Well, there is no real data inside of the payrolls and unemployment report for the conspiracy theorists to run wild with as the last serious economic report ahead of the election.
For those who view negative interest rates on sovereign debt as a tax, there is good news. For those who want to use sovereign debt as a means of building wealth rather than just…
After having been in the dumps for far too long, we are seeing a long overdue surge in worker productivity. The productivity report was better than economists had predicted.
If you read through the FOMC statement on its decision not to hike interest rates on November 2, 2016, the use of ‘moderate’ and ‘modest’ was used less than before and the Federal Reserve also…
With the 2016 presidential election just days away, it was widely expected that Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve were not going to announce an interest rate hike at the November 2 two-day FOMC…
Friday's Employment Situation report from the U.S. Department of Labor is perhaps one of the most widely followed economic reports of them all. It is also one of the last formal reports that people…
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday morning that construction spending in September dipped, while economists surveyed by Bloomberg News called for it to rise.
Friday’s report showing 2.9% growth in third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) may have gotten everyone’s mood off to a good start for the fourth quarter. The problem isn’t that the September data was looking…
Among all the problems in Europe and the post-Brexit woes, Eurostat has released its first view of third-quarter seasonally adjusted gross domestic product.
The latest personal savings rate as a percentage of disposable income may look high on the surface. Unfortunately, it is not if you consider that the personal savings rate is actually on a downward…