Economy

Is Trump Right About Trade?

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made trade a signature issue of his campaign. Are trade agreements such as NAFTA and TPP bad...

Walter McLaughlin May 10, 2016

Tubman’s Replacement of Jackson Highlights Currency Changes

Steve Byas April 21, 2016

Move over, Andrew Jackson. Your time on the face of the $20 Federal Reserve Note is at an end. You are being replaced...

Revolving Credit Lines to Oil Industry Pose New Hazards to Banks

Bob Adelmann April 12, 2016

Ten or the largest banks have $147 billion in revolving credit lines to the oil industry that are likely to expand their exposure...

States’ Pension, Health Plans Increasingly Vastly Underfunded

Bob Adelmann April 11, 2016

There is a positive in all of the underfinanced public retirement plans: Massive implosions of pension plans will force beneficiaries to become more...

Trump: Gold Better Than Cash; Puts His Money Where His Mouth Is

C. Mitchell Shaw April 6, 2016

In a deal that defies currently accepted norms, Donald Trump has rented out the 50th floor of the Trump Building at 40 Wall...

A Closer look at the Jobs Report

Bob Adelmann April 1, 2016

Once again: government numbers for government purposes. ...

China Buys U.S. Firms at Record Rate

Clinton Alexander March 22, 2016

From January 2000 to the end of 2015 China closed 1,200 merger and acquisition deals in the United States worth a combined total...

Minimum Wage Debate Pushes Fast Food Automation Forward

Clinton Alexander March 18, 2016

As President Barack Obama, presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, and others across the country push for higher minimum wages, the fast...

Report Claims the Federal Reserve Owns the World’s Largest Cache of Gold

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. March 9, 2016

In its latest report, the World Gold Council listed the central bank of the United States as the owner of the world's largest...

Proposed Federal Regulation Could Squelch Popular Financial Advisers

Michael Tennant March 9, 2016

A proposed Labor Department rule regarding investment advisers could have a chilling effect on the speech of popular advisers such as Dave Ramsey....

Troubled Companies on the Rise; Levels Near 2009 Peak

Clinton Alexander March 7, 2016

According to a recent Moody’s Investors Service tally, the number of least-creditworthy companies rose by 10 this month to a recent high of...

“This is not a moment of crisis”: Treasury Sec. Lew as He Heads to G20 in China

William F. Jasper February 26, 2016

China G20 Agenda: More sellouts to — and “convergence” with — Beijing’s communist regime, along with more global “stimulus” and more coordinated central...

China’s Communist Billionaires: Darlings of Harvard, Wall Street, CFR

William F. Jasper February 24, 2016

Goldman Sachs, Carlyle Group, Kissinger Associates, and other Wall Street insiders promote the globalist New World Order of China “integration” and “convergence” with...