Behind the Jobs Report: Weakness in Manufacturing, Transportation
Heading into the Christmas shopping season, manufacturing and transportation numbers should be much better than they are. ...
Economy
Elites Fear Backlash Against Globalization
The elites at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), meeting this week in Washington, D.C.,...
Hanjin Bankruptcy: a Harbinger for the Global Economy?
Last week, following years of losses as the global economy has slowed, South Korean...
Apple’s Issue With EU Order to Pay $14.5B Tax to Ireland Is About Sovereignty
When the European Commission ruled that Apple must pay $14.5 billion to Ireland in...
U.S. Oil Shale Producers Putting OPEC Into Financial Bind
OPEC was producing crude oil at top rates to force the U.S. oil shale...
California’s Pension Plans Report Dismal Results, Increasing Shortfalls
California’s pension plans are reporting dismal results, and the fund is now about $100...
Federal Reserve at Issue in Congressional Hearing
Republican members of Congress rightly challenge the policies of Federal Reserve System Chairman Janet...
U.S. Trade Rep. Optimistic Congress Will Pass TPP Before End of Obama’s Term
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman is optimistic that Congress will approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
PANAMA PAPERS: Media & Globalists Demand End to Financial Privacy
VIDEO - Watch the real story behind the phony media and globalist outrage about...
Feds Collect Record Amount of Taxes in First Part of FY 2016, Deficit Balloons Ever Larger
During the first eight months of FY 2016, the Treasury Department collected a record...
Bill Would Prohibit Federal Reserve Bailouts for States, Cities
A coalition of Republican lawmakers introduced a bill in Congress that would prohibit any...
TPP Would Subject Canadian Citizens’ Banking Data to U.S. PATRIOT Act
Canadian members of Parliament are concerned about the potential subjection of their citizens' private...
Is Trump Right About Trade?
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made trade a signature issue of his campaign....
Tubman’s Replacement of Jackson Highlights Currency Changes
Move over, Andrew Jackson. Your time on the face of the $20 Federal Reserve...
Revolving Credit Lines to Oil Industry Pose New Hazards to Banks
Ten or the largest banks have $147 billion in revolving credit lines to the...
States’ Pension, Health Plans Increasingly Vastly Underfunded
There is a positive in all of the underfinanced public retirement plans: Massive implosions...
Trump: Gold Better Than Cash; Puts His Money Where His Mouth Is
In a deal that defies currently accepted norms, Donald Trump has rented out the...
China Buys U.S. Firms at Record Rate
From January 2000 to the end of 2015 China closed 1,200 merger and acquisition...
Minimum Wage Debate Pushes Fast Food Automation Forward
As President Barack Obama, presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, and others across...