Author Archives: John Rutledge

March 23, 2007. This week the House passed a$124 billion legislation Iraq funding bill that adds $21 billion in domestic pork projects to the $95.5 billion requested by the Administration. The spending includes includes $74 million for peanut storage, $283 … Continue reading →

Recession? I don’t think so. On Friday, Rodrigo Rato, the head of the IMF, told a Wharton group that the IMF expects worldwide economic growth for 2007 to clock in at close to 5 percent, the strongest five-year span for … Continue reading →