ADP: Federal Budget Cuts Are Finally Hurting Job Growth
Even though the job market has remained surprisingly resilient after the $85 billion in across-the-board federal spending cuts that took effect March 1, businesses added a disappointing 135,000 jobs in...
View ArticleWill Natural Gas Take Over the U.S. Economy?
During President Barack Obama’s tenure in the White House, soaring production of natural gas from horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracking has pushed supplies to record highs in each of the past...
View ArticleHere’s How the ECB May Respond to Low Inflation Rates
Low inflation rates in the month of October pose a fresh set of problems for the European Central Bank, the Associated Press reports. In October, inflation rates in the eurozone were just 0.7 percent....
View ArticleAre Higher Mortgage Fees Coming?
Unfortunately for those in the housing market this spring, things are about to get a bit more expensive if your credit score isn’t as shiny and bright as one could hope — the same goes for those...
View ArticleOpinion: Here’s Why Republicans Need a New Leader
There is little argument that the Republican party is in great need of rebranding; 2013 was not an easy year for them. One could argue that it was not a particularly easy year regarding public image...
View ArticleJobs Friday Brings Bad News, But the Labor Market Will Be Ok
Mark Ralston/Getty Images Sometimes economists grossly overestimate. Friday’s jobs report from the Department of Labor took analysts by surprise; the United States economy created only 142,000 jobs in...
View ArticleWhat Can Congress Do About Pro Sports’ Domestic Violence Problem?
Rob Carr/Getty Images The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — the committee in charge of oversight of sports at all levels — convened for a hearing on Tuesday to discuss...
View Article7 States That Spend the Least Money on Food Stamps
Source: Thinkstock Food stamps are by no means a new concept, as the idea has been around for several decades in the United States. In the late 1930s, a type of food stamp program was created to help...
View ArticleThe Problems With Maternity Leave in America
Source: Thinkstock America is notorious for its less-than-generous approach to maternity leave. The U.S. is one of just two countries from a recent 185-country study where new mothers aren’t guaranteed...
View ArticleThis Is What the Recession Did to Millennials
Source: Thinkstock America’s young adults bore the brunt of the 2007-2009 economic recession. Those who entered the job market during the worst of the crisis may forever be marked by it, particularly...
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