Economy

Federal Reserve at Issue in Congressional Hearing

Republican members of Congress rightly challenge the policies of Federal Reserve System Chairman Janet Yellen this week — but are their alternatives strong...

Steve Byas June 24, 2016

U.S. Trade Rep. Optimistic Congress Will Pass TPP Before End of Obama’s Term

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. June 22, 2016

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman is optimistic that Congress will approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) this year. ...

PANAMA PAPERS: Media & Globalists Demand End to Financial Privacy

TNA Video June 13, 2016

VIDEO - Watch the real story behind the phony media and globalist outrage about the "Panama Papers," TNA Foreign Correspondent Alex Newman reports...

Feds Collect Record Amount of Taxes in First Part of FY 2016, Deficit Balloons Ever Larger

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. June 12, 2016

During the first eight months of FY 2016, the Treasury Department collected a record amount of taxes. ...

Bill Would Prohibit Federal Reserve Bailouts for States, Cities

Alex Newman May 27, 2016

A coalition of Republican lawmakers introduced a bill in Congress that would prohibit any federal or “funny-money” funding to bail out to state,...

TPP Would Subject Canadian Citizens’ Banking Data to U.S. PATRIOT Act

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. May 22, 2016

Canadian members of Parliament are concerned about the potential subjection of their citizens' private banking data to the U.S.'s PATRIOT Act surveillance. ...

Is Trump Right About Trade?

Walter McLaughlin May 10, 2016

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

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...