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Obama rounds out economic team with Commerce, trade picks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama tapped Mike Froman and Penny Pritzker for the last two vacant Cabinet slots on his economic team on Thursday, turning to a law school classmate who is already one of his chief advisors and … Continue reading
Defense cuts pose an economic quandary for liberals
Liberals are increasingly facing a conundrum as the Pentagon experiences the deepest cuts in a generation: The significant reductions in military spending that they have long sought are also taking a huge bite out of economic growth. Read full article … Continue reading
Defense cuts pose an economic quandary for liberals
Liberals are increasingly facing a conundrum as the Pentagon experiences the deepest cuts in a generation: The significant reductions in military spending that they have long sought are also taking a huge bite out of economic growth. Read full article … Continue reading
The great economic experiment of 2013: Ben Bernanke vs. austerity
In late 2011, the economist David Beckworth and the writer Ramesh Ponnuru wrote an editorial in the New Republic on how “both liberals and conservatives are wrong about how to fix the economy.” How were they wrong? Conservatives were wrong … Continue reading
The great economic experiment of 2013: Ben Bernanke vs. austerity
In late 2011, the economist David Beckworth and the writer Ramesh Ponnuru wrote an editorial in the New Republic on how “both liberals and conservatives are wrong about how to fix the economy.” How were they wrong? Conservatives were wrong … Continue reading
Europe austerity debate to weigh on Spain’s new economic plans
* Plan to be middle way between austerity, growth policies
Key economic events for the week of April 22
Last week, local jobs numbers showed that the federal spending cuts known as the sequester didn’t have a significant effect on employment in the Washington area. This week, new economic data should shed light on the state of the housing … Continue reading
Analysis: Years of weak growth sow doubt in economic rescue plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than three years after the end of the global recession, sluggish activity across rich and poor economies is confounding policymakers who expected more by now and raising concerns that options for kick-starting growth are increasingly limited.
IMF calls for more action to spur global economic recovery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leaders of the International Monetary Fund on Saturday said an uneven global economic recovery is emerging, and policymakers must take more steps to foster swifter growth and job creation.