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Official: Obama Considering Next Stimulus Package
From Bloomberg: Obama’s Advisers Are Considering Second Stimulus, Locke Says President Barack Obama’s advisers are “seriously” considering proposing a second stimulus measure to boost the economy, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said in an interview. Locke said another stimulus would be “very ...
The Economic Impact of a $750 Billion Fiscal Stimulus Package
jec.senate.gov — The Economic Impact of a $750 Billion Fiscal Stimulus Package... (more) The Economic Impact of a $750 Billion ...
Locke Was ‘Imprecise’ in Comments on Second Stimulus (Update1)
bloomberg.com — Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Commerce Secretary Gary Locke was “imprecise” when he said President Barack Obama’s advisers... are considering a second stimulus measure, his spokesman said today. Locke, in an interview with Bloomberg Television, said: “If ... (more) Locke Was ‘Imprecise’ in Comments on Second Stimulus ...
Counting “Jobs Saved” by Obama Fiscal Stimulus
content.ksg.harvard.edu — The National Journal asks: “Is the Obama administration’s stimulus plan helping to create or “save” 650,000 jobs,... as the president and his aides say? Is that an appropriate way to measure the stimulus’ impact?” My response: I ... (more) Counting “Jobs Saved” by Obama Fiscal Stimulus
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Stimulus II
Bear Mountain BullOn the way?? Oh, you know it’ll get here eventually. But I thought the recession was over… Update: More on ’scamulous too’ at Zero Hedge : In other words, with unemployment not improving after the first $787 billion was spent, with GDP improvements having peaked, and since at this point nothing matters since America will never be able to realistically service its debt, with mid-term elections coming up, and Obama’s rating plummeting even despite an orchestrated 50% rally, it is a matter of months, if not days, before the President unveils another multi-trillion ...

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