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Deficit spending was a result of the crisis inherited from the previous Administration: “We hold this truth to be self-evident – that 12 years of Republican leadership left our Nation sorely stricken in body, mind, and spirit; and that three years of ….. I am not sure what is going to happen, but whatever it is I am certain it will lead to some form of transfer of wealth to the fed and it’s banks. I do not believe they care one iota for the stock market at this point. …

What Bernanke Doesn’t Understand About Deflation The Fourth Turning: Skies Darkening A Termite-Riddled House: Treasury Bonds Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis Economists Question 8.8% Q1 GDP Growth Number Ben “Willy-Nilly” … If we had our own stock exchange where we could trade oil , I think that, firstly, we could trade not only in US dollars, but also in Roubles, especially for CIS countries, among others. I mean, we are talking about the possibility of the Rouble …

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Ireland’s financial stability remains highly uncertain, and its problems could ripple through Europe, two economists warn.

You are first rate blogger and financial guru. I have learned a lot from you, but I really think you are out of touch with reality on this posting. I respectfully wonder if you are a bit out of touch with working class seniors? … There isn’t a chance in hell she will invest the proceeds of her home in the stock market . This lady has two real choices. She either sells and moves in with her children, or she sells and moves to a town she can afford. …

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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures resumed a strong advance Wednesday after a report from ADP showed that the private sector shed 10000 workers in August, with the data coming two days ahead of the government’s closely watched monthly employment report … Oil giant BP PLC (NYSE:BP) (LONDON:UK:BP.) said it will sell its interests in ethylene and polyethylene production in Malaysia to state-owned company Petronas for $363 million in cash. In the currency markets , …

Today is Christina Romer’s last day as a member of the White House economic team.

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A new study out of Sweden finds that women workers are more likely to have babies if their co-workers also recently had babies.

Over the last two decades, the number of young children of foreign-born parents has doubled, while the number of young children of native-born Americans only has fallen, according to a new report from the Urban Institute.

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As the Afghanistan conflict drags on, the costs of expected veterans’ benefits become a smaller fraction of the total cost of the conflict, an economist writes.

By now, everyone and their mother knows the U.S. stock market is a losing bet. The big indexes went nowhere over the last decade, absolutely plummeted in the last few years and now even the 2009 snap-back rally is officially kaput. … The drop comes from 78 different dividend cuts or suspensions in the S&P 500 during 2009. To put that in perspective, there were only 12 total cuts in 2007. “You can see that during 2009, the rate of dividend decreases skyrocketed. …