Income Inequality Is Unhealthy

Income inequality is being uncovered in health care and life expectancy data. “I believe income inequality rivals smoking and obesity Continue reading →

Food Prices Drop

Food prices have been dropping for longer than any time since 2009, and before that, 1960. For 9 months, food prices Continue reading →

Data That Matters September 2016

The US economy added 151,000 jobs in August, 2016. Government debt as a percentage of GDP now exceeds 100%. Cities Continue reading →

US GDP Held Back By Housing

The US may be past the most recent era of foreclosures, but housing now has two other affordability issues: high Continue reading →

Extreme Long Term Unemployment

Unemployment is down. Celebrate that. For those 151,000 people who got jobs in August it was good news. Within the Continue reading →

Possible Chinese Bubble Bursting

China has seen credit grow as the country has grown. Some think the credit growth is unsustainable. By one measure, Continue reading →

US Poverty Decreases

The US Census Bureau released data that shows a broader recovery is finally occurring. All income and minority classes are Continue reading →

Corporate Bonds Go Negative

The fact that various governments are issuing bonds with negative interest rates has been worrying enough. Now, corporations are doing Continue reading →