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Clunkers: Taxpayers paid $24,000 per car

29.10.09

A total of 690,000 new vehicles were sold under the Cash for Clunkers program last summer, but only 125,000 of those were vehicles that would not have been sold anyway, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the automotive Web site Edmunds.com.

Consumer credit rebounded in March, blowing past economists' expectations, according to a government report released Friday. Wall Street's key volatility measure soared to a 13-month high Friday as stocks continued their slide, a day after computer glitches caused erroneous trades that prompted a huge sell-off in equities. Profits are down at Hillenbrand, America's largest maker of caskets. Admittedly, this fact sounds like the setup for a punch line, but the cause of the shortage in stiffs contains lessons for politicians and business leaders alike.



JPMorgan Chase chief executive officer defended the dollar -- and the size of his company -- at a securities industry conference Tuesday. House Democratic leaders unveiled a sweeping health care bill Thursday that includes a more moderate version of the government-run public health insurance option. Congress will soon debate what kind of economic stimulus package should be passed, but some economists are increasingly wondering whether it's a good idea to approve any stimulus at all.

Regulators closed subsidiaries of Irwin Financial Corporation in Kentucky and Indiana Friday, bringing the total number of bank failures this year to 94, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Regulators were as culpable for the financial crisis as banks, mortgage originators, and the ratings agencies, Securities and Exchange Chairman Mary Schapiro said Tuesday. The government's index of prices paid by consumers was unchanged in July from the previous month, but the closely watched inflation gauge recorded its largest over-the-year decline in 59 years.

The U.S. economy gained more jobs in March than any other month in the last three years, according to a government report released Friday. California will have enough cash to stop issuing IOUs on Sept. 4, almost one month earlier than expected, the state controller said Thursday. That's also the date when people and companies can redeem their IOUs with the state treasurer. President-elect Barack Obama's economic team is considering an overhaul of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout for the financial services industry, three transition aides told CNN.



As yet another bank faces collapse, consumers are worried about their cash. Technical glitch. Violence in Greece. Historic U.K. elections. A combination of these factors sent the Dow plummeting nearly 1,000 points Thursday before regaining two-thirds of the ground lost. Santa's load will be lighter once again, with crucial year-end holiday sales expected to decline for a second year in a row, according to an industry forecast Tuesday.

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