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By Heidi Przybyla and Roger Runningen, Bloomberg |
April 4, 2013
The White House is telling lawmakers that President Barack Obama’s budget plan will mirror previous deficit-cutting proposals, which included changing the calculation for Social Security cost-of-living increases and tax brackets.
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By Phil Flynn |
March 5, 2013
President Obama's choice of Ernest Moniz to lead the Department of Energy may be a signal to the gas market that indeed the U.S. will start along a path of sharing our natural gas abundance with the world and start exporting it.
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By Kasia Klimasinska |
February 27, 2013
Former White House Chief of Staff Jacob J. Lew won Senate confirmation to become U.S. Treasury secretary.
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By Mike Dorning, Bloomberg |
January 4, 2013
Fresh from one budget fight, President Barack Obama and Congress are heading for an even bigger confrontation over raising the nation’s debt limit.
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By Heidi Przybyla and Kathleen Hunter, Bloomberg |
December 28, 2012
President Barack Obama summoned congressional leaders to a White House meeting three days before a year-end deadline to avoid $600 billion in spending cuts and tax increases
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By Ian Katz |
December 3, 2012
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's pragmatism amid the most recent financial crisis may offer clues to the solution that will ostensibly avoid the looming fiscal cliff.
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By Noah Buhayar and Dakin Campbell, Bloomberg |
November 27, 2012
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon would be the best person to lead the U.S. Treasury Department in a financial crisis, billionaire investor Warren Buffett said.
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By Heidi Przybyla and Kathleen Hunter, Bloomberg |
November 16, 2012
House Speaker John Boehner offered a “framework” including new revenue to reduce the U.S. budget deficit during talks with President Barack Obama and Congress leaders on averting a year-end fiscal crisis.
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By Jeff Greenblatt |
November 11, 2012
With the election behind us, we can turn to the business of analyzing market fundamentals and cycles.
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By News Story |
November 2, 2012
Bill Clinton added depth to his argument that Obama needs four more years to fix the economy on Thursday night, citing an economist often used by Republicans to criticize the national debt.