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With New Home Construction Down, Obama Team Plans “Bailout for the Masses”
New home construction fell in November by the largest amount in a quarter-century, as builders slashed production while facing the worst economic conditions since the Great Depression.
However, a new blizzard of government money may be coming to your neighborhood, and it promises to be a true bailout for the masses, not just for those in foreclosure or real financial difficulty.
Tight credit and lending markets, rising foreclosures, and surging unemployment figures have homebuyers on the sidelines, pummeling the fortunes of homebuilders such as D.R. Horton Inc. (DHI), Pulte Homes Inc. (PHM) and Centex Corp. (CTX)
17Dec2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedObama Unveils Economic Team, Plans 2009 Stimulus Package
President-elect Barack Obama yesterday (Monday) formally unveiled his economic team, including the nomination of New York Federal Reserve Bank President Timothy F. Geithner as the new administration’s U.S. Treasury secretary. The team’s first challenge will be assembling an economic stimulus package that could be even larger than the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) the Bush Administration has deployed.
The nomination of Geithner to succeed current U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. was leaked over the weekend, and was reported by Money Morning yesterday.
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Obama’s Golden Opportunity: Return to Gold Standard
The Washington Times’s Lawrence Hunter wrote last week that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has an opportunity to reset the economy and restore the U.S. dollar to its preeminence as the world’s reserve currency by reestablishing the gold standard. He writes:
First, the new president-elect should state his unshakable resolve to preserve U.S. sovereignty over its currency and economy. He must root his resolve in a declaration calling upon the Congress to exercise its authority under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution to regulate the value of the dollar and maintain the standard by which the value of the…
18Nov2008 | The Gold Blog | 3 comments | Continued
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