President Takeover Should Learn from Free Trading Asia
November 17, 2009 | 06:45 PM | 2 Comments
President Obama took his declining dollar to the Asia-Pacific economic conference, and he added to it a declinist opinion of America’s economy. His big message? Don’t count on American...
read more »Imagine Barney Frank as de Facto Fed Chairman
November 15, 2009 | 04:36 PM | 2 Comments
Investors and political analysts should keep a sharp eye on the congressional assault on Federal Reserve independence. This is a transparent effort by members of Congress to use the...
read more »Fed Policy is a Storm Cloud Over Future Economy
November 05, 2009 | 07:18 PM | 2 Comments
Wall Street loves easy money. That’s what I conclude from today’s 200-point stock market rally, which started early and gathered force, pushing the Dow back over 10,000 at the close of...
read more »Election Deals Blow to Team Obama's Big-Government Agenda
November 04, 2009 | 05:45 PM | 4 Comments
Stocks loved last night’s election returns. President Obama and Nancy Pelosi got their ears pounded back over big spending, taxes, the health-care takeover, cap-and-trade, and well, the fact...
read more »GOP Victories Could TKO Health Care Reform
November 03, 2009 | 02:06 PM | 2 Comments
Against the backdrop of high unemployment and a public revolt against a Democratic health-care bill -- which would significantly increase taxes, slash Medicare spending, and massively raise...
read more »Desperately Needed: Kemp-ian Growth Policies
October 28, 2009 | 09:25 AM | 5 Comments
It must be something in the water. The ruling Democrats know their tax-hiking, re-regulating, and big-spending policies have failed to rejuvenate job-creation or reduce the unemployment rate. And yet...
read more »Why Not Cut Taxes AND Spending?
October 26, 2009 | 12:37 PM | 2 Comments
Here’s a question: If unemployment is the problem, then why aren't supply-side tax cuts, along with tougher government budgetary restraint, a possible solution?
Top Obama economic advisor...
read more »Team Obama is in Economic Trouble on Two Fronts
October 07, 2009 | 07:14 PM | 3 Comments
Team Obama is in economic trouble on two fronts right now: The dollar could be headed toward its demise while the jobs and unemployment numbers have gotten worse. (The unemployment rate is up to 9.8...
read more »Housing "Recovery" Built on Same Shaky Policy Foundation
September 30, 2009 | 04:06 PM | 1 Comment
The Case-Shiller home price index increased yesterday for the third month in a row. That's terrific news.
After a 40-50 percent drop in home prices in recent years, sales are picking up, because...
read more »Larry Kudlow Interviews World Bank President Robert Zoellick
September 29, 2009 | 05:52 PM | 2 Comments
Last night I had the pleasure of interviewing distinguished World Bank President Robert Zoellick. Mr. Zoellick told me not to take dollar supremacy for granted. He blasted the Federal Reserve for...
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