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With the nation's unemployment rate at its highest point in 26 years and projected to rise, the Obama administration is intensifying its search for policies that can stoke job creation without adding significantly to the nation's crippling budget deficit....
Tags: Peter Orszag, New York University, Barack Obama, budget deficit, Treasury Department, budget director, director peter, house budget
Economy Minister Mla�an Dinki� said that the government and IMF will not have any problems reaching an agreement for Serbia�s 2010 budget. Dinki� said that the International Monetary Fund and the government have agreed as they met in Belgrade on Monday...
Tags: IMF, informally agreed, budget deficit
Bulgarians will be out of a job by the end of 2010 if the current rate of unemployment continues. Bulgaria will reach 16% in 2010 unless the government takes action. Bulgarians will be out of a job by the end of 2010 if the current rate of unemployment...
Tags: Bulgaria, draft budget, budget deficit
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned on Monday that Asian export-promotion policies and large U.S. budget deficits could refuel global economic imbalances and put efforts to achieve more durable growth at risk if not curbed. Throwing his weight...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Mr. Bernanke, Asian, U.S, budget deficit, Asia Said, China
President Obama's effort to lead the world economic recovery by spending the U.S. out of its recession is undermining the dollar, triggering record commodities rallies as investors scour the globe for hard assets. As threats of a financial meltdown fade,...
Tags: U.S, budget deficit
The federal budget deficit soared to a record $1.4 trillion in the fiscal year that ended in September, a chasm of red ink unequaled in the postwar era that threatens to complicate the most ambitious goals of the Obama administration, including plans...
Tags: budget deficit, U.S, Treasury Department, obama administration, deficit hit, domestic product, Barack Obama, gross domestic, hit recorded, White House
If you thought last year’s federal budget deficit was pretty big, you were right—and it’s three times as big now! Thanks to the magic of the recession, as well as the government’s attempts to rescue various sectors of the economy (and throw money at others,...
Tags: Treasury Department, Treasurys, Treasury International Capital Data, US Treasury, U.S, budget deficit, foreigners purchases, billion dollar, foreigners demand, net foreigners
Deteriorating economic factors have propelled New York State’s projected budget deficit to $4.1 billion, according to the state’s comptroller , who warned on Wednesday that state leaders needed to do more to address an increasingly dire situation. “Most...
Tags: David Paterson, New York State Comptroller, budget deficit
for P11 billion and if it fails to increase revenues. The government recently failed to sell FTI, but Teves said they are now considering other options like re-bidding or negotiated sale. Sale of the SMC share was not included in this year's budget...
Tags: Philippines, central bank, budget deficit, SMC, UnionBank
The City Council convened a special meeting Wednesday to begin discussing how to close a projected spending shortfall in San Diego next fiscal year that Mayor Jerry Sanders has estimated at $179 million. "Like other cities across the nation, San Diego...
Tags: San Diego City Council, Mayor Jerry Sanders, parking meter, budget deficit, meter hours