Not only "no", but "hell no!" And the article says nothing of whether the mothers and children are already receiving state or federal aid in other forms.

It is not up to the Fed to fix the upcoming "financial crisis", aka fiscal cliff, the one who MUST fix it is CONGRESS! Cut the partisan BS and fix the problem! Meet in the middle and make it happen before we end up like Greece!

I am contributing 8% to 401K and receiving 6% company match. I pay off my credit balance every month (that took a while to become habit). I am making double payments on the car loan and paying a small amount extra toward the principle of my mortgage. I have less than a 6 figure income, but through dicipline (from plain...more

Exactly!!! It's about the COUNTRY and its PEOPLE and certainly NOT THE PARTY!  Either one!  No more "I'm taking my ball and going home!" if you don't get your way! Meet in the middle!  Before it's too late.... I honestly am afraid of the path we're on.

Did inventories increase (with a decrese in manufacturing) because they "expect strong consumer demand" or because people can not afford to buy the products so there are more of them sitting on their shelves?

Why are you all talking about the Zimmerman case on this thread????  Go to the right thread!

This is a STOCK - ECONOMY thread - wrong place for the Martin-Zimmerman blah blah blah...

Regardless of NEGATIVE unemployment news and comments that it's too soon to say economy is out of harms way. The powers that be (whoever they are) WILL have the DOW above 13,000 once more!  Just because they said, "make it so"!  I'm feeling a bit like Alice in Wonderland.  What's down is up and vice versa....

What "hopes" are the Fed hinting at that makes stock go UP 80 points when unemployment claims RISE significantly when the "experts" were anticipating a drop???  They already said that interest rates would stay low until 2014!  Is this manipulation or what? There is no reality in the stock market anymore!