Buchanan: Sink The New World Order Tax! Authored by Pat Buchanan, Last Friday, in a triumph for transnationalism, 136 nations, including the U.S., agreed to mandate...
[For more analysis and commentary, please join me at robertreich.substack.com]The General Strike of 2021On Tuesday, the Labor Department reported that some 4.3 million people had quit...
Futures Reverse Losses Ahead Of Key CPI Report For the second day in a row, an overnight slump in equity futures sparked by concerns about iPhone...
What Causes “Transitory” Inflation to Become “Persistent”? You are the CEO of Acme Widget Factory. Among your many duties is overseeing production and profit margins related...
Inflation fears persisted overnight with the US dollar continuing to march higher, despite long-dated US yields falling. New York markets seemed more preoccupied with the yield...
The USD/JPY pair popped to the lowest level since November 2018 as investors waited for the upcoming American inflation data. The pair is trading at 113.67,...
Fed Losing Control As Consumers' Inflation Expectations Hit New All Time High Another month, another record high in consumer inflation expectations. While central banks, tenured economists...
- by New Deal democratThis morning’s JOLTS report covers August, which you may recall featured a disappointing jobs report (since revised somewhat higher ), during which...
At first glance, the polls suggest the government isn’t feeling the pressure. But there’s another way to look at the situation.
Overview: A weak close in US equity trading yesterday and the widening of China's "cultural revolution" for a two-month investigation of the financial sector stopped a...
An expert on global supply chains explains why shortages of many products have persisted throughout the pandemic.
Futures Rebound From Overnight Slide As Oil Keeps Rising US equity-index futures erased earlier declines, rebounding from a loss of as much as 0.8% helped by...
The GBP/USD price was under pressure on Tuesday morning as investors waited for the upcoming UK jobs and US inflation data. The pair declined to a...
Bank Of England Hints At Rate Hike As Soon As Next Meeting Less than a week ago, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand became the second...
The Canadian dollar has posted modest gains in the Monday session. Currently, USD/CAD is trading at 1.2452, down 0.15% on the day. Sharp Canada jobs sends loonie...
Futures Slide As Soaring Oil Nears $85 While cash bonds may be closed today for Columbus Day, which may or may not be a holiday -...
Overview: Equities are softer and yields higher to start the new week. The dollar is mixed. Oil and industrial metals are higher. There are several developments...
This morning market futures are pointing lower as oil breaks above $80 and bond yields rise. Furthermore, investors need to fasten their seat belts, for a...
Despite China’s central government ordering domestic coal producers to increase production to alleviate energy shortages in mainland China, obstacles keep on appearing. Production in one of...
Bonds sold off again last week with the yield on the 10 year Treasury closing over 1.6% for the first time since early June. The yield...
This article discusses the distinctions between corrections and recessions, the definition of each, and publicly available metrics to help investors use probabilistic decision making. The post...
US rates and the dollar hardly responded to the disappointing jobs report. The 194k rise in the nonfarm payrolls was the least this year, but of...
U.S. stocks fell on Friday but ended last week fractionally higher. Cyclical groups such as Energy and Financials led the gainers, while the Real Estate sector...
Is The Small Business Sector Being Deliberately Targeted For Destruction? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, The past 18 months have not been kind to small...
This article discusses the distinctions between corrections and recessions, the definition of each, and publicly available metrics to help investors use probabilistic decision making. The post...
Some folks recognize various bird cries, others can identify the howling of a wolf, but any good economist can quickly recognize the “it’s hard to get...
The Pando (pictured here) appears to be 107 acres of forest, but scientists have concluded that the nearly 47,000 genetically identical quaking aspen trees share a...
With so little to like about Japan’s own economy, the Japanese long ago had come to count on putting their money and their efforts elsewhere. General...
A busy week in store Another fascinating week in the markets and there’s little reason to think there isn’t plenty more to come in the final...
As the average cost of a ride on Uber, Lyft and other “rideshare” services has risen over the years, it’s become clear these companies were never...