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...Christina Romer, the chairwoman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, made the mistake of providing a more optimistic baseline last January - a forecast in which unemployment peaked at 9% without the stimulus bill and stayed below 8% with it. (See who's who in Barack Obama's White House...
Unemployment has of course passed both those mileposts and is probably still rising. ("I have noticed," Bernstein says dryly.) This overshoot says more about the inadequacy of economic-forecasting models than about the efficacy of the stimulus. But the White House cites these same kinds of models in claiming that the stimulus added between 2 and 3 percentage points to economic growth in the second quarter and 3 points in the third quarter. This may be correct as far as general direction - my unscientific assessment (a.k.a. guess) is that it is - but the exact numbers are probably bunk. (Read...
...months later, even as he moved to curb bailed-out execs' pay, banks are on track to pay employees a record $140 billion this year. Andrew Hall, a star trader at Citi's commodities unit Phibro, made headlines for what could be a $100 million payout. "Frustrating," said White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel with a sigh, appearing on CBS's Face the Nation...
...doubles play, sophomore Mac McAnulty and Kiymaz fell in the first round to Brandeis duo Steven Nieman and Nick White, 8-2, while Hayes and Mangham reached the semifinal round before being overcome by Freeman and Malizia of Dartmouth...
...divorced, so now I’m getting revenge,” Pena said, with her face covered in white and black paint...