Economy

What Budget Cuts?

With all the talk of budget cuts in Washington, the average American could be forgiven for thinking that federal spending is, in fact,...

Michael Tennant October 18, 2011

Unemployment Rate Unchanged, 103K Jobs Added

Thomas R. Eddlem October 7, 2011

The U.S. economy added 103,000 new jobs in September with the unemployment rate holding steady at 9.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor...

Bernanke’s Economic Cure: More Deficit Spending, Re-Inflate Housing Bubble

Thomas R. Eddlem October 5, 2011

Federal Reserve Open Market Committee Chairman Ben Bernanke's told the congressional Joint Economic Committee of Congress October 4 that he has the remedy...

Home Sales Drop to Two-Year Low

Bruce Walker September 27, 2011

Americans have invested in homes in many ways for a long time. During the frontier days of the West, families would homestead property...

Internet News Hits New Height of Popularity

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. September 27, 2011

For the so-called “old media,” it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Last week the Pew Research Center...

Obama’s Automobile Standards Could Drive Industry Over a Cliff

Michael Tennant September 23, 2011

The Obama administration is proposing new automobile regulations, including a doubling of fuel economy requirements, that will make cars more expensive and less...

How Will Fed’s Bailout of European Banks Impact Gold & European Markets?

Raven Clabough September 17, 2011

Even as the dollar is crashing and inflation in the United States is rampant, Federal Reserve officials have announced plans to flow dollars...

Federal Reserve to Bail Out European Banks (Again!)

Charles Scaliger September 16, 2011

To the list of mega-corporations bailed out by the U.S. government, we now must add — Europe. In an announcement that rocked financial...

Obama’s “Green Economy” Debacle

James Heiser September 13, 2011

With the United States’ official poverty rate now at a seventeen year high of 15.1 percent — and an actual poverty level that...

Report: Oil Industry Could Create One Million Jobs by 2018

Brian Koenig September 13, 2011

By erasing burdensome regulations, the oil industry could create one million jobs by 2018 and more than 1.4 million by 2030, according to...

Aware of Price Manipulation, China Fighting Dollar With Gold

Alex Newman September 6, 2011

Information cited in a leaked 2009 diplomatic cable from the U.S. embassy in Beijing shows the Chinese regime knew about American and European...

Government Reports No New Jobs in August, Markets Tumble

Thomas R. Eddlem September 2, 2011

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the economy added no new jobs during the month of August in a September...

Generation Vexed: Young American Working Class

Brian Koenig August 26, 2011

Burdened with economic uncertainty, high unemployment, and a volatile investors’ market, young Americans are desperately seeking job security — while anxiously chasing the...