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...similarities are huge, except this time the opportunities seem to be on the debt side as opposed to the equity side," says Bob Bach, chief economist with Grubb & Ellis Co., a commercial real estate services and investment company...
...quickly voted to allot an additional $2 billion. In the Senate, opposition from John McCain and other deficit hawks slowed passage but appeared unlikely to stop it. "I always thought that cash for clunkers would be an effective stimulus, but it seems to have exceeded expectations," says Princeton University economist Alan Blinder, an early booster of the idea. "It would be a shame to cut it off here...
Bush, George W. • conservative economist Bruce Bartlett places blame for current economic crisis squarely...
...pleasantly surprised, and didn't expect this before the third quarter," says Gilles Moec, a European economist for Deutsche Bank in London. "But the improvement is rather thinly spread, and not necessarily sustainable. A lot will depend on whether the positive activity in exports and consumer spending continues, which may prove difficult." (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...During the war years, which lasted from 1989 until 2003, more than a third of Liberia's small population was displaced, a quarter of a million died, and countless women and men were victims of unthinkable cruelty. Many think that President Johnson Sirleaf, a Harvard-educated economist, can change the tide and take Liberia from post-conflict to development. She's often praised for her strong stand on corruption and her commitment to moving Liberia forward on the long road from conflict to recovery...