In our lifetimes, the best comparison for Trump’s election win is Ronald Reagan’s in 1980. That election, like this one, pitted big spenders and champions of
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The Federal Reserve cut short-term rates by a quarter percentage point last week, like pretty much everyone expected. In addition, the Fed didn’t push back
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To paraphrase Milton Friedman: There are four ways in which you can spend money. You can spend your own money on yourself. You can spend your own money on
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With third quarter GDP being reported next Wednesday – less than a week before election day – the US is still not in recession.
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There are two types of economists in the world…demand-siders and supply-siders. Without digging too deeply, one huge difference shows up in government policy.
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The federal debt is already $35 trillion and currently rising by roughly $2 trillion every year – with no end in sight. As a result, some investors are worried
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Like it does once every year, last week the Commerce Department went back and revised its GDP figures for the past several years. And while the top line
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With only one week left in the fiscal year, it looks like the budget deficit for the federal government for Fiscal Year 2024 is going to come in at about $1.9
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You don’t have to read or listen for long these days before you hear a politician, pundit, or politically-inclined person say: “Government spending causes
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Friday’s employment report suggests the US economy may be slowing down faster than most investors think
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Labor Day was celebrated around the country yesterday and, as usual, when doing so there were speeches extolling the virtues of hard work and workers’
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We all knew it was coming…and in Jackson Hole, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said it will come next month. He said, “the time has come,” and the
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