Greetings from Tyler, Are these the best of times, or the worst? It seems that for now at least, the foreign policy of the United States is solid. Iran is still holding the British owned tanker taken hostage in the … Read More
New data show much faster growth in wages and incomes. An assembly line worker packages items from an online order to be shipped out of a Target store in Edison, N.J., Nov. 16, 2018. PHOTO: JULIO CORTEZ/ASSOCIATED PRESS Political discourse nowadays is … Read More
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D, N.Y.) during a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 9, 2019. (Leah Millis/Reuters) Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti admitted recently that the true motivation behind introducing … Read More
Donald Trump claps as he leaves after speaking during a Make America Great Again rally in Green Bay At this point, we can relegate the admonitions and advisories to the small print reserved for the disclaimers about possible side effects … Read More
The major global economies are on a bit of a soft spot apart from the US economy which is running on all cylinders right now. I suppose Donald Trump’s policies are having the effect that he was expecting on the … Read More
The Swedish crown strengthened after an election in the country on Sunday that saw support for the nationalist Sweden Democrats surge. An emerging market currency index dipped more than 0.4 percent on Monday after booking its biggest weekly loss in … Read More
The great engine of American capitalism is once again firing on all cylinders, as shown by the 4.1 percent annualized growth of America’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter of this year. Most Americans (with the exception of … Read More
On the roster: A good offense may be best defense for House GOP – Dems despair over backlash to bully tactics – Trump gets bump on economy – House to vote on immigration bill despite Trump – Don’t mess with iguanas before they get … Read More
From the second quarter Phoenix Management “Lending Climate in America” Survey, results show a positive outlook for the U.S. Economy and set a record high for the near-term GPA in the history of the survey. Lenders’ confidence on how they expect the … Read More