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...billion stimulus package disbursed thus far, there's a lot of spending on the way in the next year and a half. After that, pressure from buyers of Treasury securities will probably force a return to fiscal discipline. But over the short run, government should provide a big boost...
...sharpest drop since 1980, and there, too, optimists have found early signs of stabilization. It's not unreasonable to think that, sometime in the next few quarters or even months, business and housing will stop dragging the economy down and begin to provide at least a modest boost. (See pictures of retailers that have gone out of business...
...leaves net exports. The last time the U.S. actually exported more goods and services than it imported was in 1980, and a positive trade balance isn't in the cards anytime soon. But if U.S. consumer spending remains anemic, a rebound overseas could shrink the trade deficit and thus boost the economy. There's just no concrete evidence of that happening yet - the March trade figures, released on Tuesday, showed exports declining faster than imports for the month. Over the somewhat longer term, the big question is whether the global economy can be rebalanced in a way so that...
...Alzheimer's genes (which are associated with the growth of fatty plaques and tangles in the brain that gum up neural connections), for example, have long been clearly linked to dementia. Even heart disease risk factors are somewhat expected, since recent studies show that the same conditions that boost the risk of heart attack, such as high cholesterol, hypertension and atherosclerosis, may also raise the risk of dementia; the theory is that whatever is causing fat deposits in heart vessels may also contribute to fat and protein deposits in the Alzheimer's brain...
...possible that with the Republican Party scattered and adrift, he sees little to lose and perhaps something to gain from stating his case now. Cheney briefly ran for President in 1996, and though he is unlikely to make that mistake again, he may see a chance to boost his dismal approval ratings at least within the battered ranks of the GOP. The argument against this is that it's difficult to believe that even the former Vice President thinks a personal campaign for waterboarding is a good political move...