Thursday is a nice milestone in TARP’s history: with the help of Deutsche Bank, Treasury is auctioning off the warrants it received when it invested in Capital One. The company has already paid off the preferred stock that the government purchased last fall, and will now be free from TARP oversight once the warrants are [...]
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TARP Warrants: Let the Bidding Begin
Posted in Auctions, Finance, tagged Auctions, Banks, TARP, Warrants on December 2, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Climate Change and the Deficit
Posted in Budget, Energy, Environment, tagged Budget, Climate Change, Deficit on December 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Over at the National Journal’s Economy blog, John Maggs asks some budget experts for recommendations of how President Obama can bring the budget deficit down by 2016. Here’s an excerpt from my contribution: President Obama should combine his concern about climate change with his concern about the budget. … President Obama should demand … that [...]
How Would Health Reform Affect Insurance Premiums?
Posted in Health, Politics, tagged CBO, Health, Politics on December 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office released its much-anticipated analysis of how the Senate health bill might affect insurance premiums. As a political matter, the analysis appears to be a clear win for proponents of the bill. Most importantly, CBO found that average premiums in the large group market—which provides about 70% of private health insurance—would [...]
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