Economics and Investing:

Mind-Boggling Budget Deficit (The Mogambo Guru)

GG recommended this ShawdowStats article published late last year that was previously available only to their paid subscribers: Hyperinflation Special Report

RBS sent us this: The Continuing Decline of the Consumer ….More Struggling Borrowers Face Pay Garnishment

Items from The Economatrix:

Private Employment Fell in March

States Delay Tax Refunds to Help Their Bottom Lines

Wall Street is Driving Up Oil Prices

More Financial Bubbles Ahead in the US Housing Market

US Bankruptcy Filings Highest Ever Since 2005

Hoarding Not Hiring–Corporations Stockpiling Hoards of Cash

Geithner Delays Currency Report

L.A. City Employees Make Impassioned Plea Against Layoffs