New state unemployment numbers
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released monthly state and regional unemployment numbers for November. The report shows three states recorded an unemployment rate increase, 43 states and the District of Columbia saw an unemployment rate decrease, and four states experienced no change.
Timely Resource: Super Cmte & Sequestration
With Washington’s deadline to cut a targeted $1.5 trillion – but a minimum of $1.2 trillion – in federal spending quickly approaching, what are the consequences of failure? A these targeted cuts enough to get our nation’s fiscal house in order….
Timely Resource: Super Cmte & Sequestration
With Washington’s deadline to cut a targeted $1.5 trillion – but a minimum of $1.2 trillion – in federal spending quickly approaching, what are the consequences of failure? A these targeted cuts enough to get our nation’s fiscal house in order….
The week in review
While lawmakers take a vacation, the cycle of significant, and largely disappointing, economic news continues – this week was a perfect example.
Top 3: last week’s most popular posts
A quick look at the three most popular posts from last week.
Radio: Nothing But Truth with Crane Durham
Congress does have some time to spare before raising the debt ceiling. As long as Washington pays the interest ($200 billion) it owes on its debt ($14 trillion) we won’t default; there are ways to keep us from defaulting….
RADIO: THE CARI AND ROB SHOW
“2.2 trillion well covers that 200 billion. So there are ways that [Washington] can prioritize payments and buy a few weeks, if not a few months, in order to….
Radio: Talk Sarasota with Sherman Baldwin
“Both Republicans and Democrats, for the past decade or so, have put our nation in this position. We’ve doubled our debt in the past 10 years; we’re set to double it again. Despite what’s happening out in real America, outside the beltway, and the economic hardships that we’ve all had to go through over the course of the past few years… it seems that Washington hasn’t….
Radio: Late Afternoons with Mike Schikman
A majority of economists believe that government spending, at the end of the day, harms the economy because the government is spending the dollars instead….
Budget Briefing Book
Your one-stop-shop for all you need to know about the ongoing budget and spending discussions.
