January 27, 2010
More fuzzy math on jobs numbers
Still fudging the stimulus stats.
January 24, 2010
Top advisers confused on jobs created numbers
Is it standard policy to make things up as they go?
January 11, 2010
‘Shovel ready’ was a load of … well, you know
No effect on jobs, created or saved.
December 13, 2009
Economics advisers: ‘Recession is over,’ but ‘of course’ it isn’t
So which definition is the administration using?
December 9, 2009
Geithner announces TARP extension … the day after Obama said he would wind it down
One day after President Obama told the Brookings Institution that he planned to “wind down” the Troubled Asset Relief Program, his Treasury secretary told Congress the administration plans to extend the program into next fall.
December 3, 2009
February: Only government can end unemployment. Today: Only the private sector can end unemployment
Today the president said that economic recovery will “only” come from the private sector. That’s not what he said nine months ago.
August 14, 2009
Gaffe in Montana: ‘We were losing about 700 jobs each month’
President Obama misspoke today during his town hall meeting in Montana, accidentally downplaying the size and scope of the recession.
August 7, 2009
Claiming job loss of a quarter million is ‘marked improvement’
According to President Obama, shrinking the GDP and unemployment heading to 10 percent are signs of a strengthening economy.
February 12, 2009
Obama: Stimulus will let Caterpillar rehire employees. Caterpillar CEO: Not so much
Obama says the stimulus package will allow Caterpillar to rehire its laid-off employees, but the company’s CEO says it will still have to shed more workers.