By Andrew Gordon The stimulus package has come and gone. And retail sales are once again feeling the pinch. So, should the government put together a second package for exhausted consumers? After all, if the government can afford to throw $300 billion at Freddie and Fannie, certainly the government can spend another $145 billion to boost spending going into the holidays, right? But with gas prices going down, maybe we don’t need another stimulus package. I was asked yesterday by CNBC if lower gas prices would help spending and boost the economy. I said it wouldn’t help much. A quick look at the numbers might suggest otherwise. After all, every penny increase for a gallon of gas … [Read more...]
Inflation, Oil and the Environment
I recently received a great question from a 6th Grader on Inflation, Gas Prices and the environment all rolled into one. It isn't often that 6th graders think about these issues so I would like to share my response with you... To whom it may concern, My name is Sam and I am a 6th grade student at (deleted) Middle School. I love traveling. Whenever I go places I see lots and lots of poverty. I think to myself why? Than I look ahead of me and see the outrage sky high prices for food, gas and many other things. You may be wondering why I’m telling you this .I’m doing a project on one of the things that you know a ton about. My subject is inflation of consumer and gas prices. As I think … [Read more...]
