Nigel Farage on the Cyprus Crisis
In an interview that has been making the rounds on the internet over the last 24 hours, outspoken U.K. Independence Party MEP Nigel Farage shared...
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The U.S. Government’s Mortgage Guarantees
As we move further into week chock-full of housing market data, it’s worth pointing out once again that the vast majority of new home loans...
A Better Jobless Rate Calculation
Much was made of the drop in the unemployment rate...s reported by the Labor Department on Friday, from 7.9 percent in January to 7.7 percent...
A Different Way to Look at Inflation
For reasons that are entirely understandable, tomorrow’s retail sales report is attracting a lot more attention than Friday’s report on consumer prices as the latter...
Gas Prices Fall, Still Near Record Highs
American motorists have seen a little relief over the last week or two as pump prices fell from record high levels for this time of...
Gas Prices Fall, Still Near Record Highs
American motorists have gotten a little relief over the last week or two as pump prices fell from record high levels for this time of...
A Key Factor in the Declining Jobless Rate
It is undeniable that the labor market has improved in recent years as the official unemployment rate has tumbled from 10 percent in late-2009 to...
Silver and the Minimum Wage
I forget where I came...cross this, but it seemed worth sharing rather than just discarding it since there’s been lots of talk...bout raising the minimum...
Chart of the Day – How the Labor Market Changed
It appears the enthusiasm over this morning’s labor report has ebbed a bit as more...eople look at the detailed data behind the headlines. Of course...
The U.S. Budget as a Ford Truck
Former high school teacher and current Congressman Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI) makes an interesting analogy between the U.S. budget and the cost of a Ford truck...