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How's Your Retirement Looking? ASK THE EXPERT

2008-12-01T22:52:07Z

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/10/econ_snapshot.html

How has the financial crisis affected Americans' retirement income? Why is it important to make better retirement plans a priority? What would an ideal retirement plan look like? Dr Christian Weller, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, answers these questions in the latest installment of CAP's ASK THE EXPERT series.

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America's Middle Class is STILL Losing Ground

2008-12-01T22:52:09Z

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/07/middle_class_squeeze.html

America’s middle-class families are still struggling. With the current economic downturn, economists, policymakers, and pundits alike now recognize what many middle-class families have long been feeling: that their financial security is in decline. Although economists so far have not officially announced the beginning of a recession this year, the sharp downturn in economic growth certainly has made things worse for families who have been struggling for years with massive amounts of debt, declining incomes, and rising prices.

For the past two years, the Center for American Progress has calculated a number of middle-class financial security indicators to measure how many families have the financial resources for a spell of unemployment, for a medical emergency, for both, or for an unspecified economic emergency equal to three months of their income. Our figures demonstrate the financial and economic roller coaster ride that America’s middle class has been on.

The trends since 1989, the first year for which we have data, showed an increase in middle-class security through the 1990s. After 2000, however, the situation deteriorated very quickly—all of the gains in middle-class economic security were erased within a few years. We have now updated the figures to reflect the trends for 2006 and 2007 and to include more accurate data for 2005 than we had before. All the measures we tracked either decreased further or stayed at their already low levels from 2005. There can be no doubt that with worsening economic conditions middle class economic security is taking an ever harder hit.

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Did 9/11 Undo the US Economy? CAP's Weller on CNBC

2008-10-17T13:34:19Z

www.americanprogress.org READ Dr Christian Weller's Economic Snapshot for September '07

Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Dr Christian Weller joined CNBC's Kudlow & Company on the 9/11 anniversary to assess the state of the US economy since the terror attacks in New York & Washington.

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Tax Cuts for the Wealthiest Americans? CAP's Weller on CNBC

2008-10-24T21:31:17Z

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/domestic/taxes

Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Christian Weller disputed suggestions that taxes ought to be reduced for the wealthiest Americans on CNBC's Kudlow & Company. 8/30/07

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Middle Class Squeeze Hits WalMart: Weller on CNN Lou Dobbs

2008-10-25T15:30:52Z

Center for American Progress Senior Fellow tells CNN's Christine Romans that US workers are watching their wages stagnate and debts rise, a problem noted by Wal-Mart when forecasting lower profits in the future on Lou Dobbs Tonight.

Read Christian Weller's snapshot of the US Economy for August 2007 here:
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/08/august_snapshot.html

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The US Economy - Reality vs The President

2008-10-15T21:30:57Z

Center for American Progress Senior Economist Christian Weller sat down with CNBC to discuss the current state of the US economy. Despite stock market gains, the news for the average American isnt a good as you might expect.

For more on the state of the economy click below to read Christian Weller & Gene Sperling's new report:
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/01/state_of_economy.html

and for more research on the economy and the middle class:
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/01/middle_class.html

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Congress Considers Taxing Private Equity Firms - CNBC

2008-10-16T03:30:18Z

Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Christian Weller joined CNBC to debate the merits of current legislation aimed at levying taxes on private equity firms, which currently are able to exploit a lucrative loopholes in the tax code.

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