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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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AP: House votes for huge deficit-cutting bill

prin pe 20 iulie 2011 în Economie globala, Externe


WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday night to cut federal spending by $6 trillion and require congressional approval of a constitutional balanced budget amendment in exchange for raising the federal debt ceiling and averting a threatened government default. The 234-190 vote marked the power of deeply conservative first-term Republicans, and […]

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