Monthly Archives: March 2013

the internet has been slow this week; most of us who live out here have noticed slower loading pages, especially for email and those pages with pictures; personally, videos have been practically impossible, with viewing interrupted by long pauses, and … Continue reading →

the story of the botched bailout of banks and their bondholders on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus completely dominated the economic news and opinion blogs this past week; even some who’s forte is domestic policy weighed in…and it’s taken … Continue reading →

there was quite a bit of unwarranted buzz around the blogosphere about a number of budget plans that were introduced early this week, all of which were likely an outgrowth of the requirements imposed on both houses of Congress by … Continue reading →

on the the face of it, the Employment Situation report for February from the BLS was better than what we’ve been seeing; payroll employment increased by a seasonal adjusted 236,000, and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7% from January’s 7.9%, … Continue reading →

since neither the administration nor congress could find a way to avoid the sequestered cuts that both say they dont want, Obama signed an order on Friday March 1st to all begin implementing $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts specified … Continue reading →