Stimulus Programs

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Philippines, Asian stock markets plunge

Manila Standard Today 25 Mar 2019

Losers overwhelmed gainers, 142 to 47, with 41 issues unchanged. JG Summit Holdings Inc ... “The US data has been middling, but both confirm what everyone already knew, the global economy is slowing down after a 10-year quantitative-easing-induced bull run,” he added, referring to the massive program of post-crisis stimulus. With AFP . ....

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Higher market volatility is set to return

Hong Kong Standard 24 Mar 2019

The Fed said it will not raise interest rates this year and announced a plan to stop balance sheet runoff in September ... Since the United States launched the first QE program during the 2008 financial crisis, many market analysts pointed out that it was a form of temporary stimulus, as the real economy has not actually improved ... ....

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Government sets a record with a $234 billion deficit in February

Philadelphia Daily News 23 Mar 2019

During the financial crisis, the budget deficit eclipsed $1 trillion because tax revenue fell sharply and spending increased dramatically, both because of things such as unemployment benefits and new stimulus programs that the Obama administration put in place to try to revive economic growth....

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American History for Truthdiggers: A Cruel, Costly and Anxious ‘Cold’ War

Truth Dig 23 Mar 2019

Americans have been taught, programmed even, to believe that a permanently bellicose nuclear standoff with the Soviet Union was inescapable—such was the diabolical nature of global communism ... Roosevelt’s modest stimulus programs could not ... afloat, but newly inaugurated President Harry Truman put an end to the program soon after Japan’s surrender....

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Slowing inflation leaves BOJ fighting tough price battle

The Japan News 22 Mar 2019

If the weakness persists, the Bank of Japan may be forced to cut its inflation forecasts again at next month’s rate review, analysts say, though policymakers are wary of expanding an already massive stimulus program any time soon ... that it was in no hurry to expand stimulus....

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FDA Chief Calls For Stricter Scrutiny Of Electronic Health Records

The Baytown Sun 22 Mar 2019

Gottlieb was responding to “ Botched Operation,” a report published this week by KHN and Fortune magazine ... “You need a much different regulatory scheme,” he said ... The agency’s interest in the issue perked up after Congress decided in February 2009 to spend billions of dollars on digital medical records as part of an economic stimulus program ... .......

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Fed downgrades US growth forecast and signals no more rate hikes in 2019

The Keene Sentinel 21 Mar 2019

Central bank officials also announced that they would temporarily slow the unwinding of a Great Recession-era stimulus program starting in May through October ... The Fed hiked the rate a quarter percentage point last year as economic growth accelerated to 2.9 percent with the stimulus from the Republican tax cuts....

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Swarm of tiny robots resembling ‘grey goo of the apocalypse’ unleashed

Metro UK 21 Mar 2019

It’s feared that tiny robots could end up eating everything on the planet and leaving behind nothing but ‘grey goo’ ... PA) ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... Without any external stimulus, they shuffle about randomly. But when programmed to adjust their diameters in response to an environmental signal, they are collectively attracted to the signal’s source ... ....

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Fed downgrades U.S. growth forecast and signals no more rate hikes until 2020

The Los Angeles Times 20 Mar 2019

Central bank officials also announced that they would slow the unwinding of a Great Recession-era stimulus program starting in May through October ... The Fed hiked the rate a quarter percentage point last year as economic growth accelerated to 2.9% with the stimulus from the Republican tax cuts....

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Fed Keeps Rates Unchanged, Signals No More Increases Likely This Year

Wall Street Journal 20 Mar 2019

... exactly two years after it began unwinding its crisis-era stimulus programs....

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Fed downgrades U.S. growth forecast, signals end to rate hikes in 2019

The Courier-Tribune 20 Mar 2019

... while signaling there will be no more interest rate hikes until 2020.Central bank officials also announced that they would temporarily slow the unwinding of a Great Recession-era stimulus program starting in May through October.Since 2017, the Fed has been gradually scaling ......

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Particle robots recall royal `grey goo´ warning

This is Money 20 Mar 2019

Sixteen years ago Charles said advances in microscopic-scale engineering could lead to bacteria-sized machines laying waste to the Earth ... Without any external stimulus, they shuffle about randomly. But when programmed to adjust their diameters in response to an environmental signal, they are collectively attracted to the signal’s source ... ....

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