NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at RealClearMarkets . By Robert Romano — We’ve seen this movie before. The U.S. housing bubble of the 2000s followed by the world financial crisis of 2008, and the great recession that has followed, complete with persistent, high unemployment, asset prices […]

By Bill Wilson — A few recent sets of better-than-expected economic data released by government agencies in Aug. have seemingly made an additional round of quantitative easing — i.e. money-printing to purchase U.S. treasuries or mortgage-backed securities — by the Federal Reserve this year significantly less likely. While the veracity of the data has been […]

By Robert Romano — Recent research is shedding new light on just how destructive excessive debt — both public and private — can be to economic growth. The study comes not from a right-of-center think-tank like Americans for Limited Government or the Cato Institute, but from the Bank for […]

I’m surprised it was only this much …: The Treasury Department says in a new report the government expects to lose more than $25 billion on the $85 billion auto bailout. That’s 15 percent higher than its previous forecast. In a monthly report sent to Congress on Friday, the Obama administration boosted […]

By Bill Wilson — On Aug. 20 Greece must make a bond payment of €3 billion that it owes to the European Central Bank, but it does not have the money. So, it will be getting its loan from none other than the European Central Bank (ECB), […]

By Rebekah Rast — Corporate welfare to favored businesses and industries has swelled in this country. Both sides of the political aisle like it and are equally responsible for it. No matter the consequences or cost to taxpayers, corporate welfare is scattered throughout our nation’s […]

By Bill Wilson — Obama has declared war on the private ownership and financing of American industry. Obama handed over much of Chrysler and GM to the autoworkers union while destroying bondholders’ stake in the companies. That is hardly a model for job growth in America, and […]

By Rick Manning — The Congressional Budget Office provided a glimpse at the 10-month mark of the federal fiscal year 2012, and the results are grim. Outlays are virtually the same through 10 months of 2012 as they were in 2011 at $3 trillion and revenues collected […]

By Robert Romano — On July 31, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) acting director Edward DeMarco once again rejected an Obama Administration plan to bail out borrowers who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, citing cost concerns. The FHFA, which administers the government’s conservatorship of Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, undertook an analysis of the program, showing reductions of […]

As originally published at TheHill.com. By Rick Manning — The monthly release of the nation’s unemployment data never ceases to amaze and, in some perverse way, amuse. Here are just a couple of examples that just make you scratch your head. The unemployment rate for all workers went up to 8.3 percent in the […]