According to the Labor Department’s February jobs report, the United States added 678,000 jobs last month. That number is well above the roughly 400,000 jobs many analysts had been predicting. “We now have recovered more than 90 percent of the jobs lost at the onset of the pandemic,” Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh said in a…

As the United States struggles to get its worst inflation in four decades under control, the Federal Reserve is eyeing interest rate hikes. But, the Fed remains essentially paralyzed by vacancies at the top. President Biden’s nominees are making matters more complicated, because he’s nominating people whose visions for America would lead to economic catastrophe.…

The latest weekly unemployment claims report from the Labor Department shows initial claims dropped by 18,000 to 215,000 last week. That’s the lowest numbers since the turn of the new year. The four-week average for claims, which compensates for weekly volatility, fell by 6,000 to 230,500. While Thursday’s Labor Department report indicates a low number…

Recent polling from Gallup has indicated inflation and the economy are major concerns for many Americans. During his State of the Union address, President Biden described plans to combat America’s rising inflation. “Too many families are struggling to keep up with their bills. Inflation is robbing them of gains they thought otherwise they would be able to…

President Biden’s first State of the Union Address clocked in at just more than an hour long. During his speech, he touched on issues both foreign and domestic, focusing on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine first. “Putin has unleashed violence and chaos,” Biden told the joint session of Congress. “But while he may make gains on the battlefield…

President Biden will give his first State of the Union Address during a joint session of Congress Tuesday night. Biden is expected to tout his achievements and speak on issues he hopes to address, including rising inflation. “In the speech he’s going to make clear that one of the best ways to lower cost over…

Now that the question of a Russian invasion of Ukraine has proven itself not to be a hypothetical, Western governments will be pushed to respond. The United States and its European allies are likely to pursue a sanctions campaign, but this is easier said than done. While it has been popular to deride Russia and…

It’s all but certain the U.S Federal Reserve is going to raise interest rates. The forecast for the world economy is much foggier. And the debate among the financial community is not, ‘Will rates go up in calendar year 2022, will they go up four times? Will they go up six times? Will they go…