US States Are Facing Total Debt of Over $4 Trillion
• CNBCThe total of U.S. state debt, including pension liabilities, could surpass $4 trillion, with California owing the most and Vermont owing the least, a new analysis says.
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The total of U.S. state debt, including pension liabilities, could surpass $4 trillion, with California owing the most and Vermont owing the least, a new analysis says.
Jack Gregson uses simple (and complex) charts to explain 'The True State of the Economy 2010' (VIDEO)
In Howard's view, nothing has changed. Howard thinks the U.S. is still careening down the road toward a hell of fiscal instability, over-indebtedness, ballooning budget deficits and interest payments, and declining living standards.
Hawaii, North Carolina and New York are delaying refunds this year. Minnesota delayed some business tax refunds last year and may do so again. Alabama is waiting to send out millions of dollars in refunds until it has the cash.
"We've had a phenomenal run in asset classes across the board," says Dan Greenhaus, chief economic strategist for Miller Tabak + Co., an institutional trading firm in New York. "If Obama was a Republican, we would hear a never-ending drumbeat...
Fed Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke used a Dallas Regional Chamber luncheon on Wednesday to tell the American people what flibbertigibbetty fools we are.
More than 1.2 million households [have been] lost to the recession, according to a report issued this week by the Mortgage Bankers Association that looked at data between 2005 and 2008. That number doesn’t include information from 2009...
The American economy appears to be in a cyclical recovery that is gaining strength. Firms have begun to hire and consumer spending seems to be accelerating. So it is surprising that many commentators seem to doubt such a thing could be happening.
In the week ending April 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 460,000, an increase of 18,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 442,000.
One stunning statistic that hit this week regards California’s unemployment insurance claims being paid out. California is paying out some $100 million per day in unemployment benefits.
Ernest Hancock and Jack Gregson
Ernest Hancock and Jack Gregson
Ernest Hancock and Jack Gregson
Ernest Hancock and Jack Gregson
Ernest Hancock and Jack Gregson
Ernest Hancock and Jack Gregson
Ernest Hancock and Jack Gregson
Ernest Hancock and Jack Gregson
Ernest Hancock and Jack Gregson
Ernest Hancock and Jack Gregson
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