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Savings Result
Summary- Stocks fell tremendously with the Dow down as much as 800 points during the session, the $700 billion bank bailout plan. After the fall European governments tried to help the faltering banks but failed to fix it fast enough for the frightened investors to stay. -
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Monetary
Japan suspended imports of the United States wheat after they found that genetically engineered wheat was growing in Oregon, this could potentially have an impact on Washington farmers. -
Budget
Monetary
Detroit files the largest municipal bankruptcy in the nation’s history, resulting in a decline of the fourth largest city in the US. Earlier in 2013, Detroit faced a debt of $19 billion, leading the government to liquidate the cities most valuable resources. -
Leadership
Fiscal
ObamaCare actually began in 2010. Then in 2013 ObamaCare expanded with the affordable care act. This change improved lots of things like; affordability, quality and availability of insurance and, it also continues to reduce the growth of spending on health care through new taxes and budget cuts. -
Trade
Fiscal
Saudi Arabia lowered their prices for the customers in US in order to prop up the share with the american market. While they raised prices elsewhere. -
Budget
Fiscal
Even with the minimum wage being increased to $9 to $10 dollars an hour, it is still not enough to keep up with the cost of living. RWD (Raise the Wage) is a campaign that started in order to raise awareness of this issue, and it proposes that minimum wage be raised to $15 dollars an hour.
