“Well, I think as long as people are talking about stimulus, I think the Fed will be thinking about cutting rates because monetary policy is the better way to go because you can turn it on and turn it off.” PeopleThinkingWayWellsLongTurnsTalkingEconomyCuttingPolicyRateFedsStimulusBetter WaysMonetaryMonetary Policy Author:Franklin Raines
“What saved the economy, and the New Deal, was the enormous public works project known as World War II, which finally provided a fiscal stimulus adequate to the economy’s needs.” WorldNeedsWarDealsKnownEconomyProjectsSavedEnormousWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IAdequateStimulusNew Deal Author:Paul Krugman
“I do know enough about economics - and so do you - to understand that the 'stimulus program' of Barack Obama and his ravenous parasitic hordes, supposedly designed to 'repair' America's broken economy, reveals him to be unimaginably stupid, gibberingly insane, or simply the biggest, most barefaced criminal thug ever to occupy the White House. And that's saying a lot.” KnowsEnoughAmericaHouseWhiteEconomyStupidBrokenProgramEconomicsCriminalsInsaneBarackWhite HouseStimulusThugHorde Author:L. Neil Smith
“The single biggest stimulus to the economy are the unemployment benefits we're paying. These people go out and they spend the money. They go out and they have to get by to everything from paying their mortgage or buying food or just getting by. It has a significant impact on economic growth and the continuation of economic growth.” PeopleGrowthEconomyEconomicBenefitsImpactSignificantBuyingUnemploymentEconomic GrowthStimulusMortgageContinuationUnemployment Benefits Author:Joe Biden
“You know, I think the, the crucial thing, you know, we have put in place what is, is just simply the biggest, boldest recovery package in history, right; the stimulus package, biggest ever; the financial rescue, absolutely comprehensive; a housing plan - that is incredible medicine for the economy. And we fully expect it to work.” ThinkingKnowsEconomyPlansMedicineIncrediblesFinancialRecoveryCrucialRescueHousingPackagesStimulusComprehensive Author:Christina Romer
“We have to remember we're in a global economy. The purpose of fiscal stimulus is not simply to sustain activity in our national economies, but to help the global economy as well, and that's why it's so critical that measures in those packages avoid anything that smacks of protectionism.” WellsHelpingRememberPurposeEconomyActivityCriticalPackagesStimulusGlobal EconomySmackWorld EconomyProtectionismNational Economy Author:Stephen Harper
“Canada is in budgetary deficit now only because of the recession, only because of stimulus measures, and we will come out of it. We will go back into surplus position when the economy recovers. So there is no need in Canada to raise taxes.” NeedsEconomyPositionTaxesRaisesCanadaDeficitStimulusRecessionsSurplus Author:Stephen Harper
“Consumer spending is now plunging at serious-recession rate ... even if the rescue now in train succeeds in unfreezing credit markets, the real economy has immense downward momentum. In addition to financial rescues, we need major stimulus programs.” IfsNeedsRealEconomySeriousSucceedMajorsProgramTrainRateFinancialCreditSpendingConsumersImmenseRescueMomentumStimulusRecessions Author:Paul Krugman