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  • From Business Roundtable’s deficit forum: Go big?

    Posted: September 07, 2011 in Blogs

    We had a great turnout at Business Roundtable’s forum on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Committee held Tuesday at the Newseum. The Fiscal Times found the angle we identified as well, the debate over whether the 12-member super committee should “go big” or not.

  • At the BRT’s deficit forum

    Posted: September 06, 2011 in Blogs

    The level of interest in the work of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction in Washington, D.C., can be measured by attendance at Business Roundtable's forum on deficit reduction. It's pouring rain in D.C., and yet we have an overflow crowd.

  • Interview: BRT’s Engler ‘optimistic’ about super committee

    Posted: September 06, 2011 in Blogs

    John Engler, president of Business Roundtable, says he’s optimistic the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction will agree on the $1.2 trillion of program reductions needed to avoid across-the-board cuts in federal spending.

  • Jobs report: Back to zero now

    Posted: September 02, 2011 in Blogs

    To say there was little to like in today’s report on August employment would be an understatement. Employment growth was ZERO, and the unemployment rate remained stuck at 9.1 percent.

  • On the reading list: regulations, Germans, guitars and stimulus

    Posted: September 01, 2011 in Blogs

    Regulatory excess remains high among the topics of interest. For example, Bloomberg reports, “Trucking Rules Called ‘Radioactive’ After Making $1 Billion List,” on protests over proposed “hours of service” regulations.

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