Jobs Get Busy

US job growth continues, and accelerates; which encourages long-term unemployed to look for jobs; which drives up the unemployment rate Continue reading →

Student Debt Keeps Kids Home

College graduates are more likely to live at home. The trend is not a consequence of a slacker culture. It Continue reading →

US Job And Wage Growth

The good news was that US unemployment has been falling for years. The bad news was the wages were stagnant. Continue reading →

Greece The EU And The World

Greece caused a crisis within the European Union a few years ago. Bailouts, restructured debt, and austerity haven’t solved the Continue reading →

Debt Rules The World

Total world debt is triple total world gross domestic product. The world owes someone $200,000,000,000, two hundred Trillion dollars. If Continue reading →

American Research Fades

America remains innovative and has extensive research facilities, but the percentage of money spent in research and development is declining. Continue reading →

Saving Which Middle Class

The middle class drive the economy. The poor are spending everything they have, and still don’t add up to much. Continue reading →

US Shale Oil Busts

The boom in shale oil development was gradual compared to its bust. Within months it has returned to levels last Continue reading →