The lower-than-expected reading this morning for U.S. economic growth in the first quarter has revealed a few victims even as growth picked up — among them, factories. “Manufacturing activity remains weak relative to the larger economy,” in part due...
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Behind the Growth: Manufacturing Lags
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An elderly congregation member in Warren, Ohio.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: $845 Billion
That’s the estimated federal budget deficit for this fiscal year, according to the Congressional Budget Office. “Recent tax increases and spending cuts will help pare the deficit to its lowest level since 2008,” the nonpartisan agency said in the first...
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Obama’s Economy: Timing Everything
Timing is everything. Before Election Day, it was reported that the nation’s unemployment fell below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years. After Inauguration Day, it’s reported that the economy contracted, with the nation’s gross domestic product...
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Defense Cuts: Unavoidable, Despite GDP Contraction Pinned on Defense?
Written with Richard Rubin Just as the U.S. gross domestic product is taking a hit from lower defense budgets, federal spending cuts viewed as unthinkable a few months ago — $1.2 trillion falling heavily on the Pentagon — are seen...
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Speaker of the House John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell emerge from the White House on Nov. 16, 2012.
Fiscal Cliff Deal No Deficit Solution
One might think, given all the debate over tax increases and spending cuts and averting a “fiscal cliff” at year’s end, that the White House’s pursuit of a $4-trillion, 10-year solution suggests the government’s habit of deficit spending could be...
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GDP and Presidential Elections: 2 Pct Worked for Reagan’s Party
The nation’s gross domestic product grew by 2 percent in the last quarter. The Obama White House hailed this as “further evidence that the economy is moving in the right direction” — Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Alan Krueger’s words...
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Economic Indicators at Election Eve — White House: `Right Direction’
Updated at 10:45 am EDT Gross domestic product up. Unemployment down. Housing starts up. Consumer confidence up. With one more federal report on employment to come the Friday before Election Day, Nov. 6. All told, a series of indicators on...
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Economy in `Reverse’: Romney Aide
“The economy is not just down-shifting,” says Mitt Romney’s adviser, Eric Fehrnstrom. “It is slipping into reverse.” Both President Barack Obama — campaigning in Florida and Virginia today — and Republican Romney — campaigning in Colorado — are courting voters...
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