Huge Second-quarter GDP Gains; Some Say Unsustainable
President Trump’s celebrated huge second-quarter GDP gains, and on cue, the naysayers came out of the woodwork, explaining why the second quarter’s numbers...
Economy
Zuckerberg, Facebook, Lose Billions In Stock Drop
In less than an hour on Wednesday, Facebook tycoon Mark Zuckerberg lost $16.8 billion....
Texas to Pass Iraq and Iran to Become World’s Third-largest Oil Producer
Thanks to increasing production in the Permian Basin in West Texas, Texas is set...
Food Stamp Use Way Down
The number of Americans on food stamps has dropped significantly, according to Bloomberg News....
China’s Slowing Economy Comes at Perfect Time for Trump
Trump the negotiator most likely welcomes Chinese difficulties as leverage to get a fairer...
Claims for Unemployment Insurance Drop Again, Near 50-year Low
The U.S. economic juggernaut continues to power ahead, with unemployment reaching new lows. ...
U.S. Economy “Not Running Out of Workers”; Latest Jobs Report Shows More Gains
The jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released on Friday showed...
Gold and Silver Are Money Again in Wyoming
A bill removing penalities from the use of gold and silver as specie and...
ADP: U.S. Economy Added 177,000 Jobs in June; May’s Numbers Revised Upward to 189,000
The U.S. economy continues to hum along, according a report by the human services...
Help for Motorists Is Coming as Crude-oil Prices Drop Sharply
Tuesday’s sharp drop of two dollars per barrel for crude will, within weeks, push...
U.S. Economic Upsurge and Trump’s Tax and Tariff Policies
With some warning that Trump's actions on trade and taxes spell impending economic doom,...
Trump Reviving Deep State ExIm Bank?
President Trump's nomination for a new ExIm Bank president suggests he favors reviving the...
Koch Brothers Launch Big-money Campaign Against Trump Tariffs
The Koch brothers are launching a multimillion-dollar campaign to get Congress to rescind President...
Americans’ Satisfaction Highest in 12 Years, Says Gallup
James Carville was right: Americans vote their pocketbooks. ...
Revenues Grow but Spending Grows Faster — and Deficit Explodes
For the fiscal year through May, tax revenues of $217 billion were overwhelmed by...
More Good News for the U.S. Economy: Job Openings Set New Record
Though jobs are plentiful, some economists are predicting a downturn, which recalls the truism...
Robust Jobs Report Erases Concerns About a Slowdown
The improving U.S. economy appears to be having another ameliorative effect: Talk of the...
U.S. Economy Continuing to Fire on All Cylinders
Polls, surveys, and other economic and financial indicators just released confirm that the U.S....
More Taxpayers Fleeing Illinois Than Any Other State
Illinois has dropped from the fifth most-populous state in the union to sixth, due...