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States on Path to Budget Recovery, Sort Of

Posted: December 14, 2012 at 7:30 am

State governments really got whacked by the recession of 2008-2009. Barred by law from deficit spending and facing cuts in federal payments, most states cut programs and services sharply. That ...
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States Cutting the Most Government Jobs

Posted: August 14, 2012 at 6:43 am

Between June 2011 and June 2012 the nation added more than 1.7 million jobs. At the same time, the number of government jobs fell by more 200,000. While the national ...
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Media Digest (11/29/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 29, 2011 at 6:11 am

S&P may cut its outlook on France’s AAA debt. (Reuters) A judge blocks the $285 million settlement between Citigroup (NYSE: C) and the SEC. (Reuters) Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) says Kindle ...
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Media Digest (6/2/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 2, 2011 at 6:28 am

May retail sales may be hurt by a weakened economy. (Reuters) Some Fed officials believe that poor jobs results should cause interest rates to stay low. (Reuters) An academic models ...
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