Results for: consumer debt
Can Governments Stop an Economic Slowdown?
https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2011/06/28/can-governments-stop-an-economic-slowdown-n190708
https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2011/06/28/can-governments-stop-an-economic-slowdown-n190708
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He said better regulation was needed to manage the debt risks.” … The prosperity was built on a mountain of government debt, acquired by the Chinese government itself. … Chinese savings wound up in these black holes, which recycled rising consumer incomes and may now have wasted them.…
The "S" Factor
https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2011/06/22/the-s-factor-n190689
https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2011/06/22/the-s-factor-n190689
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Consumer sentiment is higher. The labor market is on firmer footing, despite last month’s jobs disappointment. … a notable slowdown in domestic economic activity, resurgent concerns about the Eurozone periphery, and an impasse in government debt … While there was no mention of a QE3, the Chairman argued that imposing debt limits was the wrong thing to do.…
Nearer, By God, To Thee
https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2011/07/05/near-by-god-to-thee-n190731
https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2011/07/05/near-by-god-to-thee-n190731
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Can President Obama declare the debt ceiling unconstitutional? Felix Salmon at Reuters considers the possibility. … : ‘The president would have constitutional authority to take extraordinary measures to protect the public credit and prevent a debt … default even if it means disregarding the debt limit, which is statutory law subordinate to the Constitution.'”…
Greenspan Calls QE2 the Titanic
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2011/07/01/greenspan-calls-qe2-the-titanic-n237525
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2011/07/01/greenspan-calls-qe2-the-titanic-n237525
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Who knew that huge injections of debt won’t make a country rich? … Who knew that stomping on industry’s throat while attempting to keep prices high wouldn’t do a thing for unemployment or consumer spending … The problem is, it took an extra five or so trillion dollars in debt for the progressives to get their lesson.
Again.…
The Gray Lady Gets Yet Another Case of Depression Lust
https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2011/07/17/the-gray-lady-gets-yet-another-case-of-depression-lust-n254321
https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2011/07/17/the-gray-lady-gets-yet-another-case-of-depression-lust-n254321
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Lilliputian consumer spending is not a symptom or result, but a cause. … Increase consumer choice, like with incandescent light bulbs? … And the consumer bust shows why. The old consumer economy is gone, and it’s not coming back.…
Consumer Confidence Cratered in June
https://pjmedia.com/bryan-preston-1/2011/07/15/consumer-confidence-cratered-in-june-n150435
https://pjmedia.com/bryan-preston-1/2011/07/15/consumer-confidence-cratered-in-june-n150435
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The gauge of consumer expectations was also at its lowest since March 2009, tumbling to 55.8 from 64.8. … Confidence also fell in government economic policies, in parallel to the consumer confidence drop. … And, S&P says it may cut the nation’s credit rating even if a debt ceiling deal is reached.…
Bleeding Economic Indicators
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2011/07/15/bleeding-economic-indicators-n237629
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2011/07/15/bleeding-economic-indicators-n237629
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The dollar strengthened for a second day against the euro after a report showed U.S. consumer prices excluding food and energy increased … Poor’s said there’s a 50 percent chance the U.S. will lose its top credit rating even if Congress reaches agreement on raising the debt … Oh, and that’s assuming we don’t add any more debt between now and then.
Heh.
Funny, yes?…
You Got to Know When to Fold 'em
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2011/07/15/you-got-to-know-when-to-fold-em-n237625
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2011/07/15/you-got-to-know-when-to-fold-em-n237625
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As a result, consumer spending has been decimated. … Household debt averaged 75% of personal income between 1975 and 2000. … On top of that, of course, we have record debt coming out of Washington, with no end in sight.…
Outside Job: Using the Oscars to legitimize a political theory
https://pjmedia.com/zombie/2011/03/01/outside-job-using-the-oscars-to-legitimize-a-political-theory-n136643
https://pjmedia.com/zombie/2011/03/01/outside-job-using-the-oscars-to-legitimize-a-political-theory-n136643
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Started in 1994 by John Gamboa, a co-founder of the consumer interest law firm Public Advocates, and backed by minority business associations … The meltdown was not caused by the bankers who mislabeled their risky debt; the economy would have collapsed no matter who was holding…
Two Papers in One
https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2011/03/06/two-papers-in-one-6-n253603
https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2011/03/06/two-papers-in-one-6-n253603
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economists, “It’s Time to Face the Fiscal Illusion:”
Keynesian economics talks of the “fiscal illusion” created by government debt … : the issuance of such debt can stimulate the economy in the short run by encouraging a false perception of wealth and thus bolstering … consumer spending.…
Q: How Many Occupiers Live on Less Than 66 Cents a Day?
https://pjmedia.com/david-steinberg/2012/05/03/q-how-many-occupiers-live-on-less-than-66-cents-a-day-n164665
https://pjmedia.com/david-steinberg/2012/05/03/q-how-many-occupiers-live-on-less-than-66-cents-a-day-n164665
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the 66th round of National Sample Survey (NSS) carried out between July 2009 and June 2010, all India average monthly per capita consumer … College graduates who received quarter-million dollar loans — that’s Rs 13,350,518.18 — with deferred payments demanding debt forgiveness…
No, George W. Bush Will Not Be the Last GOP President
https://pjmedia.com/carl-paulus/2012/05/13/no-george-w-bush-will-not-be-the-last-gop-president-n9983
https://pjmedia.com/carl-paulus/2012/05/13/no-george-w-bush-will-not-be-the-last-gop-president-n9983
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Conservatives do not need to fall for this trap: free markets, individualism, and economic empowerment generated from creating consumer … The biggest threat facing the nation today is the debt crisis, which we are steadily approaching.…
Voodoo Economics, MSM-Style
https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2009/12/25/voodoo-economics-msm-style-n250842
https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2009/12/25/voodoo-economics-msm-style-n250842
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less bad (I won’t say “better”) than drowning under both governbment incurred debt and personal debt. … And so it took onto itself a huge unfunded debt. … An increase in savings is the basis for increasing the production of consumer goods. Consumer goods are real income.…