Economic Uncertainty

Coping With Economic Uncertainty

Noah Kass | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Uncertainty, Money Uncertainty, Mindfulness, Economic Uncertainty, Insecurity, Financial Insecurity, Economic Anxiety, Anxiety, Economic Insecurity, Healthy Living News

Collective anxiety and increased tension go hand in hand with uncertainty. When individuals experience stress, they can slip into patterns of irrational behavior or thinking, rapid mood swings and highly unpredictable feelings.

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That Uncertainty Word -- I Don't Think It Means What You Think It Means

Jared Bernstein | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economic Uncertainty, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News

The evidence doesn't come close to supporting the conservative talking point that what's holding back hiring is Obama-driven regulatory uncertainty.

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Summers: At Davos, Focus Should Be On Boosting Business Confidence

Reuters | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Larry Summers Davos, Video, Reuters, Davos 2012, Economic Uncertainty, Larry Summers, Economic Recovery, World Economic Forum 2012, Business-Confidence, Business News

(Fixes advisory line. Lawrence Summers, Charles w. Eliot University professor at Harvard and a former U.S. Treasury secretary, is a Reuters columnis...

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Detroit Really Does Matter?

Daniel Cherrin | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Economic Uncertainty, Discretionary Spending, Congress, Emergency Financial Managers, Debt Ceiling, Detroit, Detroit City Finances, Detroit News

Detroit and Detroiters changed the way people live, work and enjoy their lives. Detroit then and Detroit today, stands as an emblem of America's spirit.

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Try These Tips To Boost Financial Happiness

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Financial Control, Money and Happiness, Uncertainty, Job Loss, Powerlessness, Lincoln Financial Group, Economy, Economic Uncertainty, Personal Finance, Financial Happiness, Happiness, Fifty News

What separates people who are optimistic and positive about their finances from those who aren't? One key factor is a sense of control, according to a...

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California Budget Gap Could Be More Than Governor's Projections

Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: State Budgets, Video, Governor Jerry Brown, California, Budget Gaps, Budget, Economic Uncertainty, Public Programs, California Legislature, Business News

California's government could face a budget gap of up to $8 billion in its next fiscal year, substantially more than the $3.1 billion shortfall pr...

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Why the Economic 'Uncertainty' Line Is Shovel-Ready Nonsense

Jared Bernstein | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Economic Uncertainty, Regulation, U.S. Economy, Uncertainty, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News

While conservative politicians are busy jamming their perennial tax cut/deregulate agenda into the current economic context, the thing that businesses are truly uncertain about is when they're going to start seeing some customers again.

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Psychics Prosper: Economic Fears Attract New Clients

DailyFinance | Loren Berlin | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Predictions, Entertainment, Jeffrey Wands, Economic Uncertainty, Tarot, Fortune Tellers, Business, Penelope, Psychics, Psychics Prosper, Business News

In this challenging economy, when U.S. unemployment is far too high and our national and personal bank balances are much too low, one profession that ...

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The Mythology Of Economic 'Uncertainty'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Tarp, Eat the Press, Uncertainty, Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Banks, Economic Uncertainty, Business News

Why can't America have some jobs? Lawmakers tell a story, which your Beltway media regurgitate, and it goes a little something like this: We can't have jobs until banks start lending money to support the productive side of the American economy. Why won't they start lending? Oh, you know... uncertainty! And it's caused by many things: the debt ceiling deal, the unknown future of the Bush-era tax cuts, the Affordable Care Act, the Dodd-Frank legislation. And all the onerous regulation the White House wants to add! You'd think the financial collapse occurred in some sort of loose regulatory environment, where Wall Street was permitted to police itself, or something!

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Home Depot Founder Knocks Obama's Business Adviser, Says Entrepreneurs Fear Government

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: John Mackey, Taxes, Whole Foods, Small Business, Unemployment, Mike Whalen, President Obama, Jobs, Regulation, Economic Uncertainty, Bernie Marcus, Job Creation, Home Depot, Jeff Immelt, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Bernie Marcus, the billionaire founder and former CEO of Home Depot, is not a fan of President Obama's policies. He's also no big admire...

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Private Faith in Public Life

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas Freedom Network, Teddy Roosevelt, Rush Limbaugh, Christian Nation, Economic Uncertainty, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, Federalist Papers, Recession, Sarah Palin, Declaration of Independence, Texas School Board of Education, Sean Hannity, John Adams, Glenn Beck, Articles of Confederation, Bill O'Reilly, Politics News

We really need to stop this ridiculous argument about being a Christian nation. If there should be any doubt, let us listen to the founding fathers themselves.

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Body Politics: The Source Of McCain's Odd Body Language, And The Gift It Brings

Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stress, Economic Uncertainty, How to Deal With Fear, Fear, John McCain, Body Language, Sarah Palin, Body Politics, Mccain's Body Language, Gay Hendricks, Mccain's Odd Body Language, Hendricks, Body Language Maccain, McCain Body Language, Body Language Mccain Palin, Healthy Living News

Never mind that when John McCain smiles, it looks about as warm and inviting as a moonlit New England country graveyard. Never mind that he exhibits...

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