Hangover sets in on Spanish debt markets
Posted on January 9, 2011 by
A hangover has already set in on Spanish debt markets after a brief celebration over China’s promise to buy government bonds despite fears of a 2011 debt crunch.
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Debt Hypocrisy
Posted on January 8, 2011 by
What kind of twisted mind thinks it to be acceptable to load debt onto someone unilaterally – without that person’s consent – but unacceptable to allow that same person to choose his or her own level of debt burden? …
Continue ReadingShowdown looms over raising the nation’s debt limit
Posted on January 7, 2011 by
As lawmakers and the White House engage in another game of economic chicken, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says hitting the debt ceiling would cause ‘catastrophic damage to the economy.’ The escalating battle over raising the legal limit on the nation’s debt is one that risks chaos in world financial markets and the creditworthiness of the U.S. government.
Continue ReadingHow Much Debt Can You Handle?
Posted on January 4, 2011 by
Most budgeting articles tell you that debt is??akin to??death and credit cards are cancer. Sure,??c
Continue ReadingRising Rates Reveal Debt Reality
Posted on December 30, 2010 by
The Fed?s lucky streak of luring bond investors with low interest rates may be drawing to a cl
Continue ReadingEconomy: Debt and Politics
Posted on December 29, 2010 by
Global leaders may not have much time in their schedules for Broadway shows, but it’s their loss if they’ve missed Al Pacino’s star turn on Broadway as Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice.”
Continue Reading16 Shocking Facts About Student Debt And The Great College …
Posted on December 26, 2010 by
Now our economy is facing the biggest student loan debt bubble in the history of the world, and when our new college graduates enter the “real world” they are finding out that the good jobs they were promised are very few and far …
Continue ReadingFox Cities municipal debt levels declining
Posted on December 26, 2010 by
A Post-Crescent survey of legal debt limit among the nine municipalities in the Fox Cities shows the average debt level declined from $28.7 million to $28.4 million last year.
Continue ReadingAs $2 Trillion Debt Threatens 100 Cities in 2011, AFL-CIO Attacks …
Posted on December 21, 2010 by
Having spent the weekend sharing some of the news about the union-pension Ponzi scheme and the attempt to keep the truth from the American people, it is only.
Continue ReadingSpain receives debt warning before EU summit
Posted on December 15, 2010 by
Ratings agency Moody’s warned Spain on Wednesday that its debt could be downgraded and Portugal took steps to revive its economy amid concerns about euro zone debt contagion on the eve of a European Union summit.
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