Economy
April 29, 2008 -
The RealtyTrac foreclosure report for the first quarter of 2008 is out.
April 23, 2008 -
Over the last two decades, government grants for college have been increasingly replaced by loans. While a big boon to banks and lenders, the privatization of student aid has put those wanting to go to college in an increasingly precarious position.
April 22, 2008 -
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released unemployment figures for March 2008. Since March 2007, unemployment has increased by more than 11% around the South, from an overall average of 4.5% to 5.0%.
April 20, 2008 -
Amidst the Tax Day groans across the South and country this week, there was one piece of good news for low-income taxpayers: this year, four states -- including Louisiana and North Carolina -- started giving an Earned Income Tax Credit. As Stateline.org reports:
April 15, 2008 -
For each dollar of U.S. federal income tax paid in 2007, amount spent on the military: 43 cents On health care: 20 cents On responses to poverty: 12 cents On education and jobs: 3 cents On diplomacy and foreign aid: 1 cent A major corporation's chance of being audited in 1990: 3 in 4
April 8, 2008 -
In an example of the kind of pace-setting research that has made them the most useful resource on the subprime lending crisis, the Center for Responsible Lending released an important report today (pdf) on the role brokers play in loans to borrowers with lowe
March 19, 2008 -
The Center for Responsible Lending reports on a major development in Arkansas: