http://www.bnet.com/5799-19682-0.html?type=18 Blog Recent Discussion Activity http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/a-second-direct-stimulus-may-be-in-the-works/1221/#18748_91886 When I divide the number of jobs "created" or "saved" by the first stimulus, it's hundreds of thousands of dollars per job.<br><br>My idea: quit with this crap. Just give unemployed people $100,000 each, and tell them they have to spend it by year's end. <br><br>That's a stimulus. TV sales, gun sales, booze sales, and vacations will be on a moon shot. Consumer discretionary will be on a tear, and it will be done for way cheaper than any government stimulus.<br><br>I just don't see the point in pouring more money on the fire. The biggest fault of government is the idea that if a little money didn't work, more money will work even more. It never works like that. It just ends up going into the toilet.<br><br>Goverment doesn't create jobs. Private business does. That's the first of many falacies by Congress. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:51:03 GMT http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/a-second-direct-stimulus-may-be-in-the-works/1221/#18748_91886 2009-11-21T16:51:03Z http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/a-second-direct-stimulus-may-be-in-the-works/1221/#18748_90856 Job creation--- it is all about job creation but stimulus should be more like a primer to keep something going. Can't keep jobs going if the economy is of such that there is no market for something. I beleive the economy must continue to cycle regardless of what the fed does. <br><br>John Mylant<br><a href="http://mylantsmoneyblog.typepad.com/" target="_blank">http://mylantsmoneyblog.typepad.com/</a><br> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:43:48 GMT http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/a-second-direct-stimulus-may-be-in-the-works/1221/#18748_90856 2009-11-16T17:43:48Z http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/a-second-direct-stimulus-may-be-in-the-works/1221/#18748_90821 The first stimulus was also to create new jobs, but there are <br>not that many out there. Let's hope the second one will work in <br>a better way. <br><br>They need to figure out a way for the money to go to Main <br>Street PEOPLE, rather than Wall Street again.<br><br>time111<br>P.S. I get my timing signals at <a href="http://invetrics.com" target="_blank">http://invetrics.com</a> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:31:21 GMT http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/a-second-direct-stimulus-may-be-in-the-works/1221/#18748_90821 2009-11-16T11:31:21Z http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/us-banks-are-still-shrinking-their-loan-books/1216/#18679_90524 when you say <br>the October 2009 survey tells us that while lending conditions are not really improving, they are ?less bad.? It?s getting easier to find a prime home mortgage, but in<br><br>is less bad improving?<br>and haven't we said before that part of causes of this mess was that banks and others had very lenient loans standards (like if you were breathing you get a mortgage?).<br><br>and i suspect that frugal American theory is true. we have relearned a lesson from before the GD. if you look to the time before then you see a fairly similar (for the time) spending pattern. and some of this new frugality is just the retirement of the boomers (spread of the next decades) where they quit buying stuff as they are entering or preparing to enter retirement (if some of us even get to do that). the follow on generations are big spenders in the same way (they tend to buy different things. they don't buy cars much. but electronics, but note that prices of those tend to decline over time, unlike cars). Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:54:35 GMT http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/us-banks-are-still-shrinking-their-loan-books/1216/#18679_90524 2009-11-13T17:54:35Z http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/retail-sales-beat-last-year?s-weak-turnout-but-are-still-in-a-slump/1192/#18426_89204 Hello Ilyce,<br><br>Thanks for your note.<br><br>To add to the un- and under-employed, and cut-in-pay groups you cite, those who still have jobs are fearing for them, and spending less. We'll have a Blue Christmas. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:53:36 GMT http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/retail-sales-beat-last-year?s-weak-turnout-but-are-still-in-a-slump/1192/#18426_89204 2009-11-05T20:53:36Z http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/retail-sales-beat-last-year?s-weak-turnout-but-are-still-in-a-slump/1192/#18426_89192 Great post. One there's more to the story than jobs lost. Consider all of those Americans who have taken pay cuts and had unpaid furloughs forced upon them by their employer. And, it's bonus season, but I think only the folks on Wall Street are expecting to get a bonus this year.<br><br>I don't know the number, but if I were to estimate, I'd say that perhaps we have 20 percent unemployment, and another 10 to 20 percent of the population (the ones who are employed) is earning less this year than last.<br><br>If 40 percent of the US job-holding population is either out of work or has taken some sort of pay hit, I can't see retail numbers returning any time soon.<br><br>Ho Ho Ho. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00:33 GMT http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/retail-sales-beat-last-year?s-weak-turnout-but-are-still-in-a-slump/1192/#18426_89192 2009-11-05T19:00:33Z http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/india-prefers-gold-over-paper-as-developed-economies-pile-on-debt/1187/#18400_89069 It all depends on the value of the U.S dollar. If it drops <br>further, gold will shine, but when it becomes apparent the US <br>economy is growing again at a good pace, the dollar will rise <br>and gold prices will be capped.<br><br>Market timing signals can help an investor get in and out from <br>gold (and stocks/ETFs) at the right time. <br><br>Consider <a href="http://invetrics.com" target="_blank">http://invetrics.com</a><br><br>Its DJIA index timing signal is up 68% this year and it is free <br>of charge to individual investors.<br><br>time111 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:29:22 GMT http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/india-prefers-gold-over-paper-as-developed-economies-pile-on-debt/1187/#18400_89069 2009-11-05T02:29:22Z http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/india-prefers-gold-over-paper-as-developed-economies-pile-on-debt/1187/#18400_89068 Smart Move! Will be much better investment than buying motels and convience stores in the US. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:57:58 GMT http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/india-prefers-gold-over-paper-as-developed-economies-pile-on-debt/1187/#18400_89068 2009-11-05T00:57:58Z http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/the-advancing-glacier-of-us-debt/1021/#15991_88316 The ONLY way for a sustained economic recovery is a REAL <br>reduction in the debt. Without it, the debt payment burden will <br>eventually increase interest rates and will likely choke the <br>recovery.<br><br>time111<br>admin: http;//invetrics.com Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:01:34 GMT http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/the-advancing-glacier-of-us-debt/1021/#15991_88316 2009-11-01T07:01:34Z http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/gdp-rises-but-other-indicators-point-down/1175/#18160_87816 And we're just supposed to trust these Government "reports"?<br><br>How can they say we're out of a recession when home <br>foreclosures are surging still (see www.foreclosure.com) and <br>auto repossessions are skyrocketing (see www.repofinder.com)?<br><br>I'll trust my magic 8 ball over Government "reports". Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:05:49 GMT http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/gdp-rises-but-other-indicators-point-down/1175/#18160_87816 2009-10-29T17:05:49Z http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/retail-sales-are-still-hampered-by-credit-crunch/1097/#18131_87719 Thanks for the great reading, we buy <a href="http://www.goldcoinsgain.com/gold-bullion-coins.html">gold</a> bullion in a recession. I will pass this on to our ira clients to read.<br> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:01:03 GMT http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/retail-sales-are-still-hampered-by-credit-crunch/1097/#18131_87719 2009-10-29T10:01:03Z http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/commercial-real-estate-is-the-latest-worry/1150/#17883_87700 Yes, this is the next shoe to drip. Some people are taking <br>advantage of the moves in this sector through ETFs.<br><br>There is a way to profit from either direction the real estate <br>ETFs goe: use timing signals to determine when to get in and <br>when to get out.<br><br>Consider <a href="http://invetrics.com" target="_blank">http://invetrics.com</a><br><br>Its DJIA index is up 62% for the year, and it is free of charge <br>to individual investors. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:35:40 GMT http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/commercial-real-estate-is-the-latest-worry/1150/#17883_87700 2009-10-29T03:35:40Z http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/3q-2009-earnings-when-are-the-customers-coming-back/1157/#18072_87374 i doubt customers are coming any time soon. the majority are paying off debts and learning to make do on a smaller income that had been supplanted by easy credit. and thats not coming back soon. so unless jobs start appearing which is unlikely, they won't be back either. and with incomes still falling, its unlikely they will make many big purchases any time soon Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:35:01 GMT http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/3q-2009-earnings-when-are-the-customers-coming-back/1157/#18072_87374 2009-10-27T21:35:01Z