Jesse sent this: Short-Term Economic Boost from Fiscal Stimulus Outweighed by Long-Term Output Loss [1]
Also from Jesse: Why the Stock Market Should Crash [2]
From reader HPD: Bank Regulators “Reign of Terror” on Small Business Loans [3]
Items from The Economatrix:
Stimulus Watch: Did the White House downplay errors in rush to take credit for job data? [4]
Stronger Dollar, Weak Economic Data Pummels Stocks [5]
Dollar Gains as Homeowners, Job Seekers Struggle
Weak Jobless Claims, Future Economic Activity Data [6]
Foreclosures Hitting More People with Good Credit [7]
AOL Offers Buyouts to 2,500 [8] (33% of their workforce)
Treasury to Sell Warrants as Three Banks Exit Bailouts
Geithner: Some Bailout Funds to Help Lower Debt [9]
AARP Received $18 Million in Federal Stimulus Money [10]–For a job training program that has not created any jobs
Roubini: Unemployment to Worsen [11]
Commentary from Richard Russell: I Sleep Better With The Metal [12]