Some national economies will return to their pre-COVID levels this year, others not until 2025. What does this imbalance mean for the global economy?
February’s cold winter blast throughout the Southern United States was supposed to have been the extent of the weakness. The unusual and unusually severe freeze caused...
Black teen unemployment hit a record low of 12.1 percent in May. The May employment report was somewhat weaker than had generally been expected, with the...
A prospective client sent an email to Newsam Construction Inc. on Tuesday morning, wanting to build a set of steps at a home in Montreal. It...
It’s not really a war so much as somewhat of a disagreement. And it’s not an unfamiliar one, as time and again these things tend to...
With vaccination rates increasing and COVID-19 case rates declining, there is an urgency to get back to normal. The April 2021 employment report was a timely...
Last month saw disappointing growth in payroll employment, with just 266,000 jobs added in April, when many expected a number well over 500,000 (and maybe even...
How Biden's Favored Unions Could Get Jammed in His Infrastructure Traffic By Vince Bielski, RealClearInvestigations President Biden repeatedly insists that his infrastructure plan will create millions...
The Key Missing Ingredient In Biden's $6 Trillion Budget Is Honesty Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, How big is Biden's $6 trillion budget and what...
As we look forward to a summer of possibly getting back to “normal”, businesses and industries struggle with the prospect of reopening only to close again....
Most of the world’s investment capital is held in the stock of companies known… The post Investing in Mid and Small Caps: higher risk and volatility...
Canada’s economy grew at an annual rate of 5.6 per cent in the first quarter, a somewhat disappointing reading that will serve as a counterweight to...
A basket of goods that cost $406 in March 2001, the average weekly pay of a retail worker that month, would require a payment of $583...
Peter Schiff: Inflation Crashes The Party Authored by Peter Schiff via SchiffGold.com, It’s dawning on many investors that our post-Covid financial problems may not be as...
The euro is almost unchanged on Friday. In the North American session, EUR/USD is trading at 1.2190, down 0.02% on the day. In Germany, Covid-19 cases...
Job Churn Creates Massive Economic Uncertainty “Shocks in the initial months of the pandemic may have permanently destroyed a large share of employer-worker matches, many of...
Biden Unveils $6 Trillion Budget That Will Raise Federal Spending To Highest Post-WW2 Level US stock futures soared Thursday morning as President Biden unveiled his first...
Shares in Europe have taken the lead for 2021 returns among the world’s main equity regions, based returns for a set of exchange-listed funds through May...
Columbus McKinnon Corporation (CMCO), a global leader in material handling products and systems, delivered solid Q4 results driven by increased order volume. Shares gained 1% to...
The health harms of pandemic-driven mass unemployment will persist for decades, even after people find new jobs.
The euro has started the week in positive territory. In the North American session, EUR/USD is trading at 1.2220, up 0.32%. Monday is a national holiday...
Recently released official U.S. birth data for 2020 showed that births have been falling almost continuously for more than a decade. For every 1,000 women of...
Expansionary monetary and fiscal policies have gone into overdrive all over the world since the beginning of the pandemic. This raises the obvious question of how...
I don't have to tell you it's been tough for most investors to make headway in the markets this month. We're navigating a landscape that's never before...
National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) – issued semi-monthly by Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. May 21,...
European bourses are moving broadly higher, extending strong gains from the previous session as optimism surrounding the economic outlook brightens. Covid cases on the old continent...
To Get America Back To Work, Congress Needs Courage Authored by Tarren Bragdon via RealClearPolitics.com, You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind...
- by New Deal democratNew jobless claims continue to be the most important weekly economic datapoint, as increasing numbers of vaccinated people and outdoor activities have...
From the my EconoFact article “Rising Inflation?“, which begins: There are concerns about inflation rising, and perhaps even accelerating, fueled by an overheating economy as a...
The Japanese yen has posted slight gains on Wednesday. In North American trade, USD/JPY is trading at 108.75, down 0.13%. Slowly but surely, the yen is...