The U.S. economy is suffering under crippling deficits, massive debt, and record unemployment. The country needs fresh ideas, novel solutions, and unorthodox measures to stimulate job growth, pay down debt, and balance its budget. Independents will be watching for policy proposals and candidates, who think outside the box, can make the tough decisions, and challenge the status quo when it comes to leading the economy out of a recession.
Walmart has reported a drop in sales for the past seven quarters in a row in U.S. stores. To combat this, the company is looking to fill its shelves with even lower priced items then they currently carry.
Is that politician or pundit make valid economic arguments, or just distracting you with flashy, partisan talking points to gain ground for their candidacy or “team?”
Foreclosure activity dropped unexpectedly in February. California-based analyst Mark Hanson says less foreclosures are a “portent of big trouble” for the housing market in general.
What do you do when one of the very few economic analysts to predict the financial crisis says another, even more catastrophic economic collapse will hit the United States economy in 2013 or 2014?
Chinese timber giant, Sino-Forest Corp, has filed for bankruptcy protection on March 31st, 2012. The company has been under investigation for allegedly exaggerating its timber holdings in China, essentially defrauding investors of their money. The company has put itself up for sale and is suing the research firm making these serious allegations.
A survey released by Gallup Polls late last week found that 71% of those polled said they personally worry a “great deal” about the economy, topping a list of fifteen different problems facing the country today.
House Republicans and Senate Democrats are offering dueling tax cut bills for small businesses, and “neither has a snowball’s chance in hell of being passed,” according to Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former McCain economic advisor.
If anyone in Washington wants to make a difference in the price of gasoline, healthcare, and a whole host of other issues that are plaguing this nation, they would do citizens a great service by abolishing legal tender laws that forbid anything but Federal Reserve notes be used in transactions of goods and services.
Trade wars usually do start out small but have a nasty habit of escalating. Additional tariffs may be coming in May after a ruling on Chinese dumping of solar panels.
When House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced the plan on Tuesday he drew ire not only from Democrats but from some farmers weary about the effects that partisan gridlock over food stamp and Medicare programs will have on a long-anticipated Farm Bill.
