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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Budget

News                                                                                                                             
WSJ | Debt Investors Put Faith in a More Stable Africa
African countries are winning over investors scrounging for profits in a world of falling interest rates and lackluster growth.
CNN Money | Greece gets 2-year bailout extension
Greece has reached a new deal with its international lenders, gaining two more years to make painful spending cuts and tax increases, and paving the way for the troubled nation to receive the next installment of bailout funding.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Washington Times | Obama’s legacy is ’til debt do us part
The end of his fourth year is a good time to see what President Obama hath wrought on the nation’s finances. It’s not a pretty picture.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Neighborhood Effects | Is the United Kingdom Savagely Cutting Spending?
In new Mercatus research, UK-based economist Anthony Evans goes in search of the data.