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Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 25, 2010 at 5:18 AM EDT

Credit Card Debt Hits Eight-Year Low

Credit research company TransUnion said that credit card debt hit an eight-year low in the second quarter of 2010. It…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 24, 2010 at 3:44 PM EDT

CBO: Stimulus Package Adds Up to Artificial GDP Improvement

The Congressional Budget Office says that in the second quarter the effects of $787 billion package added 1.7% to 4.5%…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 24, 2010 at 10:42 AM EDT

Jobs Situation Ugly: Manufacturers Alliance

The Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI Quarterly Economic Forecast predicts that inflation-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) will expand by 2.9 percent in 2010,…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 23, 2010 at 8:34 PM EDT

America’s Ten Dead Cities: From Detroit To New Orleans

A city does not die when its last resident moves away. Death happens when municipalities lose the industries and vital…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 23, 2010 at 1:10 PM EDT

American Workers Lose As Russia Invades the Jersey Shore

A young Russian woman capably sat my family at an Ocean City, New Jersey restaurant during our recent vacation. A…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 22, 2010 at 7:29 AM EDT

Unemployment Begins To Drop In Some Hardest Hit States

There is some silver lining to the relentless clouds of jobless news which included weekly initial unemployment filings which reached…

Jon C. Ogg | Aug 19, 2010 at 11:24 AM EDT

Dear Philly Fed, Is Business Really Dying?

If you have gone through earnings season and listened to conference calls and read through conference call transcripts in the…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 19, 2010 at 10:34 AM EDT

CBO: Deficit Will Be Huge But Not Massive

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the federal budget deficit for 2010 will exceed $1.3 trillion—$71 billion below last…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 19, 2010 at 10:22 AM EDT

New Data: The Economy Is In The Latrine

The economy is dying and the process is accelerating by the day now. The Conference Board released extremely weak data.…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 19, 2010 at 5:14 AM EDT

Small Businesses Dominate Job Losses

Job losses at companies with fewer than 50 workers eclipsed larger companies when it comes to job cuts according to…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 17, 2010 at 12:48 PM EDT

Minn Fed Chief: Unemployment Will Stay Very High

The heads of the regional Federal Reserve banks are thinkers, but they may not be doers. Narayana Kocherlakota, the President…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 16, 2010 at 6:11 AM EDT

A Quiet Panic About Job Security

Behind every American who does not have a job there are apparently many who are concerned about whether they will…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 13, 2010 at 5:52 AM EDT

American Despair Grows

Americans’ despair about the economy shows up so often in research studies that the results have become redundant. But, the…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 11, 2010 at 6:07 PM EDT

The July Federal Budget Numbers–The Trouble Continues

The Treasury should be happy with its July 2010 budget report. The deficit fell from $180 billion in the month…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 11, 2010 at 5:38 AM EDT

US Economists Wake Up And See A Crisis

The second half of this year will be worse than the first–economically. That is what economists are saying now that…

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Credit Card Debt Hits Eight-Year Low

CBO: Stimulus Package Adds Up to Artificial GDP Improvement

Jobs Situation Ugly: Manufacturers Alliance

America’s Ten Dead Cities: From Detroit To New Orleans

American Workers Lose As Russia Invades the Jersey Shore

Unemployment Begins To Drop In Some Hardest Hit States

Dear Philly Fed, Is Business Really Dying?

CBO: Deficit Will Be Huge But Not Massive

New Data: The Economy Is In The Latrine

Small Businesses Dominate Job Losses

Minn Fed Chief: Unemployment Will Stay Very High

A Quiet Panic About Job Security

American Despair Grows

The July Federal Budget Numbers–The Trouble Continues

US Economists Wake Up And See A Crisis

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Economy Articles

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Credit Card Debt Hits Eight-Year Low

CBO: Stimulus Package Adds Up to Artificial GDP Improvement

Jobs Situation Ugly: Manufacturers Alliance

America’s Ten Dead Cities: From Detroit To New Orleans

American Workers Lose As Russia Invades the Jersey Shore

Unemployment Begins To Drop In Some Hardest Hit States

Dear Philly Fed, Is Business Really Dying?

CBO: Deficit Will Be Huge But Not Massive

New Data: The Economy Is In The Latrine

Small Businesses Dominate Job Losses

Minn Fed Chief: Unemployment Will Stay Very High

A Quiet Panic About Job Security

American Despair Grows

The July Federal Budget Numbers–The Trouble Continues

US Economists Wake Up And See A Crisis

Wall Street CIO: The AI Trade is “Technically Unsustainable.” Buy These Two Industries Instead.

Wall Street Strategist: SpaceX Will Force a Major Stock Market Repositioning. Buy These Stocks Instead.

3 Dividend Stocks Built for Retirement to Buy in June

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