The economy grew at a tepid rate of 1.5% during the third quarter. More than 100 million Americans aren’t working. And the inflation rate is near zero. That’s after seven…
Show Us the Money
The bright spot in this limp recovery has been the unemployment rate, which has fallen to 5.1%. But don’t look too closely, or you’ll notice that the spot is not…
Five Reasons Why Wenning Advice Is Worth More Than Buzzfeed
You may have heard that Americans are now getting their news online, instead of reading it in newspapers. They’re not. Most of what appears online and is called “news” fits…
Today’s Economic News: Woe Is Me
The summer weather and the media’s focus on positive economic news may have you feeling cheerier than usual these days. Two words: “Bah, humbug.” Or maybe, “Get real.” Focus, for…
Economic Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is “a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from…
Stock Market Continues to Set Records, But Why?
Let’s take a simple quiz and answer the following multiple choice question. The stock market is hitting new highs because: Corporate earnings are at an all-time high. The economy is…
How Low Can You Go?
The weather has done it again. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics last week reported annualized growth of a piddling 0.2% for the first quarter of 2015. The culprit, of…
Why Worry About Climate Change When You’re $18 Trillion in Debt?
Which crisis scares you more – climate change or our growing debt? Climate change certainly receives a lot more attention in the media and a lot more attention from politicians,…
Appearance vs. Reality
Maybe if the good news about the U.S. economy gets repeated often enough, appearance will become reality. We’re not there yet. The official word from the U.S. Bureau of Labor…
The Year of “May”
We’re well into January, but 2014 demanded a bit of reflection before commenting. Was it a good year or a bad year? We still don’t know. We’re calling it the…