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Ross Gerber Touts An Idea To Cut Deficit By Trillions Of Dollars: 'Let The Tax Cuts Expire And Full SALT Come Back'
Thursday, June 26, 2025 - 7:36am | 667As the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 proposes tax relief for individuals, it is also estimated to increase the federal deficit. However, this expert proposes an idea that could help cut trillions of dollars in deficit. What Happened: Financial commentator Ross Gerber of Gerber Kawasaki has...
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Jeremy Siegel Backs Ted Cruz's Plan To End Fed Interest Payments On 'Excess Reserves,' Potentially Saving $2 Trillion In Deficits: 'Not A Trivial Concern'
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 - 6:52am | 563After Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) pushed for abolishing the interest paid by banks on their deposits with the Federal Reserve, senior economist Jeremy Siegel supported his arguments, whereas the JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategists opposed the idea, warning of serious implications. What Happened: Cruz...
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Jamie Dimon Says US Is Not In A 'Sweet Spot,' Flags Stagflation Risk And Deficit Problems Amid Trump-China Tensions
Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 7:18am | 604The Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Jamie Dimon, addressed the issues surrounding huge deficits, inflationary factors, and geopolitical risk in the U.S. economy while talking to Bloomberg Television at the Global China Summit in Shanghai. What Happened: While Dimon agreed with the...
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Highway Trust Fund Deficits Continue To Pile Up
Tuesday, January 29, 2019 - 9:00pm | 619The U.S. federal deficit is projected to average its highest levels over the next decade at $1.2 trillion per year, and the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) is one of the deficit-spending programs that will be most in need of a major funding overhaul or risk going bankrupt. According to the latest...
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Benzinga Market Primer, Friday July 19
Friday, July 19, 2013 - 5:59am | 1143Futures Slide On Weak Earnings U.S. equity futures slid overnight following weak earnings reports from tech giants Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). Both companies reported top and bottom line misses. Top News In other news around the markets: Detroit finally, after...
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Headwind for Amazon.com
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 4:56am | 5812010 was a good year for many online retailers. Being the biggest of them, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) saw its stock advanced almost 40% from $130/share to $180/share last year. Aside from its online retailing operations, Amazon.com pioneered many of the cloud hosting solutions we see today. It was...