Long and Short of It
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…
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…
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…