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WSJ: Why would anyone want to weaken the economy? The Fed is not playing politics with the economy

prin pe 31 august 2011 în Economie globala


    WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry got a lot of blowback for his threat to get “ugly” on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, but the Republican presidential front-runner largely got away with his more serious charge that the Fed was “playing politics” with the economy. Perry insinuated that by “printing money,” Bernanke […]

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NYT: Time to Say It: Double Dip Recession May Be Happening

prin pe 5 august 2011 în Economie globala


It has been three decades since the United States suffered a recession that followed on the heels of the previous one. But it could be happening again. The unrelenting negative economic news of the past two weeks has painted a picture of a United States economy that fell further and recovered less than we had thought. When […]

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