Economic Trends
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Obama on Sequester: ‘No Smart Way’ to Cut $85 Billion in 7 Months
By Melanie WaddellMeanwhile, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said the cuts would cause a 0.6 percentage-point drag on growth this year, and Speaker Boehner said senators should "get off their ass" and pass a replacement.
February 01, 2013
Adios, austerity, but debt will still limit Spain’s growth measuresAfter 32 months, Spain learned it cant cut its way to growth now what?
January 24, 2013
Roubini, Bremmer at Davos: U.S. Can’t Do More on World StageDavos interview brings comments on Clinton hearing and Obamas I have a Drone speech.
January 18, 2013
In Connecticut, two sides of a deep economic divideTwo starkly different socioeconomic areas exist just a few miles apart, with each oblivious to the other.
December 27, 2012
Fiscal Cliff – Bring It On: News AnalysisThe issue is how Americans spend money, but rational analysis has been absent from our political discourse. Only pain will prompt appropriate aversion to consuming more than our resources allow.
December 07, 2012
Five myths about the falling U.S. birth rateAre American babies really going the way of pay telephone? Maybe not.
December 06, 2012
Beatles Inspire Bill Gross’ Musings, but Not Investment PicksPIMCO chief uses "Strawberry Fields Forever" to explain his take on what ails the economy, but sobers up for his investment Picks and Pans.
December 03, 2012
Influenza by the numbersThe flu takes no prisoners. It first goes after your health, then it goes for your wallet.