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Chief economist update: Disappointing jobs results raise Biden's stimulus bid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... spare change. To be sure, recent headlines report that POTUS is determined to pass the stimulus package sans Republican Party support by using the budget reconciliation rules. As per Factset: "Deutsche Bank pointed out that a $1.9T package, rather than ...

You can't hate Trump but love the S&P 500: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... mapped political donations from S&P 500 companies to political parties and found 54% of them donated more to the Republican Party than to Democratic Party. Meanwhile only 29% of S&P 500 stocks gave more to the Democrats. The above is true for popular ...

Republican Party-themed ETF launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
An ETF that invests in companies greatly supporting the Republican Party is set to launch. The Point Bridge GOP Stock Tracker Index will invest in S&P 500 companies with employees and political action committees or PACs that are "highly supportive of ...

Republican brands Dodd-Frank "regulatory waterboarding"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... history." Speaking before members of the American Bankers Association, Hensarling said the soon to be revealed Republican Party alternative to Dodd-Frank would be simpler but no less effective. Calling Dodd-Frank a "modern day Tower of Babel," Hensarling ...

The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... of representatives from the entire global political spectrum, "from the libertarian Tea Party wing of the [US] Republican Party to the extreme anarchists of Barcelona." However, "I decided to resign on the night of the 5 July because my Prime Minister ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... equities analyst Benny Sada said. "There is some hope that this is not the end of the talks," he said. "Within the Republican Party there is a growing division among members of the party who are actually wanting some deal done and other members who are ...

A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
Despite a common perception that the Republican Party is good for business, over the past 12 elections spanning 48 years, the S&P 500 has in fact delivered higher average annual returns under Democratic governments. That's according to a recent paper ...

Obama punts on US$300bn jobs package

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... them to cross the floor won't be easy when they have the fiscally contractionary and vocal Tea Party wing of the Republican party watching their every move. At least the markets reacted reasonably to the news with 10 year yields on US Treasury bonds ...

Agreement reached on debt ceiling

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... averting what might have become a global economic disaster. US President Barack Obama announced that Democrat and Republican Party leaders in both the House of Representatives and the Senate have backed the deal in exchange for more than US$1 trillion ...

CalPERS boss given marching orders

... and the actions of CalPERS over the past few years. However business groups and the California branch of the Republican Party deny any lobbying had taken part to remove Harrigan but did criticise him for using his post at the fund to promote the cause ...
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