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This article has an interesting way of presenting the National Debt compositions of countries .... check it out .... You can dig in to the American debt and find out the components of it ...
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Whether it’s Barack Obama or Mitt Romney taking the presidential oath of office in January, someone will have the misfortune of overseeing an economy that looks a lot like the one we have today: low growth, persistently high unemployment, and huge amounts of debt. Depending on what happens with the “fiscal cliff,” there’s at least a chance the U.S. will be in recession. The mere threat of $600 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts is already delaying business spending. Yet even if Congress does broker a deal and the worst of the fiscal cliff is postponed, 2013 is shaping up to be a rough year. Read Full Article Here: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-09-13/face-it-2013-is-gonna-be-a-bummer#r=lr-fst Old video .. but interesting ... While Ben Bernanke’s announcement that the Federal Reserve will embark on an open ended scheme to purchase $40 billion in mortgage-backed securities each month has been touted by the establishment media as the beginning of “QE3″ it is in fact nothing less than another banker bailout in disguise ...... Read The full article : http://www.infowars.com/new-banker-bailout-disguised-as-qe3/ The European effect Sep 6th 2012, 15:42 by The Economist online The euro-zone crisis is weighing on other economies Read the Article : http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/09/daily-chart-3?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/dc/theeuropeaneffect Wanted: a European China policy By Guy de Jonquières, Special to CNN Editor's note: Guy de Jonquières is a senior fellow at the European Centre for International Political Economy. The views expressed are his own. There has never been a time when it mattered more for the European Union to be able to speak firmly, coherently, and constructively to China. Sadly, however, the German government and the European Commission appear to be doing their best to undercut the EU’s ability to wield international influence and its ambitions to be taken seriously in Beijing. Read More : http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/04/wanted-a-european-china-policy/ Post by:CNN's Jason MiksTopics: China • Economy • Europe Bereft of leaders, an Asian giant is destined for a period of lower growth. The human cost will be immense (The Economist) India was one of the fastest growing emerging economies in the world during the past couple of years. But lately it is experiencing some serious economic growth slow downs which significantly influence the well being of its economy .... Go to the full Article : http://www.economist.com/node/21556576 IF THE Federal Reserve eases monetary policy again at its meeting on September 13th, as I expect, it will be its most meticulously debated, planned and scrutinised move in recent memory. The case for action has been apparent at least since the spring when it became clear the economy would underperform the Fed's repeatedly lowered economic forecasts. Yet Ben Bernanke spent much of the press conference following the Fed's meeting in June, when it extended Operation Twist (the purchase of long-term bonds financed by selling short-term bonds) on the defensive over why the Fed hadn't done more. In August, it again chose not to pull the trigger. But it did release a statement that hinted the point was drawing near. The minutes to that meeting released three weeks later suggested it would take an immediate and powerful improvement in the economy to stay the Fed's hand........... Read the Full Article >> http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2012/08/ben-bernanke-jackson-hole |
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