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Media Digest 7/1/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 1, 2010 at 4:04 am

Reuters:   The House passed the financial reform bill leaving the Senate to act Reuters:   Work on the BP plc (NYSE: B) oil spill will be delayed because of Hurricane Alex. ...
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The Budget Director Leaves: Changing Widgets At The White House

Posted: June 22, 2010 at 4:23 am

White House Budget Director Peter Orszag is about to resign, perhaps to get married and have a less hectic life. He certainly get a job in the private sector that ...
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Mixed Messages: Administration Asks For More Stimulus

Posted: May 25, 2010 at 5:17 am

It was only last week that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said that the US economy was strong enough to weather the threat of a slowdown in Europe. That seemed improbable ...
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Treasury To Raise $340 Billion This Quarter

Posted: May 4, 2010 at 5:16 am

The need for money to support the federal deficit in the April to June period grew from earlier forecasts. The Treasury expects to issue $340 billion in net marketable debt, ...
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The White House Says Deficit Has Peaked, And May Be Wrong

Posted: April 13, 2010 at 4:40 am

The White House believes that the deficit has peaked and that the shortfall for the first half of 2010 will be much less than expected. The Administration bases this on an ...
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Federal Debt Now $12.7 Billion, Nearing Statutory Limit

Posted: April 12, 2010 at 2:29 pm

The Treasury Department released the statement of public debt as of March 31. According to the release, the national debt stood at $12.7 trillion. The statutory limit for public debt ...
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Economists Expect GDP To Falter In 2011

Posted: March 10, 2010 at 6:01 am

Results from the poll used to create the Blue Chip Economic Indicator show that economists believe that US GDP will grow at a slower rate than they had previously forecast ...
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