Austrians oppose the whole notion of trying to accurately measure “inflation” which mainstream economists see as a general rise in prices. (Austrians view …
Investing in dividend stocks is similar to planting a tree.You start with something small – an actual seed, or a bit of hard-earned …
Today’s BLS release on Productivity and Costs shows a back-to-back decline in productivity accompanied with rising wages. Productivity is up year-over year, but barely, …
Warren Buffett believes “that bonds are very overvalued“, and a recent survey of fund managers found that 80 percent of them are convinced …
With the Federal Reserve now indicating that they are “really serious” about raising interest rates, there have come numerous articles and analysis discussing the impact …
Chicago Fed President Charles Evans recommends waiting until 2016 to start raising interest rates. The tipping point, he advised in a recent speech, should be …
As the “dollar” has taken back some of its pressure we are seeing at least some of the effects of that in various …
The Washington Post wonders if the US has fallen into a new recession. The motivation for asking is the stall-speed growth in first-quarter …
The hope-strewn bounce in Services PMI over the last 3 months (despite collapsing macro data) has ended. Markit Services PMI dropped in April to …
Austerity has become a loaded concept, not the least of which has been tied to the very growing desire of issuers of past …
