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...impressive rise in gross domestic product (GDP) was fueled by strong exports, consumer spending and housing-related expenditures. Business spending increased 11.1%, the second straight quarterly rise for a sector that's critical to any sustainable turnaround. Corporate profits for firms in the S& P 500 are expected to be up 20%, on average, from a year ago. And consumers continue to anchor the economy. The summer tax cuts pumped $13.7 billion into their wallets, igniting a 6.6% rise in spending. "Consumers spent aggressively on everything from cars to homes," says economist Mark Zandi of Economy.com...
...will probably take another quarter or two, as job growth typically lags GDP expansion. So far this has been a jobless recovery. Since the recession started in March 2001, the U.S. economy has shed 2.7 million jobs. The Administration would like to hit a target set by some private-sector forecasters to create 200,000 jobs a month, but it has been wary of making its own forecasts. In recent years spikes in the growth rate have faded. Economists expect this year's fourth quarter to cool to a still healthy 4%. To sustain long-term growth, the economy needs...
...RECENTLY SUGGESTED THAT THE ECONOMY WOULD GENERATE 200,000 JOBS A MONTH FOR THE NEXT YEAR. ARE YOU STILL COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE NUMBERS? The numbers I cited were private-sector estimates. For good reason, I'm not in the business of making personal estimates. But I do feel that with a continuing strong recovery, we will see jobs pick up in the months ahead...
...paid to worry about this stuff." In October, Amit Yoran, a former vice president of the Internet security firm Symantec, became head of the NCSD, which will attempt to seek and destroy vulnerabilities in cyberspace, issue warnings in real time and foster communication with the vast private sector, which owns 85% of the infrastructure...
...have no idea. Maybe riding Greyhound buses around the country writing about people I meet in that sector of society—not flying or taking the train, but with enough money to be traveling, and interesting reasons for doing so. NPR beat me to it though...