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, Home About Us Contact Us Hoover Institution Economics Education Energy Freedom Health Care Intl Relations National Security Politics Rule of Law Other History Virtues : Resize A A A Contrary to the President , Social Security Checks Are Not At Risk Michael McConnell July 23, 2011 8:41 am In his Friday night press conference , for the second time , President Obama raised the specter that Social Security checks might not go out if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling . His words : Well , when it comes to all the checks , not just Social Security veterans , people with disabilities about 70 million checks are sent out each month if we default then we’re going to have to make adjustments . And I’m already consulting with Secretary Geithner in terms of what the consequences would be .
When we hear debates about the “credibility” of the Bank of England, or of the government’s deficit reduction programme, what does that word actually mean? “Credibility” is an economists’ term of art, closely connected with another piece of jargon – a “commitment technology”. A commitment technology is some means of committing ourselves. A promise would [...]
After another humiliating defeat for John Boehner’s bill, where are we now in the hunt for a compromise to head off US default and government shutdown? No nearer a deal, that’s where. It’s a quarter to midnight and House Republicans cannot even agree among themselves on the way forward, let alone reach an accord with [...]
House prices edged upwards by 0.2pc last month, according to Nationwide Building Society, as lending increased three years after the global credit crisis caused a mortgage famine in Britain. Other lenders are easing terms to tempt first time buyers back into the market with low rates and higher loan to value (LTV) deals.
Skipton Building Society was [...]
It’s a tale of two perspectives this morning, with results from British Gas owner Centrica and oil major Royal Dutch Shell.
One the one hand, we have Simon Henry, finance director of Shell, saying that: “Gas prices are not particularly high at the moment.”
Meanwhile, British Gas, which made a £518m profit, says the fact that gas [...]
Some long-term bulls predict the gold price will fall next week when talks to lift the American debt ceiling hit the August 2 deadline. That seems counter-intuitive when fears about a US default or a credit rating agency downgrade of Treasury bonds helped drive the gold price to record highs.
But, as President Barack Obama and [...]
Just recently I’ve been rereading The Great Gatsby by Scott Fiztgerald. Contrary to received wisdom, it’s not his best novel, which is Tender is the Night – obviously – but Gatsby is more fun and if the definition of the truly great novel is to have contemporary relevance way beyond its time, the Great Gatsby [...]
CRFB.org Stimulus.org US Budget Watch Peterson-Pew Commission E-mail list sign up : Subscribe Unsubscribe Search : Home Documents Blog News Events About Contact Recent Posts Updated Boehner Proposal More Support for the Gang of Six Recent Study Ranks U.S . Debt Fifth Largest Among Major Economies CBO Scores the Reid and Boehner Plans IMF Report Calls for Balanced , Comprehensive Fiscal Reform Plan MY VIEW : Tim Penny and Bill Frenzel Comparing the Reid and Boehner Proposals A Tale of Two Caps By month July 2011 56 June 2011 54 May 2011 48 April 2011 55 March 2011 68 February 2011 55 January 2011 59 December 2010 46 November 2010 60 October 2010 53 September 2010 41 August 2010 43 All Archives By Keyword Budget 197 CBO 100 Congress 224 Deficits and Debt 350 Economy 133 Fiscal News 121
. CRFB.org Stimulus.org US Budget Watch Peterson-Pew Commission E-mail list sign up : Subscribe Unsubscribe Search : Home Documents Blog News Events About Contact Recent Posts Updated Boehner Proposal More Support for the Gang of Six Recent Study Ranks U.S . Debt Fifth Largest Among Major Economies CBO Scores the Reid and Boehner Plans IMF Report Calls for Balanced , Comprehensive Fiscal Reform Plan MY VIEW : Tim Penny and Bill Frenzel Comparing the Reid and Boehner Proposals A Tale of Two Caps By month July 2011 56 June 2011 54 May 2011 48 April 2011 55 March 2011 68 February 2011 55 January 2011 59 December 2010 46 November 2010 60 October 2010 53 September 2010 41 August 2010 43 All Archives By Keyword Budget 197 CBO 100 Congress 224 Deficits and Debt 350 Economy 133 Fiscal News 121
In this figure I show you three things. The red line is the standard rate of annual inflation in the cost of living – the all-items retail prices index. The green line tells us how the real value of quarterly output of the economy compared with the real value of output in the same quarter [...]
, CRFB.org Stimulus.org US Budget Watch Peterson-Pew Commission E-mail list sign up : Subscribe Unsubscribe Search : Home Documents Blog News Events About Contact Recent Posts IMF Report Calls for Balanced , Comprehensive Fiscal Reform Plan MY VIEW : Tim Penny and Bill Frenzel Comparing the Reid and Boehner Proposals A Tale of Two Caps Boehner and Reid Plans Moving Forward President Obama To Address the Nation at 9PM The Decisions Behind Getting to a Sustainable Debt Path CRFB Senior Advisor Elmer B . Staats Passes Away By month July 2011 52 June 2011 54 May 2011 48 April 2011 55 March 2011 68 February 2011 55 January 2011 59 December 2010 46 November 2010 60 October 2010 53 September 2010 41 August 2010 43 All Archives By Keyword Budget 197 CBO 100 Congress 224 Deficits and Debt 350
CRFB.org Stimulus.org US Budget Watch Peterson-Pew Commission E-mail list sign up : Subscribe Unsubscribe Search : Home Documents Blog News Events About Contact Recent Posts Boehner and Reid Plans Moving Forward President Obama To Address the Nation at 9PM The Decisions Behind Getting to a Sustainable Debt Path CRFB Senior Advisor Elmer B . Staats Passes Away Line’ Items : Heat is on Edition A Different Approach to the Balanced Budget Amendment Spotlight on the States : Federal Default Edition MY VIEW : Alan Simpson By month July 2011 48 June 2011 54 May 2011 48 April 2011 55 March 2011 68 February 2011 55 January 2011 59 December 2010 46 November 2010 60 October 2010 53 September 2010 41 August 2010 43 All Archives By Keyword Budget 197 CBO 100 Congress 224 Deficits and Debt 350 Economy
CRFB.org Stimulus.org US Budget Watch Peterson-Pew Commission E-mail list sign up : Subscribe Unsubscribe Search : Home Documents Blog News Events About Contact Recent Posts Boehner and Reid Plans Moving Forward President Obama To Address the Nation at 9PM The Decisions Behind Getting to a Sustainable Debt Path CRFB Senior Advisor Elmer B . Staats Passes Away Line’ Items : Heat is on Edition A Different Approach to the Balanced Budget Amendment Spotlight on the States : Federal Default Edition MY VIEW : Alan Simpson By month July 2011 48 June 2011 54 May 2011 48 April 2011 55 March 2011 68 February 2011 55 January 2011 59 December 2010 46 November 2010 60 October 2010 53 September 2010 41 August 2010 43 All Archives By Keyword Budget 197 CBO 100 Congress 224 Deficits and Debt 350 Economy
GASB 45 requires a complete actuarial valuation of public retiree health plans to be completed every 2 to 3 years (depending on number of plan members), and sponsors usually don’t look forward to the administrative hassles of their next study. However, there are several situations where a new valuation could be advantageous and, likely, mandatory. [...]