1. Unemployment Falls, But Slow Job Growth Mixed With Deficit Reduction Could Make for an Even Slower Recovery
(Matching tags: jobs, unemployment, spending, Fiscal Cliff, retail, job growth, deficits)

The unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent in November, its lowest level since December of 2008. However, the immediate cause was a drop of 350,000 in the size of the labor market as reported employment ...

2. Austerity, the Path to Prosperity?
(Matching tags: economy, unemployment, spending, stimulus, austerity, budget, deficit)

... is “…prosperity, not austerity.” This is an interesting point for Ryan to make since austerity – deficit reduction via decreased government spending --  is exactly what the House budget calls for. ...

3. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, Feb. 27 - March 2, 2012
(Matching tags: labor market, spending, Social Security, medicare, taxes)

... Reach Of The Federal Government Exploding? Non-Interest Spending Outside Social Security and Medicare Will Fall Well Below Prior 50-Year Average as Economy Recovers Richard Kogan and Robert Greenstein ...

4. IHRC Mandate Ends – 18 Months With Little to Show
(Matching tags: aid distribution, reconstruction, world bank, bill clinton, haitian government, aid coordination, ihrc, haiti reconstruction fund, spending)

As the AP reported last week, the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission’s (IHRC) mandate expired on Friday, October 21. The mandate had called for a transition to a Haitian government development authority ...

5. The Military Spending Fairy
(Matching tags: jobs, unemployment, defense, spending, job creation, military)

Faced with the prospect of cuts to the Defense Department's budget, the defense industry is pushing the story of the military spending fairy on members of Congress. They are telling them that these cuts ...