U.S. Economy

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• One million jobs at risk: Ten US states face budget disaster

  
  The Intelligence Daily — Authority: 524
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• U.S. Treasury Confident Congress Will Increase Debt Ceiling

  
  The Intelligence Daily — Authority: 524
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• Trade Deficit Explodes in September!

  
  "Five Short Blasts" Forum — Authority: 117
  http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/current_press_release/ft900.pdf On Friday the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released U.S. international trade data for the month of September.  Contrary to economists’ expectations of a minimal increase in the trade deficit from August’s level of $30.8 ...
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• Warren Buffett Says ‘The Financial Panic Is Behind Us’

  
  Investorazzi.com — Authority: 471
  Legendary investor Warren Buffett offered some reassuring words to American college students, and the U.S. financial community, yesterday. The Associated Press’ Tali Arbel wrote last night: Capitalism is still alive and well, say the world’s two richest men, despite lingering shocks from the longest, deepest ...
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• Obama Has Plan to Boost Exports. I Smell a Rat!

  
  "Five Short Blasts" Forum — Authority: 117
  http://www.cnbc.com/id/33898862 The above-linked CNBC article reports that Obama has a plan for boosting exports to Asian nations, a plan he’ll unveil in his upcoming trip to the region.   President Barack Obama said on Thursday he planned to discuss a strategy with Asia Pacific leaders calling on their ...
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• Gold: The Ultimate Unlevered Hard Asset

  
  The Daily Reckoning Australia — Authority: 551
  The age of de-leveraging is upon us. Bad news for the US economy; good news for gold. For the past 60 years, corporate debt has grown faster than the economy - 4.1% annually for debt, compared with only 2.7% for the economy as a whole. In short, more and more debt went toward producing each dollar of GDP growth. ...
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• Texas Governor Rick Parry Opens a Can of Whoopass on Obama

  
  Very Important Stuff — Authority: 131
  Check it out: Parry: This is an administration hellbent on taking America toward a socialist country, and we ought not to be afraid to say that. ( More on Parry’s off-the-wall claims from Think Progress .) No one should be afraid to criticize the government.  But Parry would do better to offer ...
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• Banks to Hike Card Rates Ahead of New Regulations

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 521
  With new regulatory restrictions on predatory lending practices, including constraints on the freedom of banks to raise interest rates to unsustainable levels, major banks have told federal regulators that they will be hiking interest rates and slashing credit limits for millions of customers, even where payments have ...
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• Bill Clinton’s Thoughts On Obama’s Tax-and-Spend Policies

  
  Investment U — Authority: 501
  Bill Clinton’s Thoughts On Obama’s Tax-and-Spend Policies by Mark Skousen , Contributing Editor Thursday, November 12, 2009: Issue #1136 “It’s illegal, but I’ll do it anyway.” Famous last words by former President, Bill Clinton. Last month, I had a chance to talk one-on-one with Clinton at the ...
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• US banks bill seeks to strip Fed of powers

  
  The Intelligence Daily — Authority: 524
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• Out of prison, out of a job, out of luck

  
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• Dr. Doom Nouriel Roubini believes the bubble is about to burst

  
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• Massuccis Take: Pricelines stock travels skyward on strong summer season

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 797
  Filed under: Company News , Technology , Columns , Economy , People , Investing , Earnings , Media This summer, for the first time in five years, I used Priceline.com ( PCLN ) to book a hotel room and rental car. Turns out, I am part of a trend. The online travel agency saw an increase in bookings over the ...
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• Potential benefits of “Affordable Health Care for America” Act

  
  Audacity — Authority: 411
  It’s bound to change as any bill does when there are differing priorities in the U.S. House and Senate, but there are some very interesting changes coming down the pike which almost everybody who doesn’t work for a big insurance company is likely to appreciate.The “temporary insurance” program created ...
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• The Endless Black Holes of Afghanistan and Iraq

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 148
  I for one never supported the Iraq War and so it as an act of extreme hubris by the dim witted Chimperator who in his religious based insanity saw himself in a crusade against the infidel. The war has brought us nothing except lost lives and a budget nightmare. Afghanistan is not much better and seems to be ...
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• US economy shed 190,000 jobs in October, above forecasts of 175,000

  
  Count Us Out — Authority: 151
  US Chems, Plastics Cut Jobs As Oct Unemployment Surges To 10.2%November 6, 2009ICIS NewsHOUSTON – Jobs in the US chemicals and plastics industries each declined 0.1% month over month in October while the overall US unemployment rate skyrocketed to a 26-year high at 10.2%, the Labor Department said on Friday.US ...
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• Have the Feds Given the Economy a Miracle Drug?

  
  The Daily Reckoning Australia — Authority: 551
  Twenty years ago today...the Berlin Wall came down. This marked the end of the greatest controlled experiment in economics ever conducted. What did economists learn? Nothing...more below... The financial crisis of 08-09 was not a head cold. It didnt go away. It was more like diabetes, a stroke, or cancer. It was ...
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• Real Pandemic in the US Economy

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 627
  In much the same way Goldman and the Wall Street crew have been bailed out financially by the US government, they now also have the rep of getting bailed out of swine flu with early access to the H1N1 shots. Regular Americans, on the other hand, are still struggling to get flu shots to protect their health. At least ...
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• Shocking numbers: Real unemployment tops 22%

  
  lgstarr — Authority: 433
  Obama figures deliberately understate economic downturn
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• Follow-Up

  
  Grandich's Blog — Authority: 433
  I would like to follow-up to both my challenge and market comments made earlier today. First and foremost, I continue to believe the U.S. Stock Market has been in a “mini melt-up” stage, albeit interrupted by a very short correction. I’ve spoken about DJIA 10,500+ for months. Make no mistake about it, I’m no ...
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