…refused to authorize a “clean” debt ceiling hike. The hike in the debt ceiling, for those who may not know, is necessary for the US government to pay debts that…

…already has the tools he needs to meaningfully address the student debt crisis and forgive a portion of our nation’s student debt. _________ “Another view of the student loan debt…

…even paying off the interest, so it was frustrating,” Tully said. Stanley Tate, a Baltimore lawyer specializing in student debt, warns against this approach. “Federal student loans are contractual debts,”…

There are a couple of easy ways to check out current Federal Public Debt to the dollar or even the penny. One you could check out the National Debt Clock…

…will grow, much as the euro serves countries that trade with members of the Eurozone. But the lack of broad and liquid financial markets for those currencies has left the…

…in which bond holders just get interest and principal and a whole lot the 0.1% of the time in which Lehman brothers is liquidated is of little use to bondholders….

…mention of “readiness to provide any needed cooperation”. * In 2000 the Fed purchased roughly 10% of its stock of euro holdings, or $1.3 bn worth of euros (see second…

…the regional figures further into intra-Euro area (intra-EA) trade and extra-Euro area (extra-EA) trade. Out of the EA 16, June intra-EA figures are available for just a few countries. Of…

…debt is trading at 6.05% – not bad). The banks will be ‘encouraged’ to buy government debt, thereby ensuring a funding source for the sovereigns. But this is not a…

…will be of utmost importance, given Germany’s 26% weight in Eurozone inflation. Kantoos and David Beckworth posit that the 2% wage growth achieved due to highly competitive German industry (see…