Jan 24 2009
Orange County Jobs: The Real OC, Companies Cutting Jobs Since the Recession Started in California.
Southern California’s most expensive area, Orange County is not immune from the current economic downturn. The employment situation is dire across the state with the current unemployment rate spiking to 9.3% in December from a rate of 8.4% in November. The speed of job losses is increasing in a state with a deeply troubled housing [...]
Jan 10 2009
Fiscal Stimulus: Does Government Investment help the Economy. Examining the Impact of Monetary and Fiscal Stimulus.
The economic difficulties facing our country have for the first time, made the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury seem powerless in regards to starting the economic engine once again. For nearly 100 years, the school of thought was that monetary policy was the driving force for everything. If inflation was picking up, all you needed [...]
