Outside the Beltway

The American jobs market continues to disappoint.

June’s Jobs Report was healthy, but the economy still needs to do better.

The economy is so bad there’s a thriving business in tire rental.

Tuition goes up as state funding goes down.

The Chairman of the House Budget Committee is proposing a budget that is based largely on fantasy.

Once again, the House GOP is risking sending the economy into the tank to prove a political point.

Resurrecting and old, and bad, idea.

Are we really going to do this again? The answer appears to be yes.

Could a coin like this solve the looming debt ceiling crisis?

Perhaps we should take a pass on trying to reach a deal on resolving issues propelling us toward the Fiscal Cliff.

Ben Bernanke thinks doing more of the same is just what the economy needs.

Another bad jobs report threatens to undermine whatever good will the President had coming off the Democratic National Convention.

Seniors face a variety of economy-based difficulties–but let’s criticizes the media!

Signs are brewing that the Chinese economy is slowing down significantly.

What if things don’t ever get better?

One year ago, the U.S. lost it’s AAA credit rating with S&P. There doesn’t appear to have been any real impact from that decision.

There are signs that the economy is slowing down so quickly that we may inevitably drift into recession.

Another round of economic statistics suggests that we’re unlikely to see any real improvement between now and Election Day.

Are infrastructure projects the key to turning around the economy? Not really.

Another sign this morning that the economic has been slowing, and may be contracting.

A disappointing beginning to 2012.

The odds are against anyone who challenges an incumbent President. So, how do you do it?

Can Wall Street predict the outcome of Presidential elections? Not really.

We may have to deal with the debt ceiling again before the November elections.

The latest projections from Congressional Budget Office are sobering to say the least.

Another weak GDP report that portends stagnation ahead.

The speech did exactly what it was supposed to do: kick off Obama’s re-election campaign while disguised as a call for unity.

Banks have more money than they can lend out profitably.

After years of fighting inflation, some are now urging the Fed to instead target GDP growth and jobs.

Ronald Reagan’s chief economist has a radical plan for solving the housing crisis.

With the advantage of hindsight, it’s clear that more creative strategies were needed. But they probably couldn’t have been passed.

Making sure millionaires pay more tax than their secretary isn’t as easy as it sounds.

Paul Krugman seems to believe that something like the bubble economy we enjoyed until it burst in 2008 could be had again if only our leaders were sufficiently bold.

Karl Smith does the math and doesn’t see why the Federal government should be collecting ANY taxes right now.

Obama’s economic policies are failing because he’s listening to conservatives – not small businesses.

Ben Bernanke didn’t offer many clues in his speech today, but one wonders if he really has any tricks left up his sleeve.

Will the Fed announce another round of Quantitative Easing?

The 30-year bond has actually gained more than a point in early trading after the S&P downgrade!

Like the rest of us, financial analysts across the globe are trying to figure out what the U.S. debt downgrade means.

So, it happened………

Now that America’s political leadership have probably averted a self-inflicted global economic calamity, it’s time to assess the winners and losers.