Posts Tagged ‘chief economist’
Flashback: Kudlow & Brian Westbury of First Trust- Goldilocks for 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 14:56 2 CommentsThis video originally aired in December of 2007 in a classic Bull-Bear debate on the “Goldilocks Economy.”
The Bear, Dr. Nouriel Roubini, accurately predicted the coming crash as Brian Westbury, Chief Economist at First Trust, offered anecdotal evidence to support his Goldilocks theory such as parking availability at shopping malls and the number of empty [...]
IMF Warns: Worst of financial crisis yet to come
Saturday, November 22, 2008 22:39 No CommentsThe IMF’s chief economist has warned that the global financial crisis is set to worsen and that the situation will not improve until 2010, a report said Saturday.”The worst is yet to come,” Blanchard said in an interview with the Finanz und Wirtschaft newspaper, adding that “a lot of time is needed before the situation [...]
2007 Stock Market Crash Update
Monday, August 20, 2007 0:14 2 CommentsCharting Stocks Update
August 19, 2007
“The US government is on a ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon.
..These include “dramatic” tax rises, slashed government services and the large-scale dumping by foreign governments of holdings of US [...]
