revisited: Still A Massive Tax ShelterMcCain's Expensing Idea Revisited: Still A Massive Tax Shelter Our guest blogger is Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, the... Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:09:55 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/argmax/1109531?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1109261?rsstype=tag&tag=budget Megan McArdle:Infrastructure is so . . . stimulating, Megan McArdle:Mark Thoma wants us to look at spending for stimulus, instead of tax cuts:I agree that Fed policy alone may not be enough to get the economy back on track, I've argued that for a lon... Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:34:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1109261?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1108990?rsstype=tag&tag=budget What happens if the demand for your product decreases? Simple economics tells us that prices should fall. Why then is the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio talking about raising rates in the face declining demand for landfill space?Franklin C... Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:07:51 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1108990?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1108154?rsstype=tag&tag=budget Ross Douthat screams and leaps. His targets: Glenn Hubbard and John Cogan:The Road To Serfdom?: Note that the increase [in domestic discretionary spending as reported by Cogan and Hubbard] looks roughly twice as shocking as it actually is because the... Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:34:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/a-canadian-econoview/1108154?rsstype=tag&tag=budget http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1108313?rsstype=tag&tag=budget Ross Douthat screams and leaps. His targets: Glenn Hubbard and John Cogan: The Road To Serfdom?: Note that the increase [in domestic discretionary spending as reported by Cogan and Hubbard] looks roughly twice as shocking as it actually is because th... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:05:04 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1108313?rsstype=tag&tag=budget