In This Crisis, Government Spending Isn't Likely to Do Us in -- But Private Savings Might.
In a crisis, the ratio of public debt to GDP must rise.
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The Recovery Is on the Horizon
Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 07.28.2009 | Business
Doom sells. When someone says "the sky is falling" it's easy to say "yes it is." However, the data points of the last 3-4 months indicate the economy is bottoming. In addition, the leading economic indicators tell us the possibility of recovery is very high.
GDP Q1: Dips At Slightly Lower Pace
AP | Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer | Posted 07.26.2009 | Business
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy tumbled at a 5.5 percent pace in the first quarter, but appears to be doing better now, even though heavy layoffs persi...
Plastic Green Shoots
Michael Pento | Posted 07.16.2009 | Business
What we are experiencing is just an artificially derived respite -- we have only entered the eye of our debt induced hurricane.
Gov Stats Overly Rosy? Some Say Unemployment Is Actually 20%
smartmoney.com | Posted 07.13.2009 | Business
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Today Williams runs Shadow Government Statistics (ShadowStats.com) from his home. For $175 a year subscribers get economic data and analysis adjusted ...
The Plummeting Dollar Prosperity Plan
Michael Pento | Posted 07.07.2009 | Business
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As long as we continue to substitute spurious growth models for genuine growth policies we will continue to lose global power and influence.
The Unknowable Lightness of Being
Zachary Karabell | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business
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The consensus about the future, based on predictions that have never been right in the past, is for anemic economic activity through the fall and then fairly decent into next year with still high unemployment.
What We Measure Matters
Chip Conley | Posted 06.18.2009 | Business
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Modern man has been liberated by prosperity but not fulfilled by it; psychologists and economists are seeking new ways to measure the intangibles of public welfare.
What Do We Value?
Chip Conley | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business
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There's much evidence today showing that this GDP = Quality of Life perspective is just plain wrong both in the developed and the less-developed world.
Obama the Grand Illusionist
Michael Pento | Posted 05.22.2009 | Business
President Obama is smooth. He has an incomparable ability to say the correct thing, then go and do the exact opposite.
Fear Recedes
James Berman | Posted 05.14.2009 | Business
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Common knowledge doesn't influence markets, only true surprises do.
GDP, Federal Spending Now Equal
bloomberg.com | Mark Pittman and Bob Ivry | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business
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March 31 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government and the Federal Reserve have spent, lent or guaranteed $12.8 trillion, an amount that approaches the valu...
Real Money vs. Real Anger
Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business
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An angry public is getting distracted hunting evil doers that really don't matter much in the grander national scheme.
Jobless rolls swell again as recession persists
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 04.26.2009 | Home
WASHINGTON — Hopes that the economy may be poised for a recovery got a splash of reality Thursday: The unemployment rolls are still getting bigg...
Will Everyone Grab a Bucket? This Thing is Sinking
Robert L. Borosage | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
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G-20 conferences have generally been for show. The stakes are real this time -- and the odds going in are against the president in gaining the bold action needed.
Editorial: Odds Of Depression Are 20 Percent
Wall Street Journal | Robert J. Barro | Posted 04.04.2009 | Business
Central questions these days are how severe will the U.S. economic downturn be and how long will it last? The most serious concern is that the downtu...
Fourth Quarter GDP Looks Terrible
Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 04.03.2009 | Business
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Exports were the one solid performer -- until last quarter when they dropped over 20%. Imports dropped as well due to the lack of consumer demand. There is no area of the economy looking good right now.
Economy Shrinks By 6.2%, Worst In 25 Years
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.30.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — The economy is moving in reverse faster than the government can measure. The contraction for the fourth quarter of 2008 had been e...
The Billions of Our Economy Versus the Trillions of High-finance: The New Asymmetry
Saskia Sassen | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business
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The real challenge we face is how to switch out of the hyper-financial mode of the last two decades. It is not to rescue zombie banks.
Investors Gear Up For Deluge Of Weak Earnings, Biggest GDP Drop In 26 Years
CNN | Alexandra Twin | Posted 02.25.2009 | Business
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Investors this week will face the largest batch of company report cards yet, in what is quickly shaping up to be the worst quarter for corporate profi...
Is the U.S a Banana Republic?
Michael Pento | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics
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The two hallmarks of a banana republic are very high rates of inflation coupled with substantial government controls over the economy, which lead to high rates of unemployment and poverty.
Wise Men Say Recession is a Year Old
John Tepper Marlin | Posted 01.01.2009 | Business
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The seven "Wise Men" announced today that the economy entered a recession back in December 2007. The "Wise Men" are seven economists on the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee.
Brazil To Measure Its Happiness Index
Times of India | Posted 12.31.2008 | World
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THIMPHU: Bhutan's Gross National Happiness (GNH) has found a new admirer in Brazil, which says it plans to adopt the unique development index as it wi...
The US Economy Is Shrinking, But It Isn't Alone
Economix | Catherine Rampell | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business
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Today the revised gross domestic product report came out, and it showed that the United States economy shrank by 0.5 percent in the third quarter. How...
Stock market doesn't flinch despite economic data
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Bad news was no news to the battered American economy Tuesday. The government released a triple dose of discouraging data: The eco...
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