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Why Weaken U.S. Economy?
Answering Kennedy’s Call “On February 28, the same day that President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance took the side of Russian president Vladimir Putin against Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, Martin Matishak of The Record, … Continue reading
Posted in Consumers, COVID-19, Economy, Politics, Weekly Financial News
Tagged budget deficit, doge, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Politics, President Donald Trump, Russia, trade tariffs, Trump, ukraine, vladimir putin, wikileaks, zelensky
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Was It a Good Employment Report??
Popular Economics Weekly Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 143,000 in January, and the unemployment rate edged down to 4.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in health care, retail trade, and social assistance. … Continue reading
Trump, the Lucky Loser
Answering Kennedy’s Call “Born to a rich father who made him the beneficiary of his own highly lucrative investments, Trump received the equivalent of more than $500 million today via means that required no business expertise whatsoever.” Random House In … Continue reading
Why the Tariffs Debate?
Popular Economics Weekly “For far too long, we have relied on taxing our Great People using the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Through soft and pathetically weak Trade agreements, the American Economy has delivered growth and prosperity to the World, while … Continue reading
Posted in Consumers, COVID-19, Economy, Politics, Weekly Financial News
Tagged Donald Trump, Economy, Federal Reserve, GDP growth, inflation, interest rates, Politics, tariffs, trade tariffs, Trump
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Consumer at Center of Any Recovery
Financial FAQs FRED retail sales The American economy has depended on consumers’ health, and consumer spending since the 1950s, really. Consumers generate some 70 percent of economic activity from their purchases, with government spending and capital expenditures in the private … Continue reading
Posted in Consumers, Economy, Keynesian economics, Politics
Tagged consumer confidence, consumer spending, COVID-19, foreign trade, trade tariffs
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Why are Consumers Buying Less?
Financial FAQs Wrightson.com President Trump tweeted this morning that U.S. and China were close to a “really big deal”, and stocks rallied with the S&P up as much as 30 points and the DOW 250 points higher in early trading. … Continue reading
Posted in Consumers, Economy, Politics, Weekly Financial News
Tagged budget deficits, trade tariffs, trade war
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Lowest Unemployment Rate In 50 Years
Popular Economics Weekly MarketWatch The unemployment rate dropped to a 50-year low, and there are still 6 million jobs available. Private payrolls expanded by 114,000 after an upwardly revised 122,000 advance the prior month, according to a Labor Department report … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Macro Economics, Politics, Weekly Financial News
Tagged exports, job openings, trade tariffs, unemployment report
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United We Stand, Divided We Fall
Answering the Kennedys’ Call The day after last Thursday’s DOW Index plunged 800 points, President Trump Tweeted a request that Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu block Congresswomen Ilhan Omer and Rashida Tlaib’s visit to Israel and the West Bank. His action … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged democracies, Democrats, Republicans, trade tariffs, trade war
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Manufacturing slows as Trade Wars Quicken
Popular Economics Weekly Trade wars are not really winnable anymore—at least the way President Trump wants to conduct them—or any wars for that matter. This is because we no longer live in a win-lose world where the strong are able … Continue reading
Who Pays For the Tariff Wars?
Popular Economics Weekly It’s unfortunate that we have to keep returning to the most unpleasant of topics— higher taxes. But that’s what the White House is doing with their various Chinese, Mexican, and European tariffs. They seem to be waging … Continue reading
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