U.S. economy

U.S. Economy: The Big Questions for 2010

Business Week (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

• Financial News Update – 12/09/09 - NoisyRoom.net
• Today at TNR (December 9, 2009) - The Plank
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The Smart Grid's Coming Electric Economy

iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

The economy of yesterday was dependent on access to cheap petroleum. The economy of tomorrow will be dependent on access to cheap, reliable electricity. Consider this nugget of crucial information: In the 1950s, 40% of the U.S. economy relied on electricity. Today, fully two-thirds (66%) of our economy depends on it. [More...]

Letters: Redirect war funds to U.S. economy, job creation

USA Today (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009

Redirect war funds to U.S. economy, job creation Jim Brasfield - Collierville, Tenn. I could not agree more with commentary writer Al Neuharth's column "Didn't Obama learn history at Harvard?". I am sorely disappointed that after nearly a year in...

Breaking News from Moneynews.com Whitney: U.S. Out...

Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | yesterday

Breaking News from Moneynews.com Whitney: U.S. Out of Ways to Boost Economy Gross: Fed to Keep Rates Near Zero for a YearDeutsche Bank: Oil Could Drop to $60 Xie: Bernanke Poisoning U.S. Economy Experts: Healthcare Bills Won’t Cut Costs

Obama New Spendings To Boost U.S. Economy

The Seferm Post (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009

"We avoided the depression many feared. Our work is far from done," Obama said

• The SIns of the Government Fathers Should be Visited Upon The Sons, Even Unto the Fifth Generation - Infidel Bloggers Alliance
• "We have not let up" - President Obama Announces Broad New Proposals to Spur Job Growth - Obama HQ
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Bernanke Low Rates Poison to U.S. Economy

Institutional Financial Derivatives (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is prescribing “poison” to the U.S. economy by keeping interest rates near zero and fueling a wave of speculative capital that may cause the next global crisis, former Morgan Stanley chief Asian economist Andy Xie said. Bernanke is making decisions based on “marginal considerations” that will help short-term growth and employment,...

The U.S. Can Afford the Troop Increase in Afghanistan

The Heritage Foundation Papers (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009

In 2010, President Obama's proposal to increase U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan will cost an estimated $30 billion--or 0.2 percent of the estimated size of the U.S. economy. Clearly, defense spending is not a threat to the U.S. economy.

Research, education vital to economy

Delta Farm Press RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009

It’s no secret that the U.S. economy has been on the equivalent of life support following last year’s meltdown in the banking/financial sector.

US real GDP growth seen at 2% in 2010

Indian Express (Free subscription) | yesterday

Low interest rates will prevail through most of next year as the US economy expands modestly and the unemployment rate remains stuck in double digits, the UCLA Anderson Forecast Group said on Wednesday.

• Slow growth and high unemployment for U.S. in 2010: report - Reuters

Greens' Real Target: U.S. Economy

Netizen News Brief (Free subscription) | yesterday

[HT: GG ] Subject: txt grn 1st owg - Economy: The 16,000 delegates to the two-week-long orgy of self-flagellation known as the Copenhagen Climate Conference want to shrink global output of CO2 not because of hard science, but out of envy. Having decisively lost the great debate between capitalism and socialism, the only way the global warming socialists can do this is by imposing restrictions...

Only 29% Believe that the U.S. Economy Will Be Helped More By Government Decisions

Chlorinated Liberty (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009

In a wholehearted defense of his administration’s actions to right the economy in the first months of his presidency, today, President Obama outlined his plans going forward to try and create more jobs and spur economic growth. To no one's surprise Obama's speech chastised the tax cuts of the previous administration and instead outlined a new multibillion-dollar stimulus and jobs proposal...

AP analysis: US economy entering sluggish recovery

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

Now that the Great Recession appears over, the economy looks to be entering a Rocky Recovery, in which much of the nation will continue to struggle well into 2010. The Associated Press' monthly analysis of economic stress in more than 3,100 U.S. counties... Late-2000s recession - Economy of the United States - US - Economic - Social Sciences

Bernanke: Economy improving, faces headwinds

Business Report (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has said that the shell-shocked US economy has improved.

BBVA Compass to Host Fourth Quarter U.S. Regional Watch Economic Teleconference and Webcast

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BBVA Compass today announced that it will hold a teleconference and webcast to discuss economic results from its recently completed fourth quarter U.S. Regional Watch at 11:00 a.m. Central Time on Monday, December 14, 2009. Hosted in conjunction with The University of Arizona Eller College of Management, the presentation will discuss economic...

Obama Advisor: "Cap and Trade is a Revolution that Will Change U.S. Economy"

Latest Posts (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009