From union activists to Democratic members of Congress, the message to the White House is clear: They want President Obama to present a clearer, more coherent message about his plans to turn around the economy. Read more: Democrats to the president: Get a clear message The Portland, Oregon bankruptcy attorneys and …
Also tagged clear-message, congress, democrats, economy, plans, president-obama, the-president, whiteOn this Labor Day, the White House will put its focus squarely back on the economy, following a week where the Obama administration concentrated on Middle East peace talks and the end of America’s combat role in Iraq. Go here to read the rest: President mulls new measures to spark economy The …
Also tagged america, back-on-the, combat-role, its-focus, middle, middle-east, obama, read-the-rest, rest, spark-economy, squarely-backUnions representing state and local government employees have long been able to protect benefits that are the envy of private-sector workers. With the economy in trouble, though, public employee unions are suddenly losing a lot of battles. E-Mail This Add to Del.icio.us Originally posted here: Union Or …
Also tagged economy, employees-have, envy, public-employee, state-and, suddenly-losing, the-envy, with-the-economyThe biggest cause for concern is that this month could show the weakest business hiring in months. Although the economy is technically a year into a recovery, that is not yet showing up in the jobs numbers
Also tagged although-the-economy, biggest-cause, jobs, month, not-yet, show-the-weakest, weakest, weakest-business, worries-over, year-intoWhite House press secretary Robert Gibbs talks to Steve Inskeep about President Obama’s address to the nation on Iraq on Tuesday night. They also discuss the economy and the outlook for Democrats in the midterm elections.
Also tagged also-discuss, democrats, house, midterm, nation-on-iraq, outlook, reading-here, robert, robert-gibbs, steve-inskeep, the-midtermFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank will consider making another large-scale purchase of securities if the slowing economy were to deteriorate significantly and signs of deflation were to flare. He described the economic outlook as “inherently uncertain” and said the economy “remains vulnerable to unexpected developments.” …
Also tagged and-signs, bernanke, central, central-bank-, economic, economy, economy-were, federal-reserve, inherently-uncertain, making-another, reserve, said-the, the-slowing, will-considerIn past recessions, home sales helped lead the economy out of trouble. But this time, the economy may have to pull home sales out of the woods, rather than the other way around. E-Mail This Add to Del.icio.us More here: Home Sale Woes May Rewrite Playbook
Also tagged economy, helped-lead, home-sales, lead-the-economy, may-have, past-recessions, pull-home, rewrite, sales-out, the-other, way-around-, woodsAlmost every single person in the economy is the victim of the recession. These people manage their expenses with their credit cards and that readily increased the amount of debts on them. There are some other people who were previously under the debts of the bank or other financial …
Also tagged bank-or-other, credit, credit-cards, financial, other-financial, other-people, people, people-manage, recession, the-victim, under-the-debts, victimMany people right now are thinking about filing for bankruptcy because the state of the economy has left them without a leg to stand on. The past couple of decades have seen huge booms in credit, and people have been living beyond their means for years at a time. …
Also tagged a-time--, decades-have, economy, filing-for, for-years, has-left, have-been, living-beyond, means, now-are, past-couple, stand-on-, timePresident Obama will spend the next week visiting the Rust Belt, an ill-fitting moniker given the recent recession.
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