Real final sales move up significantly. The scheduled interim report on Q2 GDP shows an upward … [Read more...]
Breaking: Q2 GDP 1.5%; Update: 2011Q4 revised upward 1.1 points to 4.1%?
Slump accelerating? The decline in American production continued in the second quarter, according to … [Read more...]
How original: Waxman says GOP’s energy plan is tantamount to “murder”
Hyperbole. House Republicans have lately been working to compile a legislative package that will, … [Read more...]
Chamber of Commerce: “America’s Byzantine tax code”
Beautiful. Emphasis mine: A competitive business environment is just as essential to innovation as … [Read more...]
Hey, who’s up for another massive stimulus package?
Hairofthedogonomics. I guess we can call this Hairofthedogonomics. Europe and the US got drunk on … [Read more...]
Q1 GDP revised downward to 1.9%
Corporate profits have worst quarter in three years. The Commerce Department released its second … [Read more...]
Fed to WH: We’re not going to bail you out
QE3 stays in port ... for now. With economic indicators flashing red all over the place, the Obama … [Read more...]
New residential home sales fall 7.1% in March; Update: USA Today predicts “subpar” economic growth this year
But inventory down as well. The string of bad economic news to close out Q1 continued today with the … [Read more...]
Hey, who’s up for another Stagnant Spring?
Employment slows nationwide. On Sunday, Secretary Treasury Tim Geithner hemmed and hawed a bit when … [Read more...]
Chris Christie: This nation is turning into “people sitting on a couch waiting for their next government check”
Who's with him? New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie followed George W. Bush on the stage at the Bush … [Read more...]
George W. Bush: “I wish they weren’t called the Bush tax cuts”
Name connotation. In a speech to open the Bush Institute Conference on Taxes and Economic Growth in … [Read more...]
Video: Crossroads hits Obama on Solyndra
"The true engine of economic growth will always be companies like Solyndra." Don’t worry … [Read more...]
WaPo: Why aren’t people totally into our awesome economic growth?
Assumptions. When something appears inexplicable, it’s best to start by checking assumptions … [Read more...]
Conference call: Perry’s economic plan; Update: Club for Growth gives Perry plan thumbs-up
Game changer? Earlier today, I sat in on a conference call to hear more about the Cut Balance and … [Read more...]
Bad news: Al Gore unhappy with Obama for dropping EPA’s new smog standards
Memories. The inevitable follow-up to Friday’s news that even The One is willing to dump … [Read more...]
Regulators Gone Wild: Two lessons in how to kill an economy and ruin enterprise
Gibson Guitars and Antelope Valley. Earlier today, I wrote about Ben Bernanke’s punt back to … [Read more...]