Posts Tagged ‘economics’
It’s like nothing that you’ve seen – the pending federal deficit. During the financial crisis, the budget deficit hit approximately $1.4 trillion – a record at the time. According to…
Never again. Shortages of PPE (personal protective equipment), medical testing, and medical supplies such as ventilators occurred across the country. While the U.S. spends more on healthcare than any other…
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the United States Congress in October 2000 with the legislative mandate to monitor and report to Congress on the national security…
The stock market is not the economy. However, the stock market reflects what is expected to happen to the economy. Although some political leaders doubted the impact of the coronavirus…
If there was any doubt about the severity of the coronavirus impact on the U.S. economy, those doubts came to an abrupt halt in March. The Department of Labor announced…
Another week that began with stock market turmoil. 7%, 13% and 20% – those are the magic drops in the S&P 500 that trigger “circuit breakers” for the New York…
Summary and Future Challenges The United States has enjoyed a prolonged period of economic growth; a record period of economic growth. Since 2010 economic growth has continued, the unemployment rate…
Number 5: Drivers of The Stock Market The S&P 500 index is a benchmark index for measuring the performance of the U.S. stock market. It is a diversified index that…
Number 4: The Yet to be Paid Increasing Costs of the Federal Deficit and Debt The Federal Deficit The federal budget deficit refers to U.S. federal government spending exceeding government…
Number 3: The Timing of Those Tax Cuts Part of what made the recent tax cuts unique is that they occurred in a growing economy with near historic lows in…