Economics

Earlier today the BLS posted the most recent quarterly reading for ‘Labor Productivity.’   The numbers were not good. What is productivity and why is it […]

On Friday morning, we learned non-farm payrolls jumped 255,000 in July.   Shortly thereafter came numerous media suggestions that the FED will now raise short-term rates. I […]

Imagine you see a friend step into a bear trap.  Wham!   The trap springs closed, he cries out in fear as his leg is painfully wedged […]

Yesterday the Wall Street Journal told us this expansion is the weakest in over 60 years. Hmmm…. Maybe it really IS that bad! Why You Should […]