Monday, November 23, 2009

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.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

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.