Category: Economics

Bulldog Pundit has a post at Ankle Biting Pundits about the Baucus-Grassley bill. BDP explains the bill to those of us who are "economically challenged."It must be heartwarming to …

The president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus hits the environmental nail on the head: In the past year, Al Gore's so-called "documentary" film was shown in cinemas worldwide, …

The federal deficit is running sharply lower through the first eight months of this budget year as growth in revenues continues to outpace growth in spending. Hmm. Compared to …

I've long since passed the point when anything that comes out of a congressman's (or congresswoman's) mouth surprises me, but this evening I saw something that made the hairs …

The Anchoress is praising Bill Clinton. Well, at least she is praising the most significant thing he did as president -- even though he was dragged kicking and screaming …

Unemployment Rates April 1997 - 8.1 - Latinos April 2007 - 5.4 - Latinos April 1997 - 9.8 - blacks April 2007 - 8.2 - blacks April 1997 - …

With incomes and profits growing rapidly, the U.S. budget deficit will fall to about $145 billion during the twelve months ending in April. To put this in perspective,...

The Fed has succeeded in its efforts to slow down U.S. GDP growth. If today's initial estimate holds up after revisions, then the trend line for inflation-adjusted growth over …

I watched American Idol last night and they were doing their "Idol Gives Back" charity show (to be continued tonight). They did segments showing Simon Cowell visiting a food...

Wow. Update: I can't help but wonder if the corporate profits that were responsible for the record Dow (and no doubt created many jobs across the country) will be …