FT.com / US / Economy & Fed - Obama to focus on stimulus not deficit
ft.com 12/8/2008 — Barack Obama on Sunday spelled out his plans for the biggest infrastructure investment in the US for half a century. The president-elect argued that with the economy reeling, his incoming administration could not afford to worry about a spiralling ...

Video: Obama declares plan to cut deficit in half
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 2/23/2009 — President Barack Obama vowed Monday to cut the country's budget deficit in half by the end of his first term.

Funding the Deficit
acrossthecurve.com 12/30/2008 — The incoming Obama Administration and its acolytes in Congress have floated various trial balloons regarding the size of the next stimulus package. Most of the press reports on the topic place the size of the package at something in the neighborhood ...

Obama Targets Budget Deficit
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Obama Targets Budget Deficit
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Video: Obama's Economy A Hard Sell
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 1/26/2009 — The GOP balks at the Obama administration's plans to create jobs with stimulus money, reports Bill Plante. Harry Smith talks to Fox Business News' Liz Claman about the plan.

Trade Deficit Declines Sharply
calculatedriskblog.com 1/15/2009 — Both exports and imports are declining, but the decline in the trade deficit was mostly about oil prices. Petroleum import prices fell from $92 per barrel in October to under $67 per barrel in November - and will fall further in December. The Census ...

Video - Money Minute: Deficit, Starbucks, Ford
marketnewslive.blogspot.com 2/12/2009 — The recession and massive costs for the financial bailout have pushed the federal deficit to an all-time high. The AP's James Limbach reports.

FT.com / World - US deficit set for postwar record
ft.com 1/8/2009 — The US budget deficit will hit nearly $1,200bn this fiscal year even without the cost of Barack Obama’s planned fiscal stimulus, Congress’s budget watchdog warned on Wednesday. The warning came as the president-elect said that the stimulus would be ...

FT.com / World - Obama aims to halve deficit by 2013
ft.com 2/23/2009 — Barack Obama will this week set the goal of halving the budget deficit he inherited by the end of his first term, while pushing ahead aggressively on healthcare reform, climate change and education. His first budget, released on Thursday, will show ...

We Iz Ready 2 B Stimulated — The Big Money 1/8/2009
Recommended reading: "Obama to warn of costs of inaction to economy"-- New York Times . Photo cred: hajime7

America's budget: After the recession, the deluge — The Economist: Full print edition 1/8/2009
Barack Obama must couple short-term stimulus with long-term fiscal reform FOR all his talk of change, Barack Obama will start his presidency much as George Bush did: with a huge fiscal stimulus aimed at boosting an ailing economy and promoting some ...

Lexington: Leading the lawmakers — The Economist: Full print edition 1/8/2009
Until he becomes unpopular, Barack Obama will get most of what he wants from Congress “CHANGE begins at home,” say the billboards in Washington, DC. They are adverts for IKEA, a discount furniture store, urging people to spruce up their ...

The budget deficit: Waiting for God-only-knows-what — The Economist: Full print edition 1/8/2009
America’s grim fiscal outlook could either be a nightmare or an opportunity for Barack Obama DURING one of his debates with Barack Obama, John McCain, the Republican candidate, kept referring to the “fiscal crisis” when he meant ...

Transitional woes: Reality check — The Economist: Full print edition 1/8/2009
The Democrats are hitting a few speed bumps ON JANUARY 6th Fred Thompson, a former senator and actor, glad-handed his way across the Senate floor. Edward Kennedy, who suffers from a brain tumour, strode up and down its aisles. And the 91-year-old ...