Deep Budget Cuts to Hurt this Sector
March 12, 2012
With the recent report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), there were several key areas that will affect corporate earnings for an important market sector: defense stocks. When an investor... Read More
from Wall Street Pit
What Economic Growth in the United States? And, in Europe?
February 01, 2012
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its forecast for economic growth and what it sees seems to differ substantially from what the Federal Reserve sees. The CBO forecast places economic... Read More
from Wall Street Pit
How the U.S. National Debt Could Drain Your Savings
January 09, 2012
from Money Morning
Don't Get Stung by President Obama's Deficit-Reduction Plans
September 22, 2011
In the last 10 days, U.S. President Barack Obama has unveiled three distinct deficit-reduction plans to solve the nation's economic problems. While all three have their good points, each has its own... Read More
from Money Morning
The End of the World, Part 1
August 29, 2011
Fine, then. Uh oh, overflow, population, common food, but it’ll do to Save yourself, serve yourself. World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed – dummy with the rapture and the revered and... Read More
from Jutia Group
CBO Report: Nuclear Loan Guarantee Fees Too Low
August 11, 2011
'Washington Math' Adds Up to the Debt-Ceiling Deadlock
July 28, 2011
If you've been wondering why your elected officials in Washington can't reach a basic compromise to break the debt-ceiling deadlock, consider this: They can't even get their numbers straight. Not only... Read More
from Money Morning
Dissecting ETFs and 'Doomsday Calls'
June 15, 2011
The final return you will receive from your fixed-income investment depends on a number of variables, writes John Heinzl , reporter and columnist for Globe Investor . Read More
from MoneyShow.com
When a March 25 "no-confidence" vote toppled the government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, it also set the stage for a new general election. This May 2 election will be Canada's third in... Read More
from Money Morning
House Republicans will release their 2012 budget plan today (Tuesday), proposing more than $4 trillion in cuts over the next decade and trimming billions of dollars from Medicare expenses. House Budget... Read More
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from Money Morning
If You Hate Fees, Have I Got a Bargain for You
March 28, 2011
Here's an investment portfolio so cheap you'll weep: The fees to own this six-pack of exchange-traded funds amount to just 0.15%, writes Rob Carrick , reporter and columnist for The Globe and Mail . Read More
from MoneyShow.com
Public Employee Benefits: The Numbers Behind the Debate
March 02, 2011
Let's take the politics out of the debate over public sector unions and their benefits, and look strictly at the figures. When you strip away the rhetoric, you can chart two macroeconomic trends and... Read More
from DailyFinance.com
What Are We Getting for an Extra $1 Trillion in Federal Spending?
February 28, 2011
Washington now spends that much more than it did a mere three years ago. But trying to figure out what we're getting for all that extra money is no simple matter. A lot of slicing and dicing does yield... Read More
from DailyFinance.com
Hocus + Pocus = The 2012 Federal Budget Plan
February 17, 2011
Like all budgets, the federal government's spending plan is all about revenues and expenditures. Unfortunately, Uncle Sam is very good at grossly overestimating tax receipts and grossly underestimating... Read More
from DailyFinance.com
Obama Budget Proposal Kicks Off Battle Over Spending Cuts, Tax Increases
February 15, 2011
U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday (Monday) sent to Congress his $3.7 trillion budget request for fiscal year 2012, kicking off a congressional battle to determine a balance of spending cuts and tax... Read More
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U/S/ Economy
from Money Morning
2011 U.S. Debt Forecast: Five Simple Ways to End America's Spiraling National Debt
February 11, 2011
By 2020, U.S. debt could reach 90% of the United States' annual economic output. That's more than $20 trillion in national debt, which would mean Americans are on the hook for more than $65,000 per... Read More
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Federal Budget Deficit Climbing Dangerously Higher on Continued 2011 Government Spending
January 27, 2011
On the heels of U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union address - during which the commander in chief highlighted the need for investment in innovation - a steep federal budget deficit... Read More
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from Money Morning
Budget Deficit to Hit $1.48T By the End of This Fiscal Year : CBO
January 26, 2011
The federal government’s budget deficit is expected to grow about 14% to $1.48 trillion by the end of the current fiscal year, an increase largely resulting from the extension of lower tax rates, the... Read More
from Wall Street Pit
An Open Letter to Washington: How to Slash the Federal Budget Deficit and Save the U.S. Economy
January 05, 2011
Dear Mr. President and members of Congress: With your policymaking actions of November and December, you have given the U.S. economy a short-term boost of adrenaline. But these short-term gains carry a... Read More
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U/S/ Economy
from Money Morning
Fed’s Bullard: Full Of Self-Contradictions
December 21, 2010
James Bullard, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis was on CNBC Monday, December 20, 2010 mostly defending the Fed’s controversial $600 billion Treasury purchasing program (QE2) announced... Read More
from DailyMarkets.com
Will the Obama-GOP Tax Deal Really Create 3.1 Million Jobs?
December 08, 2010
The tax cut compromise between Obama and the GOP is now being touted as a back-door stimulus plan, one that some economists predict will create or save 3.1 million jobs. Unfortunately, the model on... Read More
from DailyFinance.com
TARP Costs Fall to $25 Billion, CBO Says
November 30, 2010
The much-criticized Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) will end up costing the federal government about $25 billion, far less than previously expected. A report from the Congressional Budget Office... Read More
from DailyFinance.com
How Much Did TARP Cost?
November 29, 2010
The much-maligned TARP program will cost taxpayers only $25 billion according to the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office. That’s substantially less than the $66 billion CBO estimated... Read More
from Wall Street Pit
The World's Most Destructive Currency Terrorist
October 08, 2010
Editor Greg McCoach examines the toxic legacy of Alan Greenspan's irresponsible monetary policy, and how gold, silver, and other precious metals must inevitably rise as a result of the former Fed... Read More
from Wealth Daily
More Americans Tapping Into Entitlement Programs Swells Budget Deficit
September 20, 2010
As many U.S. citizens continue to rail against the ballooning budget deficit, the reality is that most Americans are unwilling to swallow the bitter pill it will take to tame it. Perhaps that's... Read More
from Money Morning
CBO: 2010 Deficit At $1.3 Trillion
August 19, 2010
The U.S. economy faces even more difficult times ahead with chronic high unemployment rates and slow manufacturing growth hurting the recovery, Congressional Budget Office [CBO] Director Douglas... Read More
from Wall Street Pit
Newly Released GDP Report
July 30, 2010
Photo courtesy of Arenamontanus This week I wrote an article called, :Headlines Read All About It”. One of the main pieces of this article was a report released by the CBO that in effect said that as a... Read More
from TRADE GUILD
The CBO’s Misplaced Fear of a Looming Fiscal Crisis
July 30, 2010
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has just released an 8-page brief titled “Federal Debt and the Risk of a Fiscal Crisis.” In it you will find all the traditional arguments regarding government... Read More
from Wall Street Pit
(C) Blinder-Zandi Paper Explores Why the Recession Ended
July 29, 2010
In the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the related near-failure of Citigroup (C) and the shotgun weddings of J.P. Morgan (JPM) and Washington Mutual, Bank of America (BAC) with Merrill Lynch,... Read More
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