Topic: George W. Bush
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional analysts are set to release an authoritative outlook on budget deficits on Thursday as President Barack Obama tries to ease voter anxiety about the spending gaps that some fear may thwart efforts to revive the economy. The Congressional ...
Who will fix the economy? The Fed, Congress, shoppers and businesses all shrugThe Federal Reserve has little power left to lift the economy out of its rut. Congress, with an election looming, has no appetite for more stimulus. Shoppers are reluctant to ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy has begun to rebound from a long recession, but Democrats could struggle to reap the rewards in November's congressional elections given persistently high unemployment and a gloomy voter mood. Opinion polls show that Americans are still ...
David FrumÕs conservative credentials are unimpeachable. He wrote for the conservative journal National Review for 25 years, was a speechwriter for President George W. Bush, and even wrote a book with Richard Perle, a man known in liberal quarters as the ÒPrince ...
The US government closed its 2009 fiscal year with a record 1.417 trillion dollar budget deficit as it poured resources to contain a serious financial crisis that plunged the nation into recession. The deficit was some 962 billion dollars higher than the ...
The US government closed its 2009 fiscal year with a record 1.417 trillion dollar budget deficit as it poured resources to contain a serious financial crisis that plunged the nation into recession. The deficit was some 962 billion dollars higher than the ...
AP Poll: Confidence in US stewardship of economy remains low a year after near meltdownOne year after Wall Street teetered on the brink of collapse, seven out of 10 Americans lack confidence the federal government has taken safeguards to prevent another financial ...
Anatomy of a meltdown: How the financial crisis unfolded in 5 terrifying weeksThe nation was focused on a tropical storm spinning off the Carolinas and a hurricane headed for Florida. People were gaming out how a political novice named Sarah Palin might ...
President Barack Obama on Tuesday awarded Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke a second term, charging him with steering the US economy out of the worst slump since the 1930s. Obama suddenly interrupted his vacation on the well-heeled resort island of Martha's Vineyard ...
President Barack Obama will Tuesday award Ben Bernanke a second term as Federal Reserve chairman, entrusting him with forging recovery from the worst economic slump since the 1930s. In a sudden break from his vacation on well-heeled Martha's Vineyard off the US ...
