Outside the Beltway

With the economy appearing to sour, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is quickly becoming the President’s latest target of criticism.

Christmas is behind us, but don’t expect any progress when it comes to the government shutdown, which is in its fifth day.

President Trump is now apparently on the warpath against the Federal Reserve Board Chairman he appointed only a year ago.

Trump doesn’t understand (nor respect) the role of the Fed.

Jobs Growth in November was healthy but fell short of expectations.

The economy is in good shape for the moment but there are storm clouds on the horizon.

The current economic recovery is nearly ten years old. It isn’t going to last forever, though, and that could pose a problem for the GOP in 2020.

The evidence that the GOP lost the midterms because of public repudiation of President Trump is overwhelming. The GOP will either accept this and learn from it, or they will not.

The economy appears to have grown strongly in the third quarter, but concerns about long-term growth remain.

Nearly two years into Republican control of Washington, the budget deficit is headed back up.

The Federal Budget Deficit is set to end the Fiscal Year close to $1 trillion, and to continue growing after that.

Donald Trump is now attacking his own appointee to head the Federal Reserve Board.

The economy grew at an exceptionally strong pace according to the first estimate of GDP growth, but several caveats remain.

Deficits continue to rise.

The President is apparently getting ready to take yet another ill-advised step in his ill-advised, economically illiterate trade war.

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 213,000 in June and the unemployment rate rose to 4.0 percent.

The National Debt has passed $21,000,000,000,000 for the first time in history just as the nation begins its return to the era of trillion dollar budget deficits.

The Federal Government will borrow more than $1 trillion this year for the first time in more than a half-decade.

May’s jobs report was stronger than the previous two months, but not entirely great.

The Federal Reserve sees the economy staying relatively the same for the foreseeable future, which is both a good and bad thing.

The first estimate of economic growth in the first three months of 2018 beat expectations slightly, but it doesn’t bode well for the immediate future.

The DJIA (and other markets) are not too happy about all of this trade war talk.

March’s Jobs Report fell far short of expectations.

A better than expected jobs report for February, but wage growth slowed for the month.

President Trump has announced that he’ll be imposing significant tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. This is an unwise decision.

Republicans spent the eight years of Obama Administration railing against fiscal irresponsibility. Now that they have power, they’re the ones being fiscally irresponsible.

Congress seems likely to pass a budget deal today that will massively increase spending, putting to rest once and for all the rank hypocrisy of Republicans when it comes to claims that they are “fiscally conservative.”

Donald Trump spent much of the past year touting the rising stock market, now he’s getting a lesson in reality.

November’s Jobs Report was stronger than expected, but there are several caveats to keep in mind.

Since taking office, President Trump has made an average of 5.5 false claims per day.

President Trump has selected Jerome Powell, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, to replace Janet Yellen as Chairman.

August’s Jobs Report came in below expectations.

July’s jobs report beat expectations, but the underlying numbers aren’t entirely positive either.

According to initial estimates, the economy grew at faster pace in the second quarter than at the beginning of the year, but it was hardly anything to write home about.

The June Jobs Report was significantly better than what we saw in May but on the whole not different from what we’ve seen for the last three years or so.

For the third time since December,, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates.

May’s Jobs Report was mediocre, suggesting that the economy may be stagnating.

Economic growth in the first quarter wasn’t as bad as first estimated, but it still wasn’t very good. And the future is unclear at best.

The first scorecard for President Trump’s first economic quarter in office isn’t exactly very good.

So far, there’s no sign that Donald Trump is having much of an impact on the economy.

For only the third time since the Great Recession ended, the Federal Reserve Board has raised interest rates.

The first Jobs Report for the first full month of the Trump Presidency is out, but it’s nothing to write home about.

Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellin hinted strongly today that we’re likely to see another interest rate increase this month.

The first Jobs Report of 2017 saw healthy jobs growth in January, but there are signs we may be reaching a point where hiring could slow down.

A tepid December jobs report tops off a tepid year.

The economy grew strongly in the third quarter of the year, but it doesn’t seem likely to last.

The Federal Reserve Board raised interest rates for only the second time in a decade, but it still seems like it’s chasing an inflation monster that doesn’t exist.

Another month of solid but not spectacular jobs growth seems to guarantee that the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates this month.

The September Jobs Report continues to show an economy that is growing to some degree, but hardly growing as fast as it should be.