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The Associated Press: STIMULUS WATCH: Salary raise counted as saved job

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:23:26 +0000

3 days ago WASHINGTON President Barack Obama's economic recovery program saved 935 jobs at the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, an impressive success story for the stimulus plan. Trouble is, only 508 people work there. The Georgia nonprofit's inflated job count is among persisting ...

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Unemployment

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:47:55 +0000

It’s up to 10.2%. Trouble ahead. Trouble behind. The politics is going to be very tough. More pressure to “fix” the economy. The possibility that we are in the mess we are in because of past attempts to fix the economy is very alien to most politicians and most economists. ...

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Stimulus for Cotton Candy, Tango and a Fish Orchestra? Wacky, or Actually Worthy?

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:51:45 +0000

Waste, of course, is in the eye of the beholder. Among the 150,000 stimulus expenditures released last week are dozens of iPods, toilets and trips to resort hotels. But, according to the reports, those seemingly questionable purchases are being used to enhance technology in the classroom, make ba

MediaMan posted 2 days ago from onthehillblog.blogspot.com

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Registered Disability Savings Plan

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:16:39 +0000

TD Waterhouse Finally Does One This relatively new savings vehicle introduced by the Government a while ago, has been taking a while to appear as a Savings Vehicle in many of the banks. I have been checking with TD for a while, but they have finally come out with their version of the RDSP . This ...

WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com found this 2 days ago on canajunfinances.com

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Edward Lazear: Stimulus and the Jobless Recovery

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:23:00 +0000

EDWARD P. LAZEAR With the news that GDP grew at 3.5% in the third quarter, it seems apparent that economic recovery is underway. How much of this was a result of government programs? To evaluate this, it is important to understand what constitutes a recovery. There are three developments needed ...

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U.S. GDP rises 3.5% as stimulus kicks in

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:41:00 +0000

Alert Email Print By Rex Nutting , MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The U.S. economy expanded at a 3.5% annual pace in the third quarter, as massive government stimulus helped drag the economy out of the longest and deepest recession since the 1930s, the Commerce Department estimated ...

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BOE May Expand Bond Plan as Officials ‘Throw Money’ at Economy

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:31:00 +0000

BOE May Expand Bond Plan as Officials ‘Throw Money’ at Economy

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis found this 2 days ago on bloomberg.com

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In the Battle for Stimulus Jobs, Shoe Store Owner Tells War Story

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:01:00 +0000

Louise Radnofsky reports on how the stimulus money is being spent. How did Kentucky shoe store owner Buddy Moore save nine jobs with just $889.60 in federal stimulus money? He didn't, and that's turning into a big headache for him. Moore's store in Campbellsville, Ky., filed one of 156,614 ...

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How Obama Can Convince Congress to Enact a Larger Stimulus, and Why He Must

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:03:21 +0000

The Administration's biggest economic mistake so far was to badly underestimate last January how bad the employment situation would become by Fall. As a result, it low-balled the stimulus -- settling for a plan that, while avoiding even worse job losses, didn't go nearly far enough. Obama has ...

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Stanley Works and Black & Decker Plan to Merge

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 21:43:31 +0000

Stanley Works and Black & Decker, a rival tool and equipment maker, said Monday afternoon that they had agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction that they valued at about $4.5 billion.

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Stimulus Contracts Go to Companies Under Criminal Investigation

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:06:55 +0000

According to Air Force documents, the companies claimed to be small, minority-owned businesses, which allowed them to gain special preference in bidding for government contracts. But investigators found that they were all part of a larger minority-owned enterprise in Southern California,

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Will Stimulus Take Hold?

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:55:00 +0000

Timothy R. Homan, writing for Bloomberg says GDP Probably Grew as Stimulus Took Hold The economy in the U.S. probably grew in the third quarter at the fastest pace in two years as government stimulus helped bring an end to the worst recession since the 1930s, economists said before reports this ...

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As Deficit Increases, Democrats Plan More Spending

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:22:00 +0000

The White House disclosed the other day that the fiscal 2009 budget deficit clocked in at $1.4 trillion, amid the usual promises to do something about it. Yet even as budget director Peter Orszag was speaking, House Democrats were moving on a dozen spending bills for fiscal 2010 that total 12.1% ...

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Band of Dems Blasts Geithner Plan « The Washington Independent

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:06:59 +0000

Appearing before a House panel on Thursday, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner made his best pitch for legislation granting the White House broad new powers to seize Wall Street firms when their collapse might torpedo others in the industry. It didn’t go so well. A number of Democrats on the House ...

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The Associated Press: Stimulus jobs overstated by thousands

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:59:37 +0000

1 day ago WASHINGTON An early progress report on President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan overstates by thousands the number of jobs created or saved through the stimulus program, a mistake that White House officials promise will be corrected in future reports. The government's first ...

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The Economic Impact of a $750 Billion Fiscal Stimulus Package

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:46:01 +0000

The Economic Impact of a $750 Billion Fiscal Stimulus Package

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Video: Obama's Election Night Anniversary

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 01:51:54 +0000

U.S. News Chief White House Correspondent Kenneth T. Walsh analyzes how the president is doing one year after his historic win.

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The Death of Private Investment

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:31:08 +0000

The Bureau of Economic Analysis released third-quarter gross domestic product numbers yesterday, and overall real growth at 3.5 percent was pretty good. But examining the components of GDP reveals a more disturbing picture. While consumption, exports, and the government sector were up, ...

J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight ... found this 8 days ago on cato-at-liberty.org

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Democrats Push for Plan to Cut Deficit

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 06:02:24 +0000

Senator Kent Conrad, a co-sponsor of a plan to create a deficit-cutting commission says, “It is imperative that we act.”

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National Accounts Show Stimulus Did Not Fuel GDP Growth

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 05:32:09 +0000

Along with the news that real GDP growth improved from -0.7 percent in the second quarter to 3.5 percent in the fourth quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released detailed National Income and Product Account tables yesterday, which received little comment in the press today. These ...

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