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July 2002 |
CBO Weighs Effect of Growing Deficit on Fed Programs Health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid figure to suffer, thanks to a growing federal budget deficit, according to a report by the Congressional Budget Office.   |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2010
Nate Weisshaar |
Will Your Portfolio Catch the Greek Contagion? This isn't to say that the U.S. is going to be the next Greece, but in order to address our own fiscal shortcomings, Americans will face decisions not unlike Greece's. |
Inc.
January 2006
Robert E. Litan |
Almost a Tax Plan The budget deficit is deadly serious. Tax reform should be too. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2010
Dave Mock |
3 Reasons to Buy Lockheed Martin Today There are lots, but here are three biggies. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Weekly Walk of Shame: Greek Tragedy The situation in Greece holds foreboding for us all. |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005 |
Wanted: An Honest Budget Bad news outweighs good as President Bush prepares to announce the next federal budget. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
70 Times Bigger Than the TARP Chinese companies are well represented among the 10 stocks that have suffered the greatest loss in market value in the year to March 1, 2009. |
Financial Advisor
October 2006
Bruce W. Fraser |
Economic Pin Balls As it stands today, Bush's economic legacy is still uncertain. Is Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. more than a Hail Mary? |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Laurence J. Kotlikoff |
A Hidden Fiscal Crisis A noted U.S. economist says debt figures seriously understate long-term budget problems in the United States |
The Motley Fool
January 13, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
This Could Cause the Next Crash Higher taxes will transform the investment world. |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Just the Facts: A Look At Obama's Budget Proposal Where spending is rising, and why it's so hard to cut. |
BusinessWeek
April 14, 2011
Tom Keene |
Tom Keene Talks to Goldman's Jan Hatzius Goldman Sachs's chief U.S. economist offers his views on inflation and the budget deficit |
BusinessWeek
April 28, 2011
Rich Miller |
Why a Fed Rate Hike May Be Delayed The GOP's calls for austerity increase the likelihood of long-term budget cuts, and mean interest rates may hold longer than expected. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2010
Thomas F. Cooley |
(Don't) Read My Lips: Higher Taxes Are Inevitable Given current fiscal realities, higher taxes are inevitable. |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Howard Gleckman |
A Bit More For The Coffers After three years in free-fall, federal, state, and local government revenues are starting to show signs of a pickup. |
National Defense
May 2010
Conetta & Knight |
For National Security's Sake, The Pentagon Has to Tighten its Belt President Obama has called for a freeze on most federal agency spending, notably exempting national defense. |
BusinessWeek
February 20, 2006
James Mehring |
Deficits: The CBO's Forecasts Look Too Rosy The massive budget deficits of recent years are starting to shrink, according to the Congressional Budget Office. But as officials readily admit, the agency's projections don't fully capture reality. |
U.S. Banker
May 2010 |
Overspending Threatens Economic Recovery Consumers began to save and the government issued a tax cut. Now spending by both is on the rise again. Unless tough choices are made, this won't end well. |
BusinessWeek
June 16, 2011
Rich Miller |
The Unreliable Predictive Power of Bond Yields Bond investors follow interest rates as predictors of financial crises, but it turns out they're a poor indicator. |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2011
Morgan Housel |
What You Need to Know About the President's Plan to Save $4 Trillion President Barack Obama laid out a plan to slash $4 trillion from the deficit between now and 2023. Here's roughly how it'll get done. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Managing the National Debt There's no such thing as a free lunch. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Balance the Budget Deficit in 3 Easy Steps Willie Sutton robbed banks "because that's where the money is." Those wrestling over how to attack the deficit would be wise to think the same way. |
BusinessWeek
February 10, 2011
Runningen & Nichols |
Obama's Budget: Something for Everyone to Hate The President's proposed 2012 spending cuts won't win him a lot of friends |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Why Obama's Scared of a Trillion-Dollar Stimulus Package Rather than come out swinging with a trillion-dollar stimulus that might push international confidence in the dollar to a tipping point, President-elect Obama keeps the plan at $775 billion. |
Financial Advisor
June 2012
Michelle Knight |
Bane Or Boon? Proposed tax changes could bring significant consequences for municipal bondholders. |
BusinessWeek
January 27, 2011
Tony Capaccio |
A Peace Dividend from Troop Withdrawals Obama's budget for Iraq and Afghanistan is said to tumble 26 percent - the lowest amount since 2005. |
Finance & Development
September 2011 |
Fiscal Neighbors Canada and the United States confronted growing budget deficits and public debt but the results differed. |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Kevin Cheng |
The Long Run Is Near France, like many advanced economies, confronts the expensive needs of a rapidly aging population |
BusinessWeek
February 16, 2004
Howard Gleckman |
The Budget: Hey Guys, Get Real President Bush says he wants to cut the deficit in half by 2009. Here's why that's not likely to happen. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Is Defense Safe? Recent news from the Pentagon looks positive for the industry, but investors shouldn't be quick to assume they've dodged a bullet. |
BusinessWeek
February 24, 2011
Charlie Rose |
Charlie Rose Talks to Nassim Taleb The Black Swan's author saw that spiraling risk in financial markets could spark a global crisis. Now he's warning of the risk in delaying deficit cuts |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
The Riskiest, Most Profitable Bank of All While the Fed won't suffer the same fate as Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers or Northern Rock, a run on the dollar (or even just an orderly decline) could turn out to be the direct equivalent of a run on the (central) bank. |
BusinessWeek
April 8, 2010
Mike Dorning |
Why the Obama Plan Is Working Polls say the economy is heading in the wrong direction. Markets say it's back on track. This time, the markets are right. |
BusinessWeek
May 19, 2011
Tom Keene |
Tom Keene Talks to Goldman's Andrew Tilton The senior U.S. economist for Goldman Sachs talks about the outlook for the rest of 2011. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Should You Worry About the Budget Deficit? Maybe things really are different this time. Unless we rethink the word "entitlement," yes, you should worry about the budget deficit. |
The Motley Fool
January 29, 2009
Rich Smith |
General Dynamics Relives History The more you study GD's stock, the more you notice that investors consistently underestimate the General's profit-making prowess. |
The Motley Fool
November 19, 2009
Rich Smith |
Is That a Knife in Your Back, Boeing? The first time the Obama administration did a hatchet job on Boeing, it was just business. This time, it feels ... personal. |
CFO
March 1, 2008
Edward Teach |
Thriller The federal government's annual report is not for the faint of heart. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2011
Morgan Housel |
What the Debt Deal Might Do to the Economy Probably nothing good. |
The Motley Fool
October 1, 2009
Dave Mock |
A Big Upgrade for Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin gets a big upgrade from many top-performing Motley Fool analysts. |
BusinessWeek
April 6, 2011
Przybyla & Armstrong |
The Audacity of Paul Ryan His plan would privatize Medicare, cut taxes, and cap social spending. |
BusinessWeek
December 2, 2010
Przybyla & Faler |
Deficits and Debt as Far as the Eye Can See Neither the President's panel nor the most hawkish budget-cutters would balance the federal budget for decades to come. |
On Wall Street
August 1, 2010
Milton Ezrati |
The EU Big Fat Greek Problem Greece likely will be a long-term problem for Europe, but what will the effects be in other parts of the world? |
The Motley Fool
April 16, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Why the U.S. Can't Inflate Its Way Out of Debt This country is in piles of debt. Projections for how much more we could load on in the coming decades are downright nightmarish. You think it's bad now? Just wait. |
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
Greece: A Ticking Time Bomb? The tide went out, and they were swimming naked. Greece's debt problems highlight the larger problem with the euro zone's monetary union. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
Ron Paul: "Slash Spending, Get the Government Out of Our Lives" Congressman Ron Paul weighs in on U.S. fiscal policy. |
BusinessWeek
July 30, 2007
James Mehring |
Less Red Ink Now. Lower Rates Later? The odds look good for the federal budget deficit to post the smallest shortfall in five years, while conditions look promising for even less red ink next fiscal year. |
National Real Estate Investor
June 1, 2005
Anthony Downs |
A Recipe Sure to End the Real Estate Boom Slower growth, higher interest rates, and higher taxes are not a recipe for prosperity. So, real estate will be part of the broader economic suffering required by the adjustments our economy must make. |
BusinessWeek
November 17, 2010
Coy & Przybyla |
Debt and Taxes: Will America Ever Grow Up? Two new proposals to get serious about the U.S. budget deficit are colliding with the same old dysfunctional politics. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Congress: Doomed From the Beginning Why the supercommittee failed. |
