Economics
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NEC Director Summers at Peterson Institute
Read moreJuly 17 - President Obama's chief economic adviser Lawrence Summers spoke today to the Peterson Institute for International Economics on "Rescuing and...
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Cross Currents in the Economy and Financial System
Read moreJuly 16 - Cross currents in the U.S. economy are particularly evident today and illustrate why it is so difficult to figure out where the economy is...
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Blue Chip Consensus: Weak Recovery Underway
Read moreJuly 12 - Recent consumer confidence, spending and labor market data have raised questions about whether the economy is losing momentum, and these...
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Stimulus shows up in consumer spending
Read moreJune 26 - Can we measure the effects of the economic stimulus legislation? We are just starting to see effects show up in U.S. economic data. The...
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Who's Going to Buy Our Debt Now?
Read moreJune 10 - It seems like a no-brainer that the US should start planning how it will get its fiscal house in order when economic and financial recovery...
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Comparing the Stimulus Packages
Read moreThe House stimulus bill costs roughly $820 billion over ten years, while the Senate bill costs $838 billion. Most notably, the Senate version includes...
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