Archive for the ‘Economy’ Category
Saturday, July 25th, 2009
Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS): this program may be temporarily suspended due to extremely heavy demand that threatens to exhaust funding; but government officials said the program was not going to be suspended overnight. Go to their website to read eligibility requirements for the trade-in deals from the U.S. ...
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Friday, April 3rd, 2009
The U. S Treasury Department oversees a website called FinancialStability.gov and has released a google maps mashup that allows citizens to review which local, regional, and national banks are participating in the Capital Purchase Program and how much money they've received. See it here: Google Maps mashup ...
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Saturday, March 21st, 2009
Hard Times: Resources for Library Users is a Washington State Library page of resources to help people find jobs, develop their resumes and interview skills, file for unemployment, and find economic and technological information and resources. It includes Technology Resources for learning to use computers and links for ...
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Info about the safety of banks and credit unions, from the Washington Department of Financial Institutions. The Federal Government provides these pages:
myFDICinsurance.gov from the FDIC; more info at the SIPC. See what's up at whitehouse.gov or try the United States Department of the ...
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
To learn more about the safety of banks and credit unions, go to the Washington Dept. of Financial Institutions. The Federal Government provides these pages:
myFDICinsurance.gov from the FDIC, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. See their Information, alerts, and advice for Consumers & Communities. Or click ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
www.fanniemae.com Fannie Mae was created in 1938, under President Roosevelt. Fannie Mae was re-chartered in 1968 by Congress as a shareholder-owned company, funded solely with private capital raised from investors on Wall Street and around the world. History: To provide competition ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
"U.S. Treasury securities are issued to finance the federal budget deficit. Of the public debt that is privately held, about half is held by foreigners." Read more in this CRS report: China's Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy, January 09, 2008. ...
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
The Economic Report of the President is available on the Whitehouse publications website and an official copy is also on GPO Access.
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
From the Whitehouse.gov page on Economy and Budget: President Bush asked Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to lead the Administration's efforts to forge an agreement with Congress to enact an Economic Growth Package as quickly as possible.
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