Despite a moribund economy, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has more than doubled in value over the past seven years, recently surpassing 18,000. Is the run-up in stock prices sustainable, or...
Although elements of socialism have slowly crept into the economy, President Obama's calls for wage insurance cross well over the line. Under his State of the Union proposal, American workers could...
The International Monetary Fund is urging G-20 nations to consider a coordinated implementation of fiscal and monetary stimulus to counteract signs of a slowing global economy. What does that mean, and...
Although the narrative from the Obama administration is one of an economy that has been humming along nicely, the reality is that the Federal Reserve primed the pump with historic and...
Heavy doses of monetary policy have become the norm throughout the Western world over the past few decades, with the lowering of interest rates the most commonly utilized tool. Can interest...
Last Friday, the Commerce Department released its initial estimate of U.S. economic growth for the fourth quarter of 2015, and the news was grim for the economy. ...
The Obama administration has loudly touted reports that the U.S. economy has generated 14.1 million new jobs over the past 70 months and now sits at a 5.0 percent unemployment rate,...