Shoppers Set Records on Black Friday; Cyber Monday Records Likely As Well
While the Conference Board says the economy is slowing, Black Friday sales broke records and Cyber Monday sales are expected to do the...
Economy
Wall Street Worries? Blame the Fed
It's the Fed. It's not durable goods orders or the "death cross" or other...
This Thanksgiving and Christmas, Think “Buy American”
The Alliance for American Manufacturing has provided a way for U.S. citizens to put...
Fed Official Suggests Four More Interest Rate Hikes in 2019
Charles Evans of the Fed’s Federal Open Market Committee says interest rates are too...
Latest NFIB Report Confirms Robust Health of U.S. Economy
Despite the volatility on Wall Street, the U.S. economy continues its remarkable record-setting recovery...
Stocks Bounce Higher on Better-than-expected Jobs Report
Stocks bounced higher on Wednesday following Tuesday’s relief rally, responding to another positive employment...
U.S. Treasury’s Massive Problem: How to Fund Increasing Deficits
The national debt of the United States government jumped by $1.3 trillion during the...
Bear Market in Stocks Not Likely
Is the recent stock sell-off likely to continue? Is this a precursor to a...
Fed to Blame for Stock Market Selloff?
Wednesday’s selloff on Wall Street can be laid primarily at the feet of the...
Amazon Robotics Is Automating Everything
Amazon, the largest Internet retailer in the world, purchased Kiva Systems, a robotics company...
Repatriation of Foreign Earnings Gaining Momentum
Thanks to the Trump tax reform, major corporations with billions held overseas are bringing...
Obama Brazenly Tried to Take Credit for Better Economy Under Trump
Obama told the college students at the University of Illinois that the booming economy...
American Business Coalition Launches Anti-Tariff Campaign Against Trump
The trade tariff strategy being implemented by Trump involves patience. For this group of...
More Evidence of Robust U.S. Economy
Expect more records to be broken as the U.S. economy continues its remarkable expansion....
White House Forecasts 3.5 Percent GDP Growth in Third Quarter
Even Kevin Hassett, chairman of President Trump’s Council of Economic Advisors, fails to grasp...
De Blasio, MTA, & Big Taxi Beat Uber, Lyft
At the behest of the public transportation and taxi dirvers’ unions, New York City...
U.S. Household Debt at $13.2 Trillion — Cause for Worry?
The latest report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York triggered all manner...
Trump Tax Reforms Allow Companies to Expand Benefits, Increase Wages
More and more U.S. companies are using benefits from President Trump’s tax reform program...
Tech Giants Face British Tax, Liability Problems
As if they didn’t have enough problems with stock drops, accusations of political purging...
Unsustainable: The Government Pension Pickle that Several States are Facing
State employee pensions, negotiated by greedy public employee unions and rubber-stamped by short-sighted politicians...
