Topic: Jimmy Carter
Under Carter In March 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act (DIDMCA), raising deposit insurance limit from $40,000 to $100,000, and phasing out ceilings on the interest rates that banks could offer their depositors. Under Clinton In ...
state government aid, infrastructure spendingEconomists have plenty on their wish lists for the next economic stimulus package, which President-elect Barack Obama has called a top priority once he takes office.The first stimulus package put money directly into taxpayers' pockets, but there's wide ...
Former President Carter says administration's $700 billion bailout plan is 'extremely faulty'The Bush administration's $700 billion plan to bail out the financial industry is " extremely faulty," Former President Jimmy Carter said at a Tuesday night town hall-style meeting.Carter said he believes ...