The announcement today (April 29) of a barely positive GDP first quarter 2015 growth rate of 0.2 percent (two-tenths of one percent) is an intentional…
Economy of the United States
The Obama administration is doing its full court press, pulling out all the stops to get Congress to approve the fast-track authority that is almost…
The Labor Department reported the U.S. economy created 126,000 jobs in March. This was a sharp slowdown from the 290,000 average over the prior three…
America's wealth grew by 60 percent in the past six years, by over $30 trillion. In approximately the same time, the number of homeless children has also…
When researchers examine violent assault numbers, historically the data has pointed to higher rates of female victimization in developing countries. But a study by a…
One of the elements of cultural ideology in the USA is that the United States is somehow exceptional compared to other countries; that is, it…
Part of America's advantage over other economies historically has been the pace at which it both creates and destroys jobs. As they face slowing prospects or…
Wednesday is yet another Fed meeting where we get to hear “policy” from them. So many times in the past, the upcoming meeting has been called…
The latest Gallup poll shows that even as Americans are more satisfied with the American economy, they are more dissatisfied with the government; and that this…
Political scientists at the University at Buffalo and Pennsylvania State University have published new research investigating how partisan differences in macroeconomic policy have contributed to…
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Friday that the January goods and services trade deficit was $41.8 billion in January, down $3.8 billion from $45.6 billion in December…
The concept of a "free press" is all but dead and buried in America today, it seems. A recent poll conducted by the Pew Research…