Global Financial Markets Tremble As Bad Economic News Continues for US
Global Financial Markets Tremble As Bad Economic News Continues for US US Offers Foreign Aid to Countries Holding Billions in Treasury Securities The Congressional Research Service released a report last month, a copy of which Fox News exclusively obtained, showing that in fiscal year 2010, the latest year that data was available, the US handed out a total of .4 billion to 16 foreign countries that held at least billion in Treasury securities, including China (.2 million), Brazil ( million), Russia (.5 million), India (6.6 million), Mexico (6.7 million) and Egypt (5.7 million). China is the largest holder of US Treasury bonds with .1 trillion as of March, according to the Treasury Department. Brazil held 3.5 billion, Russia had 7.8 billion, India owned .8 billion, Mexico held .1 billion and Egypt had .3 billion. www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com Dismal Jobs Report Fuels GOP Criticism of Administration on Economy Republicans continued to hammer Obama with an infamous chart pushed by his administration during the 2009 stimulus debate which predicted unemployment would stay below 8 percent and that, by this time, the rate would be below 7 percent. www.foxnews.com Global Financial Markets Tremble As Bad Economic News Continues To Pour In truthiscontagious.com US Growth: Slow and Volatile www.nationaljournal.com As the US economy starts to slow down once again, global financial markets are beginning to tremble. Over the past couple of …
