Topic: Economic Issues

Innovation helping Ariz. companies succeed

In Arizona's business world, creativity could be defined by the young paramedic who launched an air-ambulance company, the owner of a janitorial...

The IMF Suggests a Trade

Remember the sovereign debt issue from a few months ago?. . It was supposed to be like cockroaches. Greece was to be like Bear Stearns. The...

Godzilla in the mirror

The collapsing crusade for legislation to combat climate change raises a question: Has ever a political movement made so little of so many ...

Why the spending increase?

A writer complained in Wednesday's edition of The News-Journal about the Republicans solely blaming Obama for the financial mess this country is...
The government's upward correction of growth estimates from the demand side for the first quarter of this fiscal have reduced apprehensions that...
Double-dip recession fears were fuelled yesterday as the UK's powerhouse services sector registered its slowest growth in more than a year during ...
I thought I'd add a few observations on the latest employment report (other reports here: [NYT], [WSJ RTE/Izzo] [CR], [Economist's View]). First...

New Job Opportunity - Spitting at the Moon

In multiple posts Paul Krugman is saying "I told you so". For example, please consider Nobody Could Have PredictedPictures support the view that...
I don't have to tell you that this is a very tough time for our country. Millions of our neighbors have been swept up in the worst recession in...

Roubini Says 400 More Bank Failures Are Likely

The FDIC says more than 800 banks are still at risk. Economist Nouriel Roubini, known for predicting the subprime crisis, expects to see about half...