If you thought that Americans today are worse off financially than previous generations, you’re not off the mark. The feeling that the cost of living is increasing while the ability …
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Analysts looking for more signs of a struggling economy are viewing the US trucking market with trepidation. Heavy truck sales in the US continue to collapse at an astonishing rate. …
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Mortgage lenders are working overtime to drum up new clients these days, and they have a bit of good news to share with their potential customers. Thanks to the Federal …
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The premise behind the OPEC oil monopoly is a simple one. Developed nations need oil to fuel their economies, so the oil-producing members of OPEC collude to restrict output in …
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Nothing has buoyed the performance of stock markets more over the past couple of years than stock buybacks by major corporations. With interest rates still at near-record lows, corporations are …
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The Federal Reserve cut its target federal funds rate last week by 25 basis points, half of the 50 basis points that Wall Street had hoped for. That came after …
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If there’s a country that could challenge North Korea for world’s least predictable government, Turkey would have to be it. Recent actions taken by the Turkish government have people scratching …
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Over the past 10+ years of unprecedented central bank liquidity creation, traditional thinking about monetary policy, financial markets, and government intervention in those markets has been turned on its head. …
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When judging the likelihood of a recession, it isn’t just data about manufacturing, housing, and consumer good production that goes into most predictions. Data about ancillary industries such as transportation …
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From massive rainstorms to scorching heat waves, there’s hardly a weather event today that isn’t trumpeted by the media as yet another example of the dangers of man-made climate change. …