Unemployment has reached the lowest rate in more than 20 years and the lowest ever for some groups, such as African-Americans and Hispanics. Growth is right at 3 percent, a level President Obama’s economy never achieved, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said last week the growth for the month of April was 4 […]
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Writers on The Washington Post’s editorial board may not be fans of Donald Trump, but they aren’t too crazy about the Democrats’ latest plan to win back voters either. The Post gave Democrats credit for rolling out a new package aimed at what they called the “struggling middle class,” but it questioned whether their “A Better […]
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This is the liberal media’s new narrative: President Barack Obama left a strong economy behind for President Donald Trump to enjoy. At least, that’s what a CNN Money article said: By contrast, Obama handed Trump an economy that was close to what economists consider full employment. The unemployment rate on Inauguration Day was 4.8%, and […]
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Even though the Trump administration has not been able to implement many of their deregulatory policies, the economic numbers released on Friday indicate there is some economic progress on the horizon. The Department of Labor reported that the number of employed Americans went up, the labor force participation rate increased slightly (0.1%) and added 220,000 […]
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The New York Times Upshot is a data-focused part of the newspaper, but just like the Times, it has a liberal bent. In their recent data piece entitled, “You draw it: What got better or worse during Obama’s presidency”, Upshot put out mostly-positive statistics about the Obama presidency. Here’s what they put out: Unemployment rate […]
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That’s not too encouraging: There were 94,517,000 Americans not participating in the labor force in June, a decline of 191,000 people from the previous month, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. The bureau counts those not in the labor force as those who do not have a job and did […]
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Say hello to the rise of the automated machines at fast-food restaurants: Minimum wage increases are set to go into effect in 15 localities on Friday. Minimum wage increases will go into effect in 15 cities in California, Kentucky, Maryland, Oregon, and Illinois, as well as the District of Columbia. Those increases threaten to curb hiring […]
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It’s kind of a neat story: This vacation destination by the sea is serving up a side of celebrity. “People expect something different of you because of who I’m married to,” said Maine’s first lady Ann LePage. “I had no idea it was Ann LePage. I didn’t recognize her,” said one of LePage’s customers, Clayton […]
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Talk about a PR disaster in Brussels: The EU is poised to ban high-powered appliances such as kettles, toasters, hair-dryers within months of Britain’s referendum vote, despite senior officials admitting the plan has brought them “ridicule”. The European Commission plans to unveil long-delayed ‘ecodesign’ restrictions on small household appliances in the autumn. They are expected […]
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Say bye to jobs, D.C. Also, the City Council negotiated this measure to avoid the ballot this November, which the council feared they would lose. Photo by Joe in DC
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June 2018
6/4/2018 - AOL: Trump’s Booming Economy Is Hurting The Poor
July 2017
7/25/2017 - Even the Washington Post is Skeptical of Democrats “Better Deal”
7/11/2017 - CNN: Obama Left Behind a Strong Economy for Trump
7/10/2017 - Liberal Media Cannot Avoid Good Economic News for Trump
January 2017
1/19/2017 - New York Times’ Upshot Tries Hand at Obama Legacy Data and Omits Key Stats
July 2016
7/11/2016 - Jobs Outlook: Labor Force Participation Rate Increases by 0.1%
7/1/2016 - Minimum Wage Hike to Hit Several States Today
June 2016
6/26/2016 - Maine’s First Lady is Waiting Tables during the Summer Season
6/25/2016 - EU Crackdown on Toasters, Kettles after Brexit Vote in UK
6/22/2016 - Fight for $15 Takes Hold in D.C. after City Council Approves Measure
6/22/2016 - Farmers Lament that Farmers Markets are More Social than Money-Making
6/16/2016 - Fed Reserve Board Faces Issues as U.S. Economy is Weak
6/5/2016 - Thanks to Obama, We’re Still in the Summer of Recovery
May 2016
5/12/2016 - Fight for $15 Fallout? CBO Report finds Higher Unemployment among Unskilled Young Men
5/10/2016 - Why Does It Take 300 Hours to Be a Licensed Shampoo Worker in Tennessee?
5/8/2016 - Washington Post Makes Excuses for Obama’s Manufacturing Jobs Promise from 2008
5/6/2016 - Bill de Blasio Calls for a Boycott of Chick-Fil-A while 21 Businesses are Laying Off Workers or Moving
April 2016
4/14/2016 - $1.2 Billion in Cuts to the Food Stamp Program is Proposed
4/12/2016 - Obama: I Made the U.S. Economy Fairer and I Fixed the Economy
March 2016
3/25/2016 - ObamaCare Update: Health Insurance Premiums Outpace Wages
3/16/2016 - Hillary Clinton Ignores Questions on Coal Jobs
3/12/2016 - Food Stamps Update: 45 Million on the Rolls for 56 Straight Months
3/4/2016 - Obama’s War on Coal, via Halting Leases, Could Cost $650 Billion
February 2016
2/26/2016 - Volunteer Rate in America Hits Record Low
2/23/2016 - Household Debt Spikes to $12 Trillion, Short of Recession Record
2/15/2016 - Food Stamp Rolls have Over 45 Million People for 55 Straight Months
January 2016
1/27/2016 - Hillary Clinton’s Tax Plan would Shrink the U.S. Economy by 1%
1/27/2016 - Catholic New Hampshire University will Pay Student Loans if College Graduate Doesn’t Get a Job
1/20/2016 - 55% of Americans Out of Work for 2 Years have Given Up on Finding a Job
1/17/2016 - 48% of Millennials think the American Dream is Dead
1/15/2016 - War on Coal: Obama will Halt New Coal Leases
1/14/2016 - Food Stamp America: 45 Million on the Rolls for 54 Straight Months
1/13/2016 - 93% of U.S. Counties haven’t Recovered from the Recession
December 2015
12/23/2015 - U.S. Economic Recovery? Slow Growth Rate Reported
12/22/2015 - Food Stamp States of America: 45 Million People on Rolls for Past 53 Months
12/17/2015 - Even Hillary Clinton said ObamaCare Forces Americans into Part-Time Work
12/13/2015 - Obama Administration Looks to Overturn Fracking Ruling
November 2015
11/30/2015 - Less than 1% of Obama’s Regulations are Tested for Cost to American Businesses, Consumers
11/13/2015 - Hillary Clinton’s Energy Plan is More ‘Clean’ Energy
11/10/2015 - Food Stamp Program still has Over 45 Million Beneficiaries
September 2015
9/29/2015 - Digging for Black Gold? Hillary Clinton Fundraises with Oil Investors after Opposing Keystone XL
9/28/2015 - Democrats are Slamming Obama’s Economy
9/26/2015 - Fastest-Growing Cities in America are in … Texas
9/24/2015 - ‘Bar Rescue’ TV Star Asks GOP for a Pro-Small Business Platform
9/24/2015 - 36% of Black Children in the U.S. Live Below the Poverty Line
9/17/2015 - American Income Continues to Fall under Obama’s Watch
9/10/2015 - Obama’s Welfare State? Food Stamp Recipients Hit 45 Million for 50 Straight Months
9/7/2015 - 94 Million Americans Out of the Labor Force, Stats Show
9/3/2015 - INFOGRAPHIC: Unemployment Rates of 2-Term Presidents, from Reagan to Obama
August 2015
8/12/2015 - Food Stamp & Obama: 45 Million Recipients for 49 Straight Months
8/9/2015 - U.S. Economy: Foreign-Born Female Workers Doing Fine, American Women are Not
8/9/2015 - Obamanomics: Labor Force Participation Rate Remains at 38-Year Low
8/3/2015 - U.S. Wage Growth Slowed to Historic Low
July 2015
7/28/2015 - Free Beacon: Illegal Immigrants Outnumber Unemployed Americans
7/27/2015 - Democrats Want to Micro-Manage Your Work Hours
7/27/2015 - Hillary Backs $15 an hour Minimum Wage Hike as She Moves to the Left
7/8/2015 - 1 in 5 Americans Live on Gov’t Assistance Programs
June 2015
6/20/2015 - CBO Study says More Jobs would be Created if ObamaCare were Repealed
6/2/2015 - Obama’s Climate Change Fear-Mongering Doesn’t Make Sense
May 2015
5/23/2015 - Puff Piece by WaPo Highlights 44% Underemployment Rate by College Grads
5/12/2015 - Obama’s Regulations Cost $80 Billion Annually
5/11/2015 - Obama Believes ObamaCare Created Jobs, but Ignores Statistics
5/6/2015 - Thanks, Obama: Lower Oil and Gas Production under his presidency
5/5/2015 - Obama Launches Effort to Help Poor, Black Young Men
5/4/2015 - Business in Baltimore is Almost Impossible to Do
5/4/2015 - Reagan vs. Obama Economies: Guess Who Wins?
April 2015
4/23/2015 - Obama facing Democratic Backlash over Trade Deal
4/4/2015 - Obama’s Dept of Labor doesn’t get $60 Million in Back Wages to Low-Wage Workers
4/4/2015 - Thanks, Obama: Weak Economy Worries Analysts
March 2015
3/13/2015 - Social Security Helps the Elderly, but Leaves the Millennials Poorer
3/13/2015 - Government Workers could earn up to $27,000 More than Private Sector Workers
February 2015
2/18/2015 - Obama’s Carbon Emission Rules could cost Half a Million Manufacturing Jobs
2/6/2015 - End of an Era: RadioShack declares Bankruptcy
2/4/2015 - Gallup says 5.6% Unemployment Rate is a “Big Lie”
January 2015
1/22/2015 - Hillary Clinton: “You won’t get me to Talk About Keystone” Pipeline
1/20/2015 - Dying Dragon? China’s Economic Growth slowed down in 2014
1/18/2015 - Obama’s Plan: A Good Economy? Let’s Tax the Rich!
1/14/2015 - Thomas Sowell Interview: His Latest Edition of “Basic Economics”
1/12/2015 - GOP needs 4 Votes to Pass Veto-Proof Keystone XL Bill
1/11/2015 - Unemployment Rate Falls, but Wages Flat
1/3/2015 - Liberal Media Keeps Pushing Minimum Wage Myths
1/2/2015 - France drops its Super Tax on Millionaires
1/2/2015 - Fracking has Divided the OPEC Oil Cartel
December 2014
12/23/2014 - Texas Job Growth outpaces the rest of U.S. Combined
12/22/2014 - Obama: Canada, not America, benefits most from Keystone XL Pipeline
September 2014
9/29/2014 - Obama: U.S. Economy is better off due to My Leadership
9/27/2014 - U.S. Treasury moves to limit Tax Loopholes for U.S. Corporations
9/9/2014 - France’s Socialist President Blasted for Remarks on Poor People
August 2014
8/12/2014 - Media Loves Jobs Report, but People are Earning LESS than in 2008
May 2014
5/13/2014 - Reuters Claims “Rising U.S. Economy” could save Democrats in 2014 Midterm Elections
March 2014
3/28/2014 - China’s Economy possibly Slowing Down
February 2014
2/14/2014 - Europe’s Economy still Struggles, but some remain Optimistic
January 2014
1/27/2014 - McDonald’s saw Earnings Fall with a Drop in Customers
1/23/2014 - China’s Economy Slowing Down due to “Reforms”
1/17/2014 - Obama touts Manufacturing Jobs as Economy Stumbles
December 2013
12/21/2013 - Of Course: Obama Adviser says Obama has Unilateral Power
12/11/2013 - Italy and France continue to Struggle during Economic Doldrums
November 2013
11/18/2013 - China’s One-Child Policy is Relaxed: Is it Too Little, Too Late?
October 2013
10/19/2013 - China Economy looking “Dim”, says Reuters
10/18/2013 - Obama accuses GOP of causing “Unnecessary Damage” to the Economy
10/16/2013 - GOP Rep: It’d be “Crazy” to talk Immigration with Obama
10/8/2013 - Detroit’s Bankruptcy changes City Bond Game, says Economists
10/6/2013 - Power of the Obama Dollar: Falling Fast as Debt Limit Looms
10/4/2013 - Russia arrests Greenpeace activists, charges them with Piracy
September 2013
9/30/2013 - Chinese Capitalism? China opens its first Free Trade Zone in Shanghai
9/27/2013 - Greece doesn’t need Another Bailout, or So They Say
9/25/2013 - Poll: Americans doubt Economic Recovery under Obama
9/24/2013 - Euro Value dips as German Election is Undecided
9/24/2013 - US Chamber of Commerce using Lawyers to save Businesses from Bad Laws
9/22/2013 - Cyprus President threatens to Sack Bank Chief
9/19/2013 - U.S. Inflation worries the Fed
9/17/2013 - Obama favorite Larry Summers withdraws name for Fed Reserve
9/17/2013 - Obama: I Won’t Negotiate with Congress on Debt Ceiling
9/13/2013 - Another Obama Pivot? Shifting to U.S. after Syria Embarrassment
9/11/2013 - Positive European Sentiment at all-time 2 Year High
9/10/2013 - Mexico Face Plant: Taxing the Rich plan won’t help Economy
9/7/2013 - Obamanomics: Another Bad Jobs Report for Americans
9/2/2013 - German candidates Spar over Economy
9/2/2013 - Chinese Retailers Balk at “Recovery” News
9/1/2013 - Uh Oh: Slovenia Recession eases, but More Pain Ahead
August 2013
8/31/2013 - Euro Zone Morale Climbs as Unemployment Soars
8/24/2013 - India and Brazil struggle as Currency Flops against U.S. Dollar
8/23/2013 - No Way Out: Barnes and Noble could go under, Soon!
8/23/2013 - Another Obama Promise: I can make Colleges Affordable!
8/22/2013 - Obama Pivot: Back to the Economy, Stupid!
8/18/2013 - France may give Retirees More Retirement Control
8/18/2013 - European End Game? Banks closing across Europe
8/17/2013 - EU pulling out of a Recession? Not so Fast
8/16/2013 - Obama’s Justice Department: Blocking Airline Merger
8/16/2013 - Greece Barely Makes Deficit Targets with EU Help!
8/12/2013 - Obamanomics: Obama Slams Canada for Keystone XL delays
8/9/2013 - Congress “wins” ObamaCare waiver while Americans don’t
8/5/2013 - NEWSFLASH: Bankrupt Detroit has Subpar Worker Skills
8/4/2013 - Merkel’s German Coalition Poised for Big Gains
8/2/2013 - Chinese Solar Power FAIL: Collapse of Green Energy
July 2013
7/31/2013 - China on the Brink of Economic Coma
7/29/2013 - Aww?! Media is worried about Detroit while Obama ignores it
7/26/2013 - Detroit’s Unions Dealt Major Blow in Restructuring by Courts
7/25/2013 - Not Shovel Ready? Obama Speaks on Economy, Again!
7/23/2013 - #RoyalBaby saga over as Britain welcomes a new Prince
7/22/2013 - Bad Euro hurting German Investor Confidence
7/20/2013 - Judge clears Feds to sue Credit Ratings Agency S&P
7/19/2013 - China’s Economy Struggling, Sparks Fear
7/19/2013 - Portugal is the Next Greece, Europe fears
7/19/2013 - House GOP vote NAY on ObamaCare delays
7/19/2013 - Buh Bye Motor City: Detroit goes Bankrupt
7/16/2013 - Spain on Brink of Economic Collapse, says IMF
7/12/2013 - Washington Post Express Shamelessly Attacks Walmart for DC City Council’s Actions
7/11/2013 - Greece needs another Lifeline!
7/10/2013 - Germany’s Trade stumbles, Foreshadow of Bad Economy?
7/7/2013 - Layoffs Rise but Reuters says Economy is Improving
7/6/2013 - Germany’s Merkel tries to lower Youth Unemployment
7/2/2013 - Spanish Ex-Treasurer imprisoned for corruption
June 2013
6/27/2013 - Obama delays Keystone XL pipeline again as economy struggles
6/22/2013 - Brazil protests threaten to upset World Cup preparation
6/20/2013 - Fact Checking Reuters: Shale doesn’t create Jobs fast enough!
6/19/2013 - Spain’s Recession leads to widespread Crime
6/19/2013 - Argentina’s Socialism driving away Investors, $$’s
6/19/2013 - The American Dream? Temporary Workers on the Rise
6/16/2013 - Former Obama adviser Bill Daley exploring Illinois Gov. bid
6/14/2013 - Oh No! Obama picking Fed’s Bernanke’s successor?!
6/13/2013 - Greek economy rebounding at an anemic rate
6/8/2013 - North Korea suffers from foreign currency dump
6/8/2013 - Britain’s Labour Party smells blood, says it could push out Conservatives
6/7/2013 - Unemployment Rate ticks up to 7.6%, 16% of young Americans out of work
6/7/2013 - France raises taxes on the rich
6/6/2013 - Illinois in Pension Crisis as lawmakers adjourn
6/5/2013 - Open for Business: Texas passes more business tax cuts
May 2013
5/24/2013 - British PM to rule coalition until 2015, reports say
5/24/2013 - Ex-PM says Bulgarian Gov’t should be able to form Coalition
5/24/2013 - GOP eyes Sebelius Fundraising for Health Care
5/23/2013 - Japan’s Economy on the Rebound? All eyes turn to Tokyo
5/20/2013 - Google Tax Round 2? Britain questions Google over taxes
5/19/2013 - House set to cut Food Stamps
5/18/2013 - Amazon UK pays $3.7 million in taxes, Britain unhappy
5/18/2013 - Germany can’t stop Eurozone from another recession
5/17/2013 - Google to start music streaming service, challenge Pandora and Spotify
5/17/2013 - Sequester: Defense Dept. puts civilians on unpaid leave for 11 days
5/16/2013 - Obamanomics: Reuters tries to paint a positive U.S. economy
5/10/2013 - Disgusted? Freddie Mac makes 2nd largest profit in history
January 2013
1/15/2013 - Magazine Advertising Down for Seventh Straight Year
October 2012
10/3/2012 - Biden is Right—Middle Class Has Been “Buried the Last Four Years” [Video]
July 2012
7/23/2012 - Former DNC Chair Howard Dean Says Economy “Getting Stronger” Despite Evidence To the Contrary
May 2012
5/15/2012 - Media Spins Monthly Jobs Report
August 2011
8/16/2011 - NYT: President to “fight” on economy
July 2011
7/18/2011 - CBS’s Schieffer Maintains that Bad Economy is Mostly Bush’s Fault
7/13/2011 - NBC’s Gregory Nails Treasury Secretary Geithner on Obama Economy
June 2011
6/24/2011 - Times Buries Lead in Federal Reserve Story
6/14/2011 - White House Response to AIM “Green Jobs” Coverage Misunderstands “Market Forces”
6/13/2011 - Still Looking for “Green Jobs”
6/9/2011 - All Hail King Timothy