Second, federal stimulus spending of this sort can have only a short-term impact on employment.
The House of Representatives had a buy-American provision in the stimulus bill, which, thankfully, the Senate diluted.
And such a stimulus would cut against the grain of reducing the debt and the deficit.
But leave the stimulus in place for too long, and they risk damaging long-term growth prospects.
We thought they were wrong to oppose the economic stimulus after the banking crash.
Gone are grandiose plans for massive stimulus to boost output and employment on Keynesian steroids.
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Stimulus spending in particular tends to fund pork barrel projects that Congress has been previously resisting.
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What is the value of the goods and services produced by the new government stimulus spending?
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They want more tax cuts and more real stimulus -- stuff that will create jobs now.
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The stimulus bill's spending on infrastructure may have been doomed to mediocrity from the start.
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The president added, however, that he doesn't yet see the need for a second stimulus package.
But there is a metric that reveals a little more about the effectiveness of the stimulus.
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Fact 1: It is far too early to tell whether U.S. stimulus policies have worked.
Fact 3: Those that claim that Japan has never pursued aggressive stimulus are talking rubbish.
They could stand firm on an NGDP target or pass the mother of all stimulus bills.
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The administration's original approach was to boost employment by underpinning demand with fiscal stimulus.
According to the Mayor, scores of jobs are coming to Allentown because of stimulus and innovation.
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The president's stimulus proposal is going to get enacted in the next three or four weeks.
This is like his delusion or outright fabrication about jobs created or saved by the government stimulus package.
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Last month, Russian central bank officials expressed some concern about economic stimulus in an inflationary environment.
In 2009, many used fiscal stimulus packages to keep their economies on the rails.
These stimulus programs did little to put the economy on a stronger, more sustainable trajectory.
Today the prices of many assets are being held up by unsustainable fiscal and monetary stimulus.
In such circumstances, economics suggests two possible remedies: either a devaluation, or a modest fiscal stimulus.
Instead, she writes, Obama let the Democrat-controlled Congress loose on the stimulus bill, upsetting conservatives.
They all advocated some combination of monetary easing and fiscal stimulus to prevent such declines.
President Obama will get to see how his stimulus plan plays in Peoria on Thursday.
Stewart asked Obama supporters to host economic recovery house meetings to talk about the stimulus bill.
The government stimulus on auto loans has made new car prices fall by 10%.
He continued: "I don't believe this is a fiscal stimulus rather a slight of hand".
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