Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. has led President Bush where he would not usually go: into government intervention in the markets.
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4:14
September '08
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22:51
August '08
The effects of stimulus plans are debatable, and funding them by taxing oil companies, whose shareholders for the most part are not rich, does not seem fair.
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12:37
August '08
The Treasury secretary said there is no plan to use his new authority to inject capital into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which both posted dismal earnings last week.
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22:40
August '08
The Treasury secretary said there is no plan to use his new authority to inject capital into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which both posted dismal earnings last week.
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4:32
August '08
Consumer spending increased 0.6 percent in June, but prices rose 0.8 percent, the government reported, indicating months of challenges to come.
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9:05
August '08
Payrolls contracted for the seventh consecutive month, but the loss was less than the 75,000 jobs that economists had expected.
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4:28
July '08
The White House predicted that President Bush would leave a record $482 billion deficit to his successor, a turnabout in the nation’s fiscal condition from 2001.
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0:23
July '08
The White House predicted on Monday that the Bush administration would bequeath a record deficit of $482 billion to the next president.
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22:17
July '08
The White House predicted on Monday that the Bush administration would bequeath a record deficit of $482 billion to the next president.
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17:51
July '08
The treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr., preached against “excessive regulation.” Be he now finds himself leading an expansive government intervention.