Jobs Report So Strong Even Democrats Can’t Find Anything Wrong With It
If Independents tune out the noise and focus on their votes on their pocketbooks on Tuesday, Congress should remain in Republican hands. ...
Economic Commentary
Growing U.S. Economy Unable to Keep Up With Growing Government Spending
No matter how strong the economy and the resulting revenues to the federal government, government spending will continue to outpace them, likely leading...
Read moreIs the Fed Trying to Kill the Trump Economy?
Is this the beginning of the end? Is this the death knell for stocks and bonds, administered by the Fed in the name...
Read moreIMF Lowers Global Economic Growth Estimates, Blames Trump Tariffs
The International Monetary Fund fell into the same trap as so many other forecasters have: ignoring both the temporary nature of Trump’s tariff...
Read moreFed Set to Spoil the Party and Dampen the Trump Economy
Market watchers will have to wait until Tuesday to see if the mini-panic selloff last week picks up steam. ...
Read moreAmazon’s New $15 Minimum Wage Is a Shrewd Political Move
Amazon’s announcement that it will raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour is a smart political move for its owner, and it...
Read moreThe Coming National Debt Tsunami
According to the Treasury, the government’s national debt jumped in the fiscal year ending September 30 from $20.2 trillion to $21.5 trillion, or...
Read moreU.S. Economy Setting Records, Surprising Market Bears
The Conference Board's report on consumer confidence in September, released earlier this week, caught forecasters by surprise once again. ...
Read moreNew Unemployment Claims Headed for 50-year Lows
The jobless claims report from the Department of Labor (DOL) for the week ending September 15 came out on Thursday, showing unemployment to...
Read moreNearly Half a Trillion Dollars Already Repatriated; More Coming
In the first six months of 2018 alone, American companies have called back $465 billion of untaxed corporate earnings from abroad. ...
Read moreTrump Seeks Third Round of Trade Talks With China, Sensing Their Vulnerability
Will the third round of trade talks go any better than the first two? ...
Read moreTrump: Economy “Booming Like Never Before”
By nearly every metric, the economy under Trump continues to expand. ...
Read moreEconomy Booming: Could We See Trump’s Claimed 5% GDP Growth?
Second-quarter GDP growth was revised upward, to 4.2 percent, and some are now predicting 4.6-percent third-quarter growth. Could Trump's claim of five-percent GDP...
Read moreNew Arizona Law Moves State One Step Closer to Sound Money
New law in effect in Arizona moves the state one step closer toward sound money. ...
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