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Equality, The Essence of Life – Part II – Our Number One Problem
By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath Part one of this series dealt with an excellent solution for dealing with the extraordinary income equalities we are now facing in this country. The solution was offered by Economist, Milton Friedman, … Continue reading
US Trade Wars and You
By: Richard E Walrath and Patricia L Johnson Biggest, best, highest, lowest are all terms all too familiar with this Administration, so let us apply those terms to trade. On September 5, 2018 the monthly trade report was released indicating … Continue reading
US Economy and You
By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the US economy? We think it would be safe to assume most US voters think of the monthly Jobs … Continue reading
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Tagged BLS, Food and Drink Service Jobs, Job Creation, Jobs Report, Manufacturing, Mining, Student Debt, US Deficit
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Harvard University Report – “The State of the Nation’s Housing 2015”
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Tagged Cost of living, Economy, Harvard 2015 State of the Nation's Housing, Housing, Middle class, Renters
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Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee April 28–29, 2015 – Release Date May 20, 2015 – 2:00 EDT
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Economic Projections of Federal Reserve Board Members and Federal Reserve Bank Presidents, March 2015
ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS OF FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD MEMBERS
New York Federal Reserve – Empire State Manufacturing Survey – Released March 16, 2015
Empire State Manufacturing Survey
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FRB: Press Release–Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement–January 28, 2015
FRB: Press Release–Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement–January 28, 2015.
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The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015 to 2025 | Congressional Budget Office
The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015 to 2025 | Congressional Budget Office. Note from P.L. Johnson The budget deficit for FY 2015 is estimated to come in at $468 billion, which is calculated at 2.6% of GDP and will be the lowest … Continue reading
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Tagged ACA costs, Budget Deficit, CBO, Congressional Budget Office, JCT
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1 in 30 U.S. Children Homeless, while Billions spent on election cycle
http://www.homelesschildrenamerica.org/mediadocs/280.pdf. America’s Youngest Outcasts is a November 2014 report issued by The National Center on Family Homelessness organization indicating there are 2.5 million children left homeless each year in this country. In plain English that means that 1 out of every … Continue reading
Economic Indicators SEPTEMBER 2014 (Includes data available as of October 3, 2014)
For those of you that still have doubts about how our economy is doing, you might want to review the following: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/ECONI-2014-09/pdf/ECONI-2014-09.pdf.
1.7% COLA Increase for Social Security Beneficiaries for 2015
By Patricia L Johnson Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for nearly 64 million Americans will increase 1.7 percent for December 2014, according to the Social Security Administration announcement of October 22, 2014. The majority of beneficiaries … Continue reading
US poised to become world’s leading liquid petroleum producer – FT.com
US poised to become world’s leading liquid petroleum producer – FT.com.
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Tagged Liquid Petroleum, Production, Saudi Arabia, US, World, world leader
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54 Consecutive Months of Private-Sector Job Growth
By Patricia L Johnson The first thing I heard from the media today about the most recent jobs report is the word only. Only 142,000 jobs were created in August 2014. They failed to notice our latest job creation report … Continue reading
The U.S. Deficit as a Percentage of GDP
By Patricia L Johnson The U.S. deficit has been a major topic of discussion, especially when it gets close to an election. The opposing party has continually used the deficit as a topic of conversation to indicate how poorly the U.S. … Continue reading
Presidents and the U.S. Economy: An Econometric Exploration Alan S. Blinder and Mark W. Watson Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Economics Princeton University July 2014
http://www.princeton.edu/~mwatson/papers/Presidents_Blinder_Watson_July2014.pdf. “We begin in Section 1 by documenting this fact, which is not at all “stylized.” The U.S. economy not only grows faster, according to real GDP and other measures, during Democratic versus Republican presidencies, it also produces more … Continue reading
Republican Fiscal Year 2015 Budget
budget.house.gov/uploadedfiles/fy15_blueprint.pdf.
CoreLogic Reports Home Prices Rise by 12.2 Percent Year Over Year in February
CoreLogic Reports Home Prices Rise by 12.2 Percent Year Over Year in February. We’ve now had 24 months of consecutive year-over-year increases in home prices nationally
-Federal Reserve System annual financial statements
FRB: Press Release–Federal Reserve System publishes annual financial statements–March 14, 2014.
Crude Facts about Crude Oil 2014 – Why the Price of Gasoline and Diesel Fluctuates
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (FEB 2014) By Patricia L Johnson The above graphics from the U.S. Energy Information Administration represent the various costs that go into a gallon of gasoline and a gallon of diesel as of January 2014. … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, crude oil, Cushing OK, diesel, EIA, exports, gasoline, imports, Keystone Pipeline, NEB, PADD II, Patricia L Johnson, Petroleum, TransCanada, United States Department of Energy
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myRA: A Start to a Secure Retirement | Opinion | McClatchy DC
myRA: A Start to a Secure Retirement | Opinion | McClatchy DC.
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2013 Job Growth averaged 182,000 Jobs Per Month
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Former President Bill Clinton Explains the Affordable Care Act | The White House
Former President Bill Clinton Explains the Affordable Care Act | The White House.
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President’s Budget of the U.S. Government FY2014
Budget of the U.S. Government.
FRB: Press Release–Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement–December 12, 2012
FRB: Press Release–Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement–December 12, 2012.
The Republican Wall of Ignorance
By Patricia L Johnson Speaker John A. Boehner (R-OH) made the following statement on November 9, 2012, which is the same position the Republican Party has taken for years on the subject of taxes. “Raising tax rates will slow down … Continue reading
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www.fixthedebt.org/uploads/files/CEOs Supporting Fix the Debt Campaign Agree to Key Principles for a Debt Deal.pdf
http://www.fixthedebt.org/uploads/files/CEOs Supporting Fix the Debt Campaign Agree to Key Principles for a Debt Deal.pdf.
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Transcript And Audio: Vice Presidential Debate : NPR
Transcript And Audio: Vice Presidential Debate : NPR.
Outside Spending for 2012 Election
Outside Spending | OpenSecrets.
DNC 2012: Bill Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention (Full transcript) – The Washington Post
DNC 2012: Bill Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention (Full transcript) – The Washington Post.
BEA – GDP second quarter 2012, second estimate = annual rate of 1.7 percent
Real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of 1.7 percent in the second quarter of 2012, according to today’s second estimate. This follows a growth rate of 2.0 percent in the first quarter of 2012. Gross Domestic … Continue reading
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Executive Excess 2012: The CEO Hands in Uncle Sam’s Pocket – IPS
Executive Excess 2012: The CEO Hands in Uncle Sam’s Pocket – IPS.
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Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization
Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization.
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Tagged Federal Reserve, Industrial Production, July 2012
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The Trends on Job Creation
By Patricia L Johnson The job losses in this country began in February 2008 with a loss of 84,000 jobs and we continued losing jobs each month for the next 24 months, with February 2010 jobs losses at 35,000. During … Continue reading
How Far does it have to Fall before it’s considered a Failure?
Opinion by Patricia L Johnson The big news today is the $2 billion loss JPMorgan Chase & Co. racked up in the past six week period of time on credit derivatives. CEO Jamie Dimon stated the derivative bet was “flawed, … Continue reading
The Buffett Rule | The White House
The Buffett Rule | The White House.
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Are the Republicans Really Going to Renege?
Opinion by Patricia L Johnson When it comes to politics, voters have many different levels of interest, so I’ll only list a few. We have voters that spend a considerable amount of time paying attention to what goes on in … Continue reading
Crude Facts about Crude Oil 2012
By Patricia L Johnson The above graphic is from the United States Department of Energy and represents the split in how much we pay for in a gallon of regular gasoline, as of January 2012. If you’ve filled up lately … Continue reading
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Tagged BP, Brent crude, Canada, Conoco Phillips, cost of gallon of gas, crude oil, idle, Mexico, Nigeria, Saudia Arabia, Sunoco, U.S. Dept of Energy, U.S. refineries, Venezuela
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Back on Track
By Patricia L Johnson Less than two months after President Obama took office, on March 9, 2009, the DJIA hit a low of 6,547 points due to what would soon become known as the Great Recession, started in 2008. This … Continue reading
December 13th – A Day to Remember or a Day to Forget?
By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath December 13, 2000 is the day Al Gore conceded defeat to then Texas Governor George W. Bush. That was a bad, sad day–almost as bad and sad as the day the Supreme … Continue reading
What is an Entitlement?
By Richard E Walrath and Patricia L Johnson Speaker of the House, John Boehner (R-OH) made the following statement before the Economic Club of Washington when referring to the deficit super committee “when it comes to producing savings to reach … Continue reading
How Much Do You Know About the Bush Tax Cuts andTheir Impact on our Deficit and National Debt?
By Patricia L Johnson Each year the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) completes a projected budget for the next decade. The CBO projection in 2001 for the 10-year period of 2002 through 2011 indicated budget surpluses totaling $5.6 trillion dollars1 … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections 2012, Government, News and politics
Tagged Budget Deficit, Bush Tax-cuts, Congressional Budget Office, EGTRRA, Legislation, National Debt, Tax-cuts, Taxes
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The Effects of Tax-Financed Spending v. Debt-Financed Spending
By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath President Clinton was voted into office in 1992 and served for eight years. When he took over the office of President we had three tax rates, 15%, 28% and 31% and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Budget Deficit, Budget Surplus, CBO, CRS, Deficit Financed Spending, EGTRRA, Eric Cantor, GWOT, Iraq, JGTRRA, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, President Bush, President Clinton, President Obama, Tax Financed Spending, Tax-cuts
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What Would Steve Do? Jobs, That Is
By Richard E Walrath and Patricia L Johnson Steve Jobs came back to his company just in time to save it. Apple was floundering around like a fish out of water. The company lacked focus, a sense of purpose, but … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Employment, Government, News and politics
Tagged business investment, Corporate Tax, Deficit, Excise Tax, GDP, Individual Income Tax, Revenues, tax loopholes
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Are Tax Cuts the Driving Force Behind Job Creation and Economic Growth?
Republican Presidential candidates would have us believe increasing taxes stifles job creation and economic growth in this country, but what does an analysis of economic indicators before and after tax cuts indicate? Proponents of supply-side economics believe economic growth is … Continue reading
American Jobs Act
American Jobs Act.
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Tagged 2011, American Jobs Act, full text, President Obama, September 12
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Defense.gov: Contracts for Monday, September 12, 2011
Defense.gov: Contracts for Monday, September 12, 2011.
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Tagged Contracts, Department of Defense, September 12
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Congressional Budget Office – Estimated Impact of Automatic Budget Enforcement Procedures Specified in the Budget Control Act
Congressional Budget Office – Estimated Impact of Automatic Budget Enforcement Procedures Specified in the Budget Control Act.
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Economic Releases – Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Gross Domestic Product by Metropolitan Area Note: Release time is at 10:30 a.m. Monthly Treasury Statement (The Monthly “Budget”) Note: Release time is at 2 p.m. U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes Commercial Paper Federal Reserve Board (updated daily)
ManpowerGroup | Manpower Employment Outlook Survey – Global – 4th Qtr 2011
ManpowerGroup | Manpower Employment Outlook Survey. “According to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey of global hiring trends released today, employers in 21 of 39 countries expect the fourth-quarter hiring pace to soften from the third quarter. However, Net Employment Outlooks … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, 4th Qtr, hiring trends, Manpower Global Survey Employment
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China Economic Review – CPI
Chinese inflation slows in August The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in China rose 6.2% year-on-year for August, down from a 6.5% increase in July, MarketWatch reported. CPI is a main gauge of inflation published by the National Bureau of Statistics … Continue reading
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Tagged China, China Economic Review, CPI, Market Watch, Wall Street Journal
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Economic Releases – Monday – September 12, 2011
Euro Area Securities Issues Statistics Note: Release time is at 4 a.m. Foreign Exchange Rates (H10) Note: Release time is at 4 p.m. Long-term Interest Rate Statistics for EU Member States Note: Release time is at 4 a.m. Manufacturing, Mining, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, International, News and politics
Tagged Commercial Paper, Euro Area Securities Issues, federal reserve board, Long Term Interest Rate Statistics for EU, Member States Manufacturing, Mining and Wholesale Trade (Quarterly), NBER, Selected Interest Rates, Statistics Foreign Exchange Rates(H10)
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An Analysis of the Obama Jobs Plan
An Analysis of the Obama Jobs Plan.
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Geithner Op-Ed: ‘What the world must do to boost growth’
Geithner Op-Ed: ‘What the world must do to boost growth’.
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FRB: Speech–Bernanke, The U.S. Economic Outlook–September 8, 2011
FRB: Speech–Bernanke, The U.S. Economic Outlook–September 8, 2011.
Economic Releases – Friday, September 9, 2011
ECRI Weekly Leading Index Note: Release time is at 10:30 a.m. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation* Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories (MTIS) Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. Commercial Paper Federal Reserve Board (updated daily) *Note: Annual and … Continue reading
Congressional Budget Office – Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update
Congressional Budget Office – Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update. “The federal budget deficit totaled $1.23 trillion through the first 11 months of fiscal year 2011, CBO estimates–$28 billion less than the deficit incurred in the same period last year. … Continue reading
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Tagged CBO, Congressional Budget Office, Monthly Budget Review
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Fact Sheet: The American Jobs Act | The White House
Fact Sheet: The American Jobs Act | The White House.
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Tagged American Jobs Act, Fact Sheet, The White House
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Address by the President to a Joint Session of Congress | The White House
Address by the President to a Joint Session of Congress | The White House.
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Tagged Obama speech, September 8, Transcript
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The White House – September 8, 2011 – 7:00 PM EDT – President Obama Speaks before Joint Session of Congress on Jobs
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Economic Releases – Thursday, September 8, 2011
Consumer Credit (G19) Note: Release time is at 3 p.m. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. Factors Affecting Reserve Balances (H41) Note: Release time is at 4:30 p.m. Money Stock Measures (H6) Note: Release … Continue reading
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Why $200bn in US trades are failing each day – FT.com
Why $200bn in US trades are failing each day – FT.com “$200bn is a big number. Yet it is also the number of trades failing to settle on average per day in the US market. The equivalent figure for Europe … Continue reading
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Tagged $200 billion/day, trade failures, U.S. Market, U.S. settlement trades, U.S. trades
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Obama to Propose $300B to Jump-Start Jobs – National Journal staff – NationalJournal.com
Obama to Propose $300B to Jump-Start Jobs – National Journal staff – NationalJournal.com. “In his prime-time speech Thursday night to a joint session of Congress, President Obama is expected to propose $300 billion in tax cuts and federal spending to … Continue reading
Obama administration moves to save debt-ridden Postal Service from default – TheHill.com
Obama administration moves to save debt-ridden Postal Service from default – TheHill.com. “The Obama administration will include a financial blueprint for the nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in a deficit-reduction package that will be submitted to Congress, an administration … Continue reading
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Tagged Default, Obama plan, U.S. Postal Service, USPS
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Economic Releases – Wednesday, September 7, 2011
FRB Beige Book Note: Release time is at 2 p.m. Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey Commercial Paper Federal Reserve Board (updated daily) Source: NBER
Economic Releases – Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Employment Trends Index (Conference Board) Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. Foreign Exchange Rates (H10) Note: Release time is at 4 p.m. ISM Service Index Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. Selected Interest Rates Note: Release time is … Continue reading
Labor Day 2011 – Not a Day for Celebration
Historically, Labor Day has been a day of celebration for the millions of men and women, over the age of 16, making up our labor force. In August 2011 our labor force was 153.6 million. Unfortunately, all of the 153.6 … Continue reading
Obama Administration Releases August Housing Scorecard Featuring Making Home Affordable Servicer Assessments
Obama Administration Releases August Housing Scorecard Featuring Making Home Affordable Servicer Assessments.
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Defense.gov: Contracts for Thursday, September 01, 2011
Defense.gov: Contracts for Thursday, September 01, 2011.
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Tagged Contracts, Department of Defense, September 1
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BCA and Disaster Relief | The White House
BCA and Disaster Relief | The White House. “There is no way to predict in advance precisely what the cost of disaster relief will be in any given year. That is why in the bipartisan Budget Control Act (BCA) passed … Continue reading
FRB: Press Release–The Federal Reserve Board announces a formal enforcement action against the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA–September 1, 2011
FRB: Press Release–The Federal Reserve Board announces a formal enforcement action against the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA–September 1, 2011.
FRB: Governor Elizabeth A. Duke – Rebalancing the Housing Market
FRB: Rebalancing the Housing Market. September 1, 2011
Economic Releases – Friday, September 2, 2011
ECRI Weekly Leading Index Note: Release time is at 10:30 a.m. Employment Situation (Includes Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate, Average Workweek, and Hourly Earnings) Commercial Paper Source: NBER
FRB: Press Release–Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with Bank of the Carolinas Corporation, Community State Bank, Lindell Bank and Trust Company, Pacific Commerce Bank, and Whitaker Bank–September 1, 2011
FRB: Press Release–Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with Bank of the Carolinas Corporation, Community State Bank, Lindell Bank and Trust Company, Pacific Commerce Bank, and Whitaker Bank–September 1, 2011.
China’s PMI up for August; exports down
China’s PMI up for August; exports down China’s purchasing manager’s index (PMI), a guage of industrial activity, rose to 50.9 in August following a two-year low of 50.7 in July, Reuters reported. A reading above 50 indicates expansion. The August … Continue reading
Defense.gov: Contracts for Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Defense.gov: Contracts for Wednesday, August 31, 2011.
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Preliminary Annual Report on U.S. Holdings of Foreign Securities
WASHINGTON – Preliminary data from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2010 were released today and posted on the Treasury web site at link. Final survey results, which will include additional detail as well as … Continue reading
COMING SOON – WE THE PEOPLE
Opinion by Patricia L Johnson The White House is in the process of creating a website where ‘we the people’ can go to offer suggestions on petitions. You can read all about it on at the following White House link: … Continue reading
Fifty Additional Community Banks across the Country Receive $767 Million to Help Small Businesses Access Capital, Create New Jobs
Fifty Additional Community Banks across the Country Receive $767 Million to Help Small Businesses Access Capital, Create New Jobs.
FRB: Press Release–Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with Bank of the Carolinas Corporation, Community State Bank, Lindell Bank and Trust Company, Pacific Commerce Bank, and Whitaker Bank–September 1, 2011
FRB: Press Release–Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with Bank of the Carolinas Corporation, Community State Bank, Lindell Bank and Trust Company, Pacific Commerce Bank, and Whitaker Bank–September 1, 2011.
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Tagged Federal Reserve Enforcement Actions, September 1
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FRB: FOMC Minutes, August 9, 2011
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, August 1 and August 9, 2011 Released by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on August 30, 2011
Economic Releases – Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Chicago Business Barometer / Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) Note: Release time is at 9:45 a.m. Help Wanted Online Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Note: Release time is at … Continue reading
Federal Reserve Board Enforcement Action agreement
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/enforcement/enf20110830a1.pdf. Written Agreement between CB HOLDING CORP, Aledo, IL and FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO IL – Docket No. 11-098-WA /RB-HC
Defense.gov: Contracts for Monday, August 29, 2011
Defense.gov: Contracts for Monday, August 29, 2011.
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Tagged AM General LLC, American Ordnance LLC, August 29, Contracts, Day & Zimmerman, Department of Defense, EADS North American Defense, ECC International Constructors LLC, Federal Prison Industries, Freitas Construction, General Dynamics, Sikorsky Aircraft, Woodlawn Mfg.
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Economic Releases – Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Case-Shiller Home Price Indices Note: Release time is at 9 a.m. Consumer Confidence Index (Conference Board) Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Minutes Note: Release time is at 2 p.m. Minutes from the previous … Continue reading
Sino-Forest CEO Allen Chan Resigns
Sino-Forest (TRE.TSE) announced that the company’s founder, chairman and chief executive Allen Chan resigned on Sunday, and that three employees have been suspended pending review of fraud allegations by Canadian regulators, the Wall Street Journal reported. Research firm Muddy Waters … Continue reading
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Caterpillar chief attacks Washington – FT.com
Caterpillar chief attacks Washington – FT.com.
Can Dow Chemical’s CEO Sell Obama-esque Manufacturing Vision? – Rebecca Kaplan – NationalJournal.com
Can Dow Chemical’s CEO Sell Obama-esque Manufacturing Vision? – Rebecca Kaplan – NationalJournal.com.
Bernanke May Seek Consensus on Easing – Bloomberg
Bernanke May Seek Consensus on Easing – Bloomberg.
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Perry’s travel, security costs will stay secret until after 2012 – The Washington Post
Perry’s travel, security costs will stay secret until after 2012 – The Washington Post.
Bachmann’s bridge project could draw fire from Republican rivals – TheHill.com
Bachmann’s bridge project could draw fire from Republican rivals – TheHill.com.
Bernanke Returns Fire—With a Lecture – Jim Tankersley – NationalJournal.com
Bernanke Returns Fire—With a Lecture – Jim Tankersley – NationalJournal.com. “The most important part of the more than 2,000-word speech, though, came near the end. It was a lecture – a dispassionate, wonky, Bernanke-esque one, but a lecture, nonetheless – … Continue reading
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Financial Stability Oversight Council Releases Request for Comment on Asset Management Products and Activities
Financial Stability Oversight Council Releases Request for Comment on Asset Management Products and Activities.