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Tag: Economic Crisis
Congress Passes Over $1 Trillion Spending Measure
150 Republicans voted for Obama’s budget deal.
Why Medical Doctors Are Like Entrepreneurs
The economic role of the entrepreneur is to shoulder uncertainty.
Financial Collapse And The New Leaders That Will Bring It
Harry Dent interview, GOP debate coverage, and much more – Full Show
Fed Raises Rates, Is It Too Late?
Federal Reserve raises its key interest rates.
As A Hopeful Fed Hikes Rates, Americans’ Economic Confidence Tumbles To 13-Month Lows
The perfect time to hike rates?
Governor: Puerto Rico will default in January or May
“There is no money to pay essential services and pay the creditors,” said Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla.
Funding deal hits backlash over increase in foreign worker visas
Less jobs for Americans.
Budget deal increases federal deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars
Obama got nearly everything he wanted and gave up very little.
Rand Paul: ‘The Greatest Threat to Our National Security Is Our Debt’
“We borrow a million dollars a minute. And whose fault is it? Well, frankly, it’s both parties’ fault.”
Fed Lifts Key Interest Rate From Near Zero
Rate lifted by a quarter-point.
U.S. manufacturing weak
Industrial sector continuing to struggle.
Did “Tight” Fed Policy Cause the Financial Crisis?
The Fed caused unsustainable booms through “easy money” in the 1920s and in the 2000s.
Banks Should Not Be Forced to Buy ‘Stock’ in the Federal Reserve
Congress no longer has any valid reason to argue the Fed needs these resources.
Number of Female Billionaires Increases Sevenfold in 20 Years
Asian entrepreneurs pushing numbers up to 145, but still outnumbered by the 1,202 male billionaires.