Tag Archives: consumer confidence
Obama finally gets it right. Really.
Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by scott.
You’ve made this program appealing and easy. That doesn’t sound like something government would typically create.
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Fiscal policy to the forefront.
Posted on 21. Feb, 2010 by scott.
Continuing (and maybe adding to) the Bush tax cuts would very likely calm the nerves of businesspersons (nearly half of them are women afterall) and consumer (more than half) alike.
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Weak Dollar? Jeez Louise!
Posted on 16. Nov, 2009 by scott.
Markets are up, retail figures are not as disappointing as expected and consumer confidence is artificially low right now. A great time to invest or spend!
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Autumn economics: the leaves of confidence fall. HOPE!
Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by scott.
Retailers are lowering prices(and here I mean really lowering) to attract customers and there are some fantastic deals out there!
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The DOW blows past 10,000! Now what?
Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by scott.
Unless Unemployment is addressed very soon and directly we could see this recession turn into a real “W’ with a double-dip back down to recession level GDP #’s and with the DOW dropping back to the 7000 range.
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Bold predicament
Posted on 24. Feb, 2009 by scott.
Ahh, the pain, the agony, the humiliation.? When will it ever end??
How about soon??
My bold prediction (see blog of feb 13) was intended to document my belief that our markets (stock) had about bottomed out.??I said that the next week would begin a real rise in prices (stock).? But, and here I ask for some [...]
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Charity vs greed
Posted on 30. Jan, 2009 by scott.
It strikes me that one of the biggest causes of this awful recession, and perhaps depression?( if our government does not get working primarily on unemployment and confidence and not just social issues and pork), is greed.?
Corporations, and by extension their executives and ceo’s, just got carried away (Even they mostly admit that).? They saw [...]
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