Gas prices are going up. Few dispute that. The last time there was a similar surge in gas prices was in 2008. From June 2007 to June 2008, the average price of gas rose from $3.05 to $4.06 a gallon, Hicks said. During the same time period, the unemployment rate in Indiana rose from 4.5 [...]
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Will Sarah Palin Jump In The 2012 Presidential Election Race
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011If Palin doesn’t capture the Republican nomination next year, Obama would stand less of a chance to carry either state. The Insight poll of Georgia tested Obama against three other frontunners for the GOP nod — Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Newt Gingrich — all of whom topped him. iDevice News Huckabee and Romney led [...]
Federal Reserve Flirting with Danger
Monday, October 18th, 2010Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is becoming an increasingly frequent target of criticism, and not just from Republicans; analysts from the U.K. are also joining in. (He was tagged with the label “Helicopter Ben” after a 2002 speech in which he offered a solution to the dangers of deflation proffered by famed Nobel economist Milton [...]
Federal Reserve Proposes Changes
Friday, October 15th, 2010Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston today and , according to the Washington Post, he “laid out the intellectual foundations for a likely new round of unconventional efforts to strengthen growth.” Bernanke feels that inflation is too low and is the prime reason for further efforts to stimulate [...]
