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Before its holiday break, the House voted to continue extensions as part of its $154 billion second stimulus package, and the Senate is set to consider that. On Jan. 10 presidential economic adviser Christina Romer suggested that there was a "need to do more." With unemployment hanging at a stubborn 10% and the release of another troubling jobs report last week, why not do more for the jobless...
...bipartisanship, and what was clear was that even in the midst of crisis, there were those who made decisions based on a quick political calculus rather than on what the country needed. The classic example being me heading over to meet with the House Republican caucus to discuss the stimulus and finding out that [House minority leader John] Boehner had already released a statement saying, We're going to vote against the bill before we've even had a chance to exchange ideas...
...Chinese economy expanded 8.7% last year, the National Bureau of Statistics announced on Thursday, an impressive figure that will offer some relief to Beijing policymakers who declared that maintaining stable growth was critical to ensuring social stability in the face of the global economic downturn. Thanks to expansive stimulus spending and a flood of cheap credit, the Chinese government was able to ensure growth, giving it clout at home and abroad as other major world economies still grapple with slow recoveries. "Those measures quickly produced results and stopped the remarkable decline in our economic growth, and China thus became...
...words will be little comfort to Chen Li. Like millions of other Chinese, the Beijing-based Web developer is struggling with one of the side effects of the country's stimulus efforts - a runaway property market. Fueled by cheap credit, property prices have grown steadily since mid-2009. A government survey of 70 medium- and large-size cities found that in December, average housing costs jumped 2.1% over the previous month - the fastest increase in 18 months. (See pictures of China's infrastructure boom...
...brakes on the economic rebound. What's more, the continued loan losses at the banks show that individuals and companies are still having trouble paying their bills and meeting their debt obligations. Lastly, the losses at the banks, at a time when the government is offering significant stimulus to the financial sector, suggest that the firms remain far from fixed...