Well, the Virus Patrol sure has done it. In a fit of reckless overkill they have managed to vaporize six years of economic growth during the last 90 days. And that’s just by the mechanical reckoning of the GDP accounts, where total output in Q2 weighed in at essentially the same level as Q4 2014. […]
(Shhh! Don’t Tell Wall Street that the Fed is Tightening.) Repo Loans Hit Zero; Fed Balance Sheet Shrinks by $248 Billion in a Month…
Beginning on September 17 of last year, months before the first COVID-19 case had been discovered anywhere in the world, the Federal Reserve – for the first time since the financial crisis of 2008 – jumped into the repo loan market, where financial firms borrow from each other overnight, and began making tens of billions […]
Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Calls for the ‘Dismantling’ of U.S. Economy and Political System…
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar called for the “dismantling” of the U.S. economy and political system Tuesday. “As long as our economy and political systems prioritize profit without considering who is profiting, who is being shut out, we will perpetuate this inequality,” Omar said. “We cannot stop at criminal justice system. We must begin the […]
Trump to Close Loophole That Gives 50K U.S. Jobs to Border Crossers Every Year…
Trump Sets Regulation to End Cheap-Labor H-1Bs…
Trump to Cut Immigration by 525,000 in Effort to Open Jobs for Unemployed Americans…
President Trump is suspending five classes of visas through the end of the year in an effort to open more than half a million jobs to Americans, according to three senior administration officials. Trump will extend the 60-day halt he took April 22 toward incoming green card recipients, or those who have been approved to […]
May Retail Sales Surge Most on Record as US Returns to Work After Coronavirus Shutdowns…
U.S. retail sales surged the most on record last month, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, as millions of Americans returned to work following weeks of coronavirus-triggered lockdowns that shuttered the world’s largest economy. Retail sales rose 17.7% in May, the Commerce Department said, well ahead of the 8% forecast and well ahead of the downwardly-revised […]
Failed State Walking…
I love America. It’s the land of my birth, my education (Go Beav’s), my children’s births, and where I live and will eventually die. I did spend about five years living in Europe and Asia and loved it…but my home is and will be the vast expanse of the Western US. So, when I’m critical […]
Fed Expects Interest Rates to Remain Zero Through 2022, GDP to Rebound by 5% Next Year…
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday projected that interest rates will remain near zero through 2022 and pledged to continue supporting a U.S. economy devastated by the coronavirus pandemic and the related lockdowns. The Federal Open Market Committee, in a unanimous statement, reiterated previous guidance that the benchmark federal fund rate will stay at a range […]
JUMPIN’ JU-JU BONES, IT’S RAINING WINNAMINS!…
Jumpin’ ju-ju bones, it’s raining winnamins ! ~ Analysts and economists were predicting May jobs report would show losses of around 7 to 8 million jobs in May. That’s what everyone suspected, and why they were stunned this morning to find out the U.S. economy actually added, yes ADDED, 2.5 million jobs. The Bureau of […]
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