The July Jobs Report indicates that while the economy is growing, it is not growing very much. This seems to call the Federal Reserve’s interest rate plans into question.
Russia’s own government is projecting that its economy will slip into recession next year. How that will impact Putin’s current belligerence remains to be seen.
Apple announced a stunning array of upgraded and new products yesterday.
In no small part because of a brutal winter, the economy shrank in the first three months of the year.
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act passed the Senate yesterday but it’s unlikely to go much further.
A somewhat good jobs report for February, but still no sign that the jobs recession is ending any time soon.
All the available evidence suggest that the Occupy movement has fizzled away into virtual nothingness.
The Republican candidates for President have apparently forgotten that this guy was their party’s nominee twice.
Conservative groups are upset because a new reality show depicts Muslim-Americans as, well, normal Americans.
Occupy Wall Street is not motivated by envy of the rich or even animus towards banks.
There’s no consensus for European-style social democracy or a Randian libertarian paradise.
Some on the right are giving Occupy Wall Street and The 99%’ers a second look.
While it’s hard to argue with S&P’s political analysis, its economic judgment is a head-scratcher.
