Topic: Mark Zandi
Prescriptions for economic recovery take varied formsThe Associated Press asked people around the country to share their ideas on jump-starting the economy. Some responses:More stimulus: Carolyn Morrison is a Wake County, N.C., school board member who has spent more than 45 years ...
Prescriptions for economic recovery take varied formsThe Associated Press asked people around the country to share their ideas on jump-starting the economy. Some responses:More stimulus: Carolyn Morrison is a Wake County, N.C., school board member who has spent more than 45 years ...
"Why economists think the stimulus didn't work" " Early in August, Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics, and Alan Blinder, former vice-chairman of the Federal Reserve , concluded that "The fiscal stimulus created 2.7 million jobs and added $460 billion to ...
The jury is out on whether the Federal Reserve can kick the recovery into gear, but there's little doubt that the economy needs a jolt.. "The Fed is trying to prop up demand at a time when it's very weak," said Mark ...
Reid, like the Keynesians,backs government intervention Angle, like the Chicago School, advocates leaving markets aloneWith the economy looming as the 1,000-pound gorilla in voting booths this election, voters may be casting their ballots in the U.S. Senate race based not so much ...
This week's installment of What Went Wrong includes an interview with the former head council for AIG, Ernest Patrikis. He weighs in on what could have happened if the Fed didn't bail out AIG.
With foreclosures knocking people out of their homes, depressing home prices and tearing a hole in bank balance sheets, the Obama administration responded this spring with a $75 billion plan to ease mortgage terms for struggling borrowers.. But under questioning last month, ...
The economy's return to growth sparked a flurry of credit-taking in Washington, as the White House promotes their $787 billion stimulus legislation as the key force turning the economy around. Vice President Joe Biden called the number "strong confirmation" that the Recovery ...
Everyone coming through the door is talking about this tax credit. Front page Washington Post story today on the Nov. 30 expiration of the $8,000 first time home buyer tax credit and the rush of buyers and the political debate surrounding it. ...
Talking Points for KQED Forum Morning Appearance, September 4, 2009, 9 AM PDT, 88.5FM, San Francisco. the Republican-leaning economists who make a living by selling their analyses of the economy to manufacturing firms that need information about demand and to financial firms ...