Posts by Nicolas Mendoza
Chicago Fed calls for action to reduce unemployment
The Chicago Federal Reserve has been the lone dissenting voice in favor of stimulating the economy through monetary policy.
While total new jobs increased, public sector hires fell slightly
While the private sector hires showed a slight bump, the number of new hires at state and local governments fell 14,000 in September.
Americans perceive that federal government wastes more than half its spending
The partisan perception over how much federal government spending is wasted is the reverse of what it was in 2001, under President George W. Bush, suggesting that who is in office affects perceptions of government waste.
Gallup: Little difference in how Obama would fare against four GOP frontrunners
Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney all achieve roughly equal results against Barack Obama in a new Gallup poll of registered voters. When respondents were asked to choose between Obama and one of these four GOP presidential candidates, Romney fared the best, with 48 percent of registered voters saying they would vote for him against Obama. But the difference between his result and the result of Bachmann and Paul, the two candidates who placed first and second in the Ames Straw Poll, was within the poll’s margin of error.
Fed anticipates a ‘somewhat slower pace of recovery’
The Federal Reserve’s policy committee issued a statement Tuesday that reflects a commonly held perception: The recovery from the Great Recession has stagnated.
Pew study: Racial wealth gap widens
The wealth disparity between white households and black and Hispanic households reached staggering and unprecedented proportions after the housing market meltdown and subsequent recession, according to a new Pew Research Center report which analyzed Census data from 1984 to 2009.
Pawlenty, GOP hopefuls weigh in on immigration in debate
The first meaningful Republican debate of the 2011-2012 primary was held in New Hampshire yesterday, and the candidates had much to say on how they would handle immigration. Tim Pawlenty used the opportunity to argue that the issue of birthright citizenship proves the need to appoint conservative judges.
