My Top Priorities Coincide With The WSJ CEO Council

I am fully focused on # 1 (SUSTAINABLE JOB GROWTH) and donating 10% of net revenues to #'s 2 and 4 (EDUCATION and ENERGY DIVERSIFICATION). Click on the title to link to the news article.

2 Fed Officials Speak of Weak Job Growth Looming

In separate speeches, Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and Dennis Lockhart, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, warned that rising unemployment could crimp consumers, restraining the recovery. Consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of economic activity.

We Need Job Creation!!

October's unemployment numbers are in and they are not what we were hoping for. These figures indicate that our trend is heading in the wrong direction. The stimulus did give our economy a short-term boost, but the negative trend continues. as does the debate. Is stimulus spending going to create the foundation for sustained growth and demand? I for one hardly think so.

It's All About US Businesses

Small businesses will play an important role in the nation’s economic future. Today the Office of Advocacy’s Small Business Profile for the United States, provides details about small business employment, business starts and closings, bank lending in 2008, the demographics of business ownership, and firm and employment change by major industry and firm size.
“The United States continues to depend on the health and ingenuity of its small business sector for the nation’s economic growth,” said Susan Walthall, Acting Chief Counsel for Advocacy. “In today’s economic climate, it is especially important for policymakers to keep small business concerns in mind as they formulate policy.”

There are 8200 US Banks, 8000 Will Be Exempt From Annual Examinations?

Tha House Financial Services Committee approved an exemption for 8000 of this country's banks from annual examinations by the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency. I for one am curious as to why our representatives would be willing to allow so many banks to go about their business without any regular examinations to confirm the public is not being taken advantage of.
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American Made Directory Inc.

AmericanMadeDirectory.com was created to promote U.S. Based Businesses and create U.S. jobs!! 1 million businesses listed currently and counting!!

Patriotic? Yes, Worth it? I Sure Hope So!

As the largest consuming nation, can we dig our way out of this financial mess by redirecting our spending habits? If we adjust a even a very small percentage of our spending to support U.S. Based businesses,the increased demand and subsequent job creation will be the foundation for our economic turnaround. Do you agree?