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fiscal policy
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EconomicsFeatured
Federal Fiscal Shortfall Nears $1 Million Per Household
by James Agresti May 9, 2022While some believe the U.S. government can spend and borrow with abandon because it can print money, one of the most established laws of economics is that there is no such thing as a free lunch.
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EconomicsFeatured
Interest Rate Hikes: Gov Making Loans MUCH Harder to Get – Poorest Hardest Hit
by Seton Motley April 29, 2022The government and Fed are over a barrel. The federal debt is now over $30 trillion. But the Fed’s only way to address runaway inflation? Raising interest rates.
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Budgets/Taxes
The Dangers of Negative Interest Rates and a Cashless Economy
by Richard Ebeling January 9, 2019The recent gyrations in the stock market and the uncertainties surrounding American trade policies with China and other parts of the world have raised the question of when the next recession will come.