Category Archives: Economy

Slip Back Economics

What’s this?  Has the U.S. consumer, the primary engine of economic growth, become ambivalent?  This is what the latest data says… According to the Thomas Reuters/University of Michigan’s early July index reading, consumer sentiment is 81.3.  This is below the … Continue reading

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Wealth Consumption

There aren’t many professions out there where there are no readily applied and real-time performance standards.  In fact, in the corporate world today, there’s a fanatic fixation on tying numerous metrics to performance.  You name it… If it’s measurable, verifiable, … Continue reading

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The Trifecta of Depravity

You don’t have to look very far these days to see economic disparity, divergence, and contrary counterparts.  The rich have never had it so good.  A rising stock market, rising home values, and record corporate profits have the top 10 … Continue reading

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Economic Blasphemy

Last week the Bureau of Economic Analysis made a revision.  You may have heard about it.  According to the government statisticians, first quarter GDP didn’t decline at an annual rate of 0.1 percent as previously estimated. Actually, when they re-counted … Continue reading

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