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Economic Stimulus
Financial Times:
Economic stimulus programmes, including those in the UK, should not be withdrawn too soon, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the IMF, warns. (Read More)
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Economists are still fighting about whether the economic stimulus was too small, or too big and wasteful, but a consensus is emerging, at least, that the $787 billion package, flawed as it is, is working. With a quarter of th (Read More)
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New York Times:
A variety of economists say that economic stimulus legislation is helping an economy in free fall a year ago to grow again and shed fewer jobs than it otherwise would.
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SFGate: Politics Blog:
As criticism rages this week over whether the Obama administration overstated the number of jobs created by economic stimulus spending, California officials issued a memo Friday giving state...
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Wall Street Journal:
By Louise RadnofskyWashington Wire loves presidential proclamations, in which the commander-in-chief “by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States” declares a given time for a (Read More)
The Guardian:
Investors in Thomas Cook and Tui Travel must wish they could get away from it all. The two travel companies were the biggest fallers in the leading index following downgrades on both companies from Morgan Stanley. In particul (Read More)
CNN:
The watchdog group overseeing economic stimulus spending casts doubt on job numbers. CNN's Kate Bolduan reports.
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L.A. Times - National News:
The economic stimulus package draws new scrutiny. Are its numbers 'propaganda' or coding errors? Hundreds of new jobs in phantom congressi (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - In The Loop:
Government auditors raised doubts Thursday about the number of jobs created or saved by the economic stimulus program, but they also said that mistakes reported in recent weeks signal the benefits of government transparency. (Read More)
New York Times:
Millions of taxpayers may end up owing taxes next April because a little tax credit --part of the economic stimulus package -- ended up being too big.
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Wall Street Journal:
By Louise Radnofsky and Michael CrittendenIt’s been a rowdy day on Capitol Hill as lawmakers have laid into government officials over the $787 billion economic stimulus package.One of them, Earl Devaney, who oversees the stim (Read More)
SF Gate:
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says in its 20-year plan released this week that federal economic stimulus money does not solve immediate or long-term funding needs. The report says that the state's highway trust f (Read More)
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Economic,
Government
The Guardian:
Barack Obama criticises Afghan government and Israeli settlement building, and says he won't read Sarah Palin's bookBarack Obama has backed away from his pledge to close the US prison at Guantánamo Bay by the end of the year, (Read More)
Washington Post:
A government audit set for release Thursday urges the Obama administration to provide further guidance on how recipients of economic stimulus dollars should report jobs created with the funding.
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washingtonpost.com - In The Loop:
A government audit set for release Thursday urges the Obama administration to provide further guidance on how recipients of economic stimulus dollars should report jobs created with the funding.
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