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Builders say housing is back
CNN:More home builders now believe market conditions are good than poor, a turnaround in confidence that confirms earlier signs of housing recovery.
Sources: CNN, CBS News, The Denver Post, MSNBC, ABC News, USA Today...
U.S.-Europe Trade Talks to Start in July
NY Times:European leaders and President Obama announced the start of negotiations for a free trade deal, but French indignation over remarks by a Brussels official created a sideshow at the Group of 8 meeting.
Sources: NY Times, Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe...
In Embattled Detroit, No Talk of Sharing Pain
NY Times:The fiscal crisis in Michigan is setting up as a gigantic clash between bondholders and city retirees over what...
Economix Blog: The Current U.S. Economy: Text and Subtext
NY Times:An International Monetary Fund report paints a picture of a tepid American economy, a situation that would be better if not for policy mistakes and misplaced priorities, an economist writes.
READ -- The Supreme Court rules lawyers can't use DMV records to find clients
Washington Post:In Maracich et al. v.
Mexico Seeks Open Energy Market
Wall Street Journal:President Enrique Peña Nieto will seek in the coming months to end a taboo of nearly eight decades by opening the state-run oil and gas industry to private investment and competition, a move the government hopes will...
Wonkbook: Obamacare could ruin immigration reform for Republicans
Washington Post:Welcome to Wonkbook, Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas's morning policy news primer.
Crossed signals over Fed’s stimulus efforts
Washington Post:The Federal Reserve’s new communication strategy was supposed to make it easier to decipher the intentions of the famously secretive institution. Markets, however, seem to have missed the memo.
Department of State
President Obama's remarks to the people of Northern Ireland. go.usa.gov/bVVx
Barack Obama News
Press Release: Joint Statement of the Presidents of the United States of America and the Russian Federation on... bit.ly/10s6omU
Craig Brown, Phd
Jared Bernstein: I Ask Again: Is Technology Blocking the Path to Full Employment? huffingtonpost.com/jared-bernste...
"Free Trade" Was Never Really About Trade
Stan Sorscher
Huffingon Post Business Blog
We need to think differently about trade. First, let me say that I am 100% in favor of trade. Trade is when we do what we do best, they do what they do best, and we trade.
The Current U.S. Economy: Text and Subtext
Jared Bernstein
NY Times Economox Blog
An International Monetary Fund report paints a picture of a tepid American economy, a situation that would be better if not for policy mistakes and misplaced priorities, an economist writes.
Is This a Realistic Time for a 'Grand Bargain?'
Jared Bernstein
Huffingon Post Business Blog
As the fiscal picture has improved, both through actions we've taken already and the improving economy, it's much tougher to make the hair-on-fire urgency case that drove this benighted debate in...
Can Bitcoin make peace with Washington?
Federal regulators are increasingly paying attention to Bitcoin, the decentralized virtual currency. Last week, two of the most senior figures of the Bitcoin community trekked to Washington to try...
Taking the mystery out of cyberwar
Editorial Board
Washington Post Editorial Board
IT’S WELL understood that if nuclear war ever comes, it is the president who has to make the fateful decisions. But if the United States ever faced a genuine conflict in cyberspace, with decisions...