Economics Roundtable
The Problem - II
Calculated Risk adds the the clearest picture of the housing tailspin.
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The Problem - I
Calculated Risk has the clearest picture of the problem we face.
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Special Topic 8/4/10
This week, the Roundtable will feature a special listing for reaction to the payroll employment figures from ADP on Wednesday and the BLS on Friday.
ADP: +42,000
BLS: -131,000/+71,000
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Special Topics 6/28/10
This week, the Roundtable will feature special listings for reaction to Wednesday's
CBO budget projections and the
payroll employment figures
from ADP on Wednesday and the BLS on Friday.
ADP: +13,000
BLS: -125,000/+83,000
CBO: Take your pick.
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Current Economic Conditions 6/5/10
James Hamilton summarizes the situation.
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2007 TNT 132-1 - News Stories (Copyright, 2007, Tax Analysts)
The Office of Management and Budget is also due to release its midsession review July 11
Stan Collender on Bush’s budget process complaint…
BUDGET BATTLES: Chutzpah, Y’All (07/10/2007) - sub req
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In his weekly radio address this past Saturday, the president criticized Congress for not being on schedule with the FY08 appropriations. He also said that Congress was unlikely to send him any appropriations for the ...
Just released today…
The Ways and Means Committee today passed H.R. 3056, the Tax Collection Responsibility Act of 2007, to repeal the use of private debt collection companies to collect Federal income taxes, delay the application of an onerous three percent withholding requirement on businesses, and ...
OMB released updated budget projections yesterday. The 2007 deficit was revised down to $205 billion from a previously estimated $244 billion, but the deficit in 2008 is set to increase to over $250 billion.
A new column by Scott Lilly of the Center for American Progress…
Breakfast at the White House
Congressional leaders will start the month of August with a breakfast meeting with President Bush and his top advisors. The meeting is a response to a joint request by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ...
Statement of Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad…
“The Senate Budget Committee will hold a hearing next Thursday on the President’s nomination of Jim Nussle to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget. This hearing will provide Mr. Nussle with an opportunity to address Members ...
A new column from CAP senior fellow Scott Lilly…
The Case Against Nussle’s Confirmation
When the Senate returns from the August break next week they are expected to take up the confirmation of former Congressman Jim Nussle as Director of the Office of Management. Many students of American government argue ...
CAP Senior Fellow Ruy Teixeira on public opinion of the budget…
Public Opinion Snapshot: Which Side Are You On? The Battle of the Budget
Congress is in the middle of a battle over the budget. On one side are those who want the budget to include higher appropriations for programs ...
New column by CAP Senior Fellow Scott Lilly…
Engineering a Train Wreck
An old Yiddish folktale describes a young man who murders both of his parents and when brought to trial throws himself on the mercy of the court because he was an orphan. The story is intended to explain ...
From today’s Washington Post…
Bush Wants $50 Billion More for Iraq War - washingtonpost.com
President Bush plans to ask Congress next month for up to $50 billion in additional funding for the war in Iraq, a White House official said yesterday, a move that appears to reflect increasing administration confidence that it can ...