Cash for Clunkers

Consumer Prices Up 0.3% On Higher Energy, Car Prices

By By Rex Nutting| MarketWatch Pulse| Other Stories

… 2% in October, led by higher prices for cars and trucks, due in part to the unwinding of the government's cash - for - clunkers deal. New car prices rose 1.6%, the most in 28 years. Used car prices increased 3.4%. The core CPI is …

Story|11/18/2009

U.S. Business Inventories Fall 0.4% In Sept.

By By Rex Nutting| MarketWatch Pulse| Other Stories

… inventory reduction was confined to the auto retail sector, which rebuilt stocks depleted by the government's cash - for - clunkers program. Manufacturing companies and wholesalers continued to slash inventories amid higher sales. Retailers …

Story|11/16/2009

Retail Sales Surge on Autos, Manufacturing Slows

By By Rex Nutting| MarketWatch Pulse| Markets

… rose 0.2% in October. Auto sales had plunged 14.3% in September after the expiration of the government's cash - for - clunkers program. The 1.4% gain in October was higher than the 1% gain forecast by economists, but a large downward …

Story|11/16/2009

GM Quarterly Adjusted EBIT Loss Was $261 Million

By By Christopher Hinton| MarketWatch Pulse| Markets

… national governments in December. Looking ahead, GM expects fourth-quarter sales to moderate now that the U.S. " Cash for Clunkers " program has ended, followed by modest growth in 2010. Copyright © 2009 MarketWatch, Inc.

Story|11/16/2009

Remembering the Roots of 'Cash for Clunkers'

By By Darryl R. Isherwood| FOXBusiness| Markets

… that the government’s “ Cash for Clunkers ” program had resulted in only 125,000 ..... to reshape the contours of ' Cash for Clunkers ' so those vehicles would qualify ..... In September, when the " Cash for Clunkers " program wound down, light …

Story|11/13/2009

Homebuyer Tax Credit: Cash for Clunkers All Over Again?

By Dunstan Prial| FOXBusiness| Markets

… Analysis Homebuyer Tax Credit: Cash for Clunkers All Over Again? Dunstan Prial FOXBusiness ..... reminds some people of the " Cash for Clunkers " program that caused a run ..... the belief that, as with " Cash for Clunkers " and the autos, many of the …

Story|11/09/2009

Is the Pay Czar Targeting the Wrong People?

By Mark Lieberman, Senior Economist| FOXBusiness| Markets

… officials to do the right thing, perhaps bonus payments might work. Or would such a plan just be another version of Cash for Clunkers ? Mark Lieberman is the senior economist for the Fox Business Network. Prior to joining FOX, he served as first …

Story|11/09/2009

FOXBusiness.com's Week in Review: Nov. 2-6, 2009

By Erik Berte and Julia Limitone| FOXBusiness| Markets

… of almost $1 billion in its third quarter, easily beating Wall Street expectations. This was helped by the “ cash for clunkers ” program and cost cutting, according to the auto maker. Ford was the only major U.S. auto maker that did not …

Story|11/06/2009

Shoot the Messenger « John Stossel

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… Stossel Shoot the Messenger Cash for Clunkers was a terrible idea. An analysis ..... vehicles were sold during the Cash for Clunkers program, [but] only 125 ..... that didn’t qualify for Cash for Clunkers was completely unaffected by this …

Blog|11/05/2009

Chamber of Crony Capitalism « John Stossel

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… Capitalism Unsatisfied by wasting $3 Billion on the Cash - for - Clunkers program, today the Senate approved more economic ..... backs all sorts of special interest handouts—even Cash for Clunkers . Very sad. 16 Comments Leave A Comment Sort: NEWEST …

Blog|11/05/2009