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y to recent peaks above 2.9% — has been driven by market fears that the Fed will taper QE too soon and too fast, and by the uncertainty surrounding Bernanke's successor. So far, investors have been complacent about the risks posed by the looming budget fight. They believe that — as in the past — the fi

Roubini, a professor at NYU's Stern School of Business and Chairman of Roubini Global Economics, was Senior Economist for International Affairs in the White House's Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton Administration. He has worked for the International Monetary Fund, the US Federal Reserve, and the

cessarily elevated. If lawmakers deem additional stimulus is warranted, the Journal suggests cutting the payroll tax would be a better alternative. Bernanke: Giving State Governments Aid Will Help Economic Recovery. In an op- ed for the New York Times (7/15, Bernanke, 18.61M), former Federal Reserve Chair

ong poor people most likely to live near such projects," while the Washington Post (7/15, Eilperin, Sonmez, 14.2M) reports that "critics warned that the White House is going beyond its legal authority by trying to change a law without congressional authorization." EFTA00150144 Trump Takes Aim At Biden's Clima

quire Merrill Lynch in a deal that cost taxpayers $20 billion. In a three-hour hearing of the House Oversight and Gov- ernment Reform Committee, Bernanke denied threaten- ing to oust Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis or the bank's board members if they abandoned the takeover after discovering spira

Ameri- cans. higher-quality care.' And around those goals, there are lots of ways to get there? Some of those ways, though, run counter to the White House's earlier posi- tions and those of Obama's political base. While supporters from his left have advocated a government-run option — championed by an