Archive for 'Monetary Policy'
Understanding the Market
McCain is widely considered to be a responsible authority on military and foreign issues. But as of late, many of his economic statements have been latent with a sort of anti-capitalist sentiment. This sentiment, whether it be more populist pandering or just plain economic ignorance, places some of McCain’s economic policies to the left of […]
Posted: June 25th, 2008 under Energy, McCain, Trade Policy, Monetary Policy.
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Obama Inches Towards the Center
As we have predicted at Election Stocks for some time and Kudlow predicted two nights ago on his show, Barack Obama is indeed depolarizing for a wider appeal during the General Election.
Great evidence of this comes with the news that Obama has changed up his economic advisor. This new advisor symbolizes the bipartisan effort Barack […]
Posted: June 12th, 2008 under Obama, Monetary Policy, Economy.
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Pro-Growth vs. Protectionism?
On CNBC yesterday, the theme seemed to be Obama vs. McCain. The McCain supporters focused on McCain’s pro-growth tax cuts and attacked what they called protectionism from Obama; while the Obama supporters attempted to show Obama’s policies moving towards the middle while attempting to portray McCain’s policies as impossible.
The main points that were brought up […]
Posted: June 11th, 2008 under Obama, McCain, Trade Policy, Oil, Monetary Policy, Economy.
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At Last!
Oftentimes here at Election Stocks, we’ve brought you a view very supportive on free trade economics. We’ve used this view to support our idea that economics experts like Barack Obama understand the paradox in putting in tariffs to protect the lower classes. At last, I have found an article by a bonafide economist that supports […]
Posted: May 22nd, 2008 under Trade Policy, Monetary Policy, Issues.
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Fannie, Freddie, and Chris
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are companies that might be able to help with the sub prime mortgage crisis with help from Chris Dodd, but first a little background. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are both government sponsored enterprises (GSE). What does this mean and entitle them to? This article is rather old, but still […]
Posted: August 21st, 2007 under Chris Dodd, Monetary Policy, Donations, The Fed.
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Ron Paul and the Fed
At the start of campaign 2008 the idea that monetary policy would be part of the debate was quite a long shot. Despite Ron Paul’s talk about the dollar, inflation and the need for the gold standard, this topic was not likely to be embraced by debate questioners or other candidates.
We like to look […]
Posted: August 12th, 2007 under Ron Paul, Mortgage Issue, Monetary Policy.
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