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Paddy Hirsch is a former Contributing Editor at Marketplace and the creator and former host of the Marketplace Whiteboard.
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The difference between fiscal and monetary policy
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 14, 2011
A lot of suggestions are getting tossed around Washington on the best way to deal with the country's financial standstill. But what exactly is the difference between how Federal Reserve and Treasury can help?
iBuy: iPhone users anticipate upgrade
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 14, 2011
iPhone users say they will upgrade to the new iPhone 5....even though Apple hasn't even announced that there will be an iPhone 5. (of course they...
Running low: Truckers buy less diesel
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 13, 2011
Truckers are buying less diesel fuel. A study by Ceridian and UCLA found that diesel fuel purchases fell in July and August, meaning there's less...
Cereal killer: Corn crop could be worst since 2005
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 12, 2011
The USDA had some bad news for people who like to eat corn-based products today. The hot, dry summer is to blame for what's likely to be a poor c...
WHITEBOARD: What is a yield curve?
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 12, 2011
If you've been following what the Federal Reserve is doing with the interest rate of late, you have probably heard them talk about the yield curve...
Breaking the bank
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 9, 2011
The markets buzzed today with reports that Bank of America may have to cut 40,000 jobs. This bad news comes less than 24 hours after President Obama launched a job creation proposal that looks both lackluster and doomed to failure in Congress.
Bernanke: nothing for now
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 8, 2011
The Fed Chairman said today that he "expects economic growth to improve slowly and inflation to ease":http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents...
Economy going to pot?
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 8, 2011
More Americans are smoking pot. That's the finding of a survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which says more ...
The problem with Operation Twist
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 7, 2011
Or should I say, another problem. Operation Twist is designed to lower long term interest rates, in order to make it cheaper or consumers to borrow...
My job is to watch dreams die
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 7, 2011
This is from a recent Business Insider post by Joe Wiesenthal:...