recession
The economy has reached a crossroads, and the K-shaped recovery has started to worsen.
1 month ago
The trillions and trillions of economic stimulus ultimately have to be paid for by some means. Now the whole world seems to be drowning in debt.
1 month ago
Serious implications arise from governmental shutdowns. The success or failure of an outcome may come down simply to how it affects most people.
2 months ago
There are lots of reasons to be cautious about the month of October, and that is certainly the case for 2020.
3 months ago
The Congressional Budget Office publishes each year a nonpartisan long-term projection of what it expects will be seen in federal deficits, debt, spending, and revenues. The annual report looks out...
3 months ago
Last Updated: 3 months ago
Economists have traditionally used three letters to describe an economic recovery. A “V-shaped” one is a sharp decline in gross domestic product followed by a rapid recovery. The process...
4 months ago
Last Updated: 4 months ago
In the midst of the worst recession of a lifetime, the Federal Reserve has built up a balance sheet of roughly $7 trillion. This has been paid for by trillions of dollars that were newly created in a...
4 months ago
The big question now is just how long it will take to make up the recent massive losses to U.S. gross domestic product.
4 months ago
Can a small city that is relatively isolated and has several small businesses ride out a recession that has badly damaged almost every other part of the country?
5 months ago
The primary debate among economists is how badly the world economy is damaged now and will be in the future.
5 months ago
Anyone who has walked by or driven past strip malls knows that many of the businesses there are closed down during the COVID-19 pandemic. What may not be as obvious is just how many of those...
5 months ago
The equity markets will start to fall as parts of the economy shut down again and it becomes clear that as many as 15 million lost jobs cannot be replaced.
5 months ago
Investors have seen recoveries in airlines, hotels and other travel-related stocks over the past 75 days or so, but the trends for the great recovery in travel and tourism may not resemble what they...
6 months ago
Last Updated: 6 months ago
The Federal Reserve has announced an update to its Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF). The lending program may acquire up to $250 billion in outstanding corporate bonds and another...
7 months ago
If people have to eat and drink whether there is a COVID-19 pandemic or not, Instacart has what may be a perfect business model. This has become the top online grocery play out there for same-day...
7 months ago
Last Updated: 7 months ago