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U.S. Economy: Home Prices Fall Near Depression Pace
Sales of single-family houses in the U.S. dropped in November by the most in two decades and resale prices collapsed at a pace reminiscent of the Great Depression, dashing speculation the market was close... ...
US Economy Shrinks as IMF Warns of Great Depression
Agence France-Presse: "The US economy shrank in the third quarter, official data confirmed Tuesday, as the IMF's top economist warned of a second Great Depression offering no respite from relentless gloom... ...
Dude, where’s my $700 billion?
Salon by Mike Madden 12/17/08 Oh, for those flush days of October. This won’t be news to anyone with a 401K or without a winning lottery ticket, but even though Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson has burned... ...
US consumer data shows record slump
The fall was the second straight month of record declines in the consumer price index (CPI) and the biggest since 1947, when the Labour Department began recording the figures, it said on Tuesday. http://english.a ljazeera.net/news/americas /2008/12/20081216154853641 784.html Unemployment:. .. ...
Retail sales post big drop in November
U.S. retail sales excluding autos posted their biggest monthly drop in five years in November, as consumers, spooked by a deepening recession, pared spending for a third straight month, a private report... ...
The Rebirth of Keynes, and the Debate to Come
Robert Reich, Robert Reich Blog: "The economy has just about come to a standstill - not so much because credit markets are clogged as because there's not enough demand in the economy to keep it going.... ...
Paulson wants consumers to borrow more
Nolan Chart by R3volt 11/25/08 Correct me if I am wrong, but did I just hear that Paulson wants consumers to take on more debt in order to solve this economical crisis?!?!?!? At a recent press conference,... ...
The Reckoning: Citigroup Pays for a Rush to Risk
Eric Dash and Julie Creswell, The New York Times: "Even as the first shock waves of the subprime mortgage crisis hit Bear Stearns in June 2007, Citigroup's top executives expressed few concerns about their... ...
US's Road to Recovery Runs Through Beijing
By Francesco Sisci and David P Goldman For the past decade, poor people in the developing world have financed the consumption of rich people in America. America has borrowed nearly $1 trillion a year,... ...
Treasury Scraps Original Bailout Plan as Economy Worsens
Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers: "Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's surprise announcement Wednesday that he'll shift from purchasing troubled assets under the $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan... ...