Category: United States
US Budget 2008
The US budget 2008 (October 2007- September 2008) was proposed by President George W. Bush. US budget 2008 features the various economic policies and incentives to be undertaken by the US government in the coming fiscal year.
Main Areas of US Budget 2008
According to the estimates provided by the President of the United States of America in his budget speech, the main areas of national earning are income tax, social security tax and payroll tax. US Budget 2008 – Earnings Projections
House Republicans Criticize SEC – Yes, Republicans
It’s kind of hard to believe, but apparently the Republican wing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform doesn’t too much like what the Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] is – or isn’t – doing.
It’s hard to believe because RPBs seem to like ANY Federal agency – oh say, the Minerals Management Service –
that ISN’T doing a very good job overseeing whatever private sector activity they’re supposed to be watching.
US Mortgage Delinquencies Rose and Spread in Q1
Any way you look at it, extraordinary numbers of people are having trouble paying their mortgage.
What started as a subprime crisis, where borrowers defaulted because they could not handle the payments as their loans reset, has now become a crisis among prime borrowers, who lose the ability to pay their loans when they lose their jobs …
What is less clear is the extent to which the problem is getting worse, better or is simply holding its own.
Deflation Fears Rise in US with Lowest Inflation Since 60s
Consumer prices fell in April for the first time since early last year, and inflation rose at its slowest rate since the 1960s, a new government report said …
The report suggested that government stimulus efforts had not spurred the undesired effect of inflation.
American Expatriats Renouncing Citizenship in Greater Numbers
Amid mounting frustration over taxation and banking problems, small but growing numbers of overseas Americans are taking the weighty step of renouncing their citizenship.
Amid mounting frustration over taxation and banking problems, small but growing numbers of overseas Americans are taking the weighty step of renouncing their citizenship.
US Now IN-Sourcing Counterfeiting of $100 Bills ;-)
The rise of digital money, where the wealth sits in charged ions along the strip of a bank card, has not meant the demise of the counterfeit bill.
According to one expert on counterfeits, through the late 1990s, Treasury Department officials estimated that about $20,000 in phony bills was passed in New York City each week.
North Dakota: Lots of Jobs but Far Too Few Places to Live
For quite a while now, we’ve argued one of the main problems confronting the US and global economy as a whole, as well as several of its major players, like China and India,
For quite a while now, we’ve argued one of the main problems confronting the US and global economy as a whole, as well as several of its major players, like China and India,
