Economics

As Americans Struggle Financially, CPI Conceals True Pace of Inflation

Americans are struggling financially, especially after the COVID lockdowns. But the government is hiding the fact that wages have not kept pace with...

Steven Neill December 27, 2020

Senate Temporarily Blocks Confirmation of Gold Advocate to the Federal Reserve

Bob Adelmann November 18, 2020

When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell realized that he couldn’t get enough votes to break the filibuster of Judy Shelton’s nomination to the...

COVID Response Has Increased U.S. Food Insecurity

Steven Neill October 8, 2020

The government response to the COVID-19 pandemic has increased food insecurity in the United States. ...

CDC Declares Itself Landlord of All Rental Property in America

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. September 16, 2020

In a decree signed September 1, the CDC announced that landlords could not evict tenants who seek eviction protection from the CDC. Should...

High-tax States Continue to Lose High-income Individuals

Bob Adelmann August 24, 2020

Politicians in high-tax states such as New York and California continue to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, driving away high-income...

National Debt Projected to Hit $41 Trillion by 2030

Bob Adelmann August 12, 2020

If the Manhattan Institute is correct, the national debt will reach $41 trillion no later than 2030, less than 10 years from now....

Media Say Economy Plunged in Second Quarter, Fail to Tell Whole Story

Bob Adelmann July 30, 2020

In our effort to provide balance, The New American continues to report on an economy that is recovering more rapidly than many observers...

The Coming Big Silver Short

TNA Video July 23, 2020

VIDEO - In this interview with The New American's Alex Newman, author and former options trader Chris Marcus of Arcadia Economics explains that...

Another 1.5M Filed for Unemployment; Total Now 47.7M. Is Trump in Trouble?

R. Cort Kirkwood June 25, 2020

The wreckage from the Chinese Virus pandemic and imprudent shutdown of the economy by panicked public officials is far from finished. And that...

Fed Plans to Buy Individual Corporate Bonds to “Support” Market

Bob Adelmann June 16, 2020

After the Fed announced it would expand its efforts to “support” the economy by buying corporate bonds, Wall Street rebounded nearly 1,000 points...

Labor Dept: 1.8M Filed for Unemployment Benefits Last Week. Total Since March 1: 43M

R. Cort Kirkwood June 4, 2020

Another week, another bad report from the Labor Department. The number of those filing unemployment claims is steadily dropping, but remained close to...