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Get Government Out of Job Market

10/07/2009|FOX Business

Get Government Out of Job MarketFirst Trust Advisors' Brian Wesbury argues unemployment won't slow if the government is involved.

Retail Sales Rise in August

09/15/2009|FOX Business

Retail Sales Rise in AugustFirst Trust Advisors' Brian Wesbury breaks down retail sales in August.

Job Losses Slow

09/04/2009|Opening Bell

Job Losses SlowFBN's Robert Gray, Connell McShane and Ashley Webster talk to First Trust's Brian Wesbury about unemployment.

What a Jobless Recovery Means for the U.S.

07/24/2009|Money for Breakfast

What a Jobless Recovery Means for the U.S.With many companies reporting higher earnings based on cost and job cuts, not higher revenue, is the U.S. facing a jobless recovery?

More Savings Hurting The Economy?

07/24/2009|Money for Breakfast

More Savings Hurting The Economy?As consumers continue to pinch pennies and expand their savings accounts it might lead slow down an economic recovery.

Forbes: Bernanke Should Lose Job

06/25/2009|FOX Business

Forbes: Bernanke Should Lose JobSteve Forbes weighs in on Federal spending and government-run health care.

Economic Recovery By Years' End

05/27/2009|FOX Business

Economic Recovery By Years' EndFirst Trust Advisors Chief Economist Brian Wesbury weighs in on the NABE survey that forecasts the end of the economic downturn by the end of the year.

Home Prices Fall

05/26/2009|Opening Bell

Home Prices FallFirst Trust Portfolios Chief Economist Brian Wesbury on the drop in the Case-Shiller Index numbers.

Recession to END by June?

05/21/2009|FOX Business

Recession to END by June?First Trust Advisors Brian Wesbury on why he believes the recession will be over by June.

Economist: Recession Will END in May

05/08/2009|FOX Business

Economist: Recession Will END in MayApril: 53,000 jobs jost

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What a Jobless Recovery Means for the U.S. « Glick Report

Glick Report

discussion on all of these issues Mort Zuckerman, U.S. News & World Report Chairman & Editor-in-Chief joined me along with Brian Wesbury , First Trust Advisors Chief Economist and Tom Cotter, a comedian, whose taken his show on the road to packed crowds

Blog|07/24/2009

Forget the Bailout: Here’s a Better Way « Emac's Stock Watch

Emac's Stock Watch

existing shares in any banking entity under duress. If all goes well, the government eventually gets out with a profit. Brian Wesbury , chief economist of First Trust, advocates against a public rescue and instead a private sector plan that lets private

Blog|10/03/2008

A New Rule Change That Could Hurt Taxpayers « Emac's Stock Watch

Emac's Stock Watch

the assets are worth (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have said that they are solvent on a cash-flow basis, notes economist Brian Wesbury ). The writedowns taken by some firms have triggered a cascade of writedowns at other companies, as prices are seen to

Blog|10/01/2008

The Bailout Scorecard « Emac's Stock Watch

Emac's Stock Watch

producers, already seeing record receipts. A Better Way? Brian Wesbury , chief economist, First Trust offers this plan this morning-this is straight from his research report: All of ..... re all going to die! The best plan I've seen comes from Brian Wesbury , Chief Economist of 1st Trust and as Elizabeth McDonald

Blog|09/23/2008

Time to Listen to Ron Paul? « Emac's Stock Watch

Emac's Stock Watch

reach the moon and back. "Printing money cannot create wealth, if it could counterfeiting would be legal," economist Brian Wesbury has said. Even Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist and a forceful advocate for laissez-faire economics

Blog|03/26/2008

The Leave No Consumer Behind Act « Emac's Stock Watch

Emac's Stock Watch

the way to prosperity? “Printing money cannot create wealth if it could counterfeiting would be legal,” economist Brian Wesbury has rightfully said. As I’ve noted in prior blogs, this is far from over. Alexis, Peter, Charles, Jenna and I have

Blog|01/28/2008