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A slowing economy. The high cost of food and other essentials. A dearth of job opportunities. The debt ceiling debate. Chaotic markets. Nowadays, there’s plenty of bad news to go around about near-term concer…
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Reliance on Uncle Sam hits a record
by a Wall Street Examiner • • 0 Comments
Americans depended more on government assistance in 2010 than at any other time in the nation’s history, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data finds. The trend shows few signs of easing, even though the economic recovery is nearly 2 years old.
A record…
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Bernanke’s Narcissistic Swill- Professional Edition
by Lee Adler • • 4 Comments
The Treasury began to pay off the weekly $25 billion in SFP CMBs this week resulting in a net paydown of $12 billion at Thursday’s bill settlements. That was a bullish influence on stocks as expected, but indirect bid data suggests that the FCBs weren’t all that aggressive in their bidding at the regular bill…
