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Economy – The Outlook Is Your Outlook
The vast central swath through the middle of the American political spectrum representing a majority, seeks reasonableness from government. The majority expects its business to be conducted with some integrity, without the encumbrance of concrete boots of left or right extremism demanded by party affiliation. This expectation of common sense, and forthrightness has not... »
A Positive Trend Rising Out Of The Fear
A positive trend is imposing itself on the American landscape. The average savings rate, which had been 7.7% in 1992 and even reached lofty levels of 12% in the ‘70s, dropped to almost zero four years ago and stayed there. In the last quarter of 2008 that trend made a dramatic turn.
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Obama, Watch Consumers And Learn
American consumers are being accused of closing their wallets. This is evidenced in three months of contracted spending into the end of 2008. The new year has brought more of the same, and consumers are being admonished for spreading “weakness.â€â€¨â€¨ Politicians, economists, and the media, have strained to peculiar characterizations in describing the source of... »
Consumers And Volatile Oil Prices
Consumers across North America daily check the wildly fluctuating prices of gasoline at their favorite neighborhood stations. Magically, prices change at all those pumps in unison. Just as strangely, pump prices have not dropped in step with the currently defeated price of crude.

 Price of crude oil today floats around USD$35 per barrel, down severely... »
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