Warren Buffett doesn't want Congress to "fool around" with the Federal Reserve's political independence.  Here's a CNBC.com exclusive 'web extra' video clip recorded before last week's Warren Buffett & Bill Gates: Keeping America Great.   Read More

At a Treasury conference on jobs, Secretary Geithner railed against banks for not making enough loans, thus (his conclusion) hindering job growth, writes William Dunkelberg, Economics Professor at Temple University.   Read More

Administration officials have admitted that the “Stimulus Package” hasn’t been very stimulating. So now, some in Congress are considering “Stimulus II”, which may take the form of a jobs tax credit similar to that enacted in 1976-77, writes William Dunkelberg, Economics Professor at Temple University.   Read More

Sources are telling me that there may be a compromise among Senators Dodd and Lieberman and Senate Finance folks, like Baucus and his staff. Here's how it would work, and again, this is just a source telling me this, not necessarily what will happen:    Read More

Kyl, one of the soundest thinkers in the Senate, takes apart Harry Reid’s new-fangled government-insurance option.    Read More

While at this time I don't expect a regulation bill to be ready for the President to sign this year, I believe it is likely there will be one ready before the mid-term 2010 elections next year. Again, change is coming whether it makes sense or not.    Read More

Michigan’s governor, says that we need the public sector to pick up more of the health care bill so that the private sector can be more competitive. It is this kind of flawed economic thinking that gets us into so much trouble. Does the governor think that the public sector gets its funding from thin air, or that doctors work for nothing? Doesn’t she get it asks William Dunkelberg, Economic Strategist.   Read More

The biggest problem faced by small businesses is not access to credit but a shortage of customers, writes William Dunkelberg, Economics Professor at Temple University.   Read More

If consumers are retreating to the “good old days” with a double digit savings rate, we have quite an adjustment ahead of us , writes William Dunkelberg, Economic Strategist, Boenning & Scattergood and Economics Professor at Temple University.   Read More

Last week the Congressional Budget Office released its revised estimates for the federal government budget over the next ten years. It should come as no surprise that the outlook has deteriorated even since the CBO's last report just five months ago.   Read More