The healthcare of many Americans (and perhaps even a few illegals) is likely not immune from the effects of the faltering economy. Going on over two years now, this recession has not only been negatively affecting American’s wallets but may also be affecting the quality of healthcare we receive.
According to the results of a recent [...]
A little Wall Street bailout humor from John Stewart and The Daily Show.
As I’ve written in prior posts, because of their accuracy in assessing our economy, the folks at University of Arizona, Eller College of Management (EBR), Economic Business and Research Center should be considered the leading economic forecasters for our State, and even our nation. They accurately predicted the Great Recession at at a time when [...]
According to Catherine Reagor’s Real Estate and Growth Blog, Dr. Janet L. Yellen, economist, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco will be in Phoenix to talk about Arizona’s economy next week.
One of twelve districts banks represented in the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco provides wholesale [...]
Charlie Munger is Warren Buffett’s long-time business partner, and the Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. Some people might even consider him the real brains behind the outfit.
However, Munger is hardly a carbon copy of Buffett: Munger is known to be a Republican, whereas Buffett has generally supported Democrats. Buffett devotes his time almost exclusively to his [...]
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SIGTARP Transparencies
SIGTARP is the acronym used to easily identify the office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
SIGTARP was created by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA), and is headed by Neil M. Barofsky, the Special Inspector General appointed by President George Bush, and confirmed by the Senate, just before [...]