by Richard Eskow | Nov 14, 2013 | Blog
Janet Yellen went to Capitol Hill today to be interrogated by some senators about the kind of job she plans to do once she's confirmed as Chair of the Federal Reserve. Many politicians expect little from the Fed because they think it has less power and flexibility...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 14, 2013 | Blog
The US Census Bureau's Bureau of Economic Analysis released the latest monthly U.S. trade figures this morning. And we have a winner -- September's $30.5 billion monthly goods trade deficit with China sets a new record. Also in September, the overall U.S....
by Bill Scher | Nov 14, 2013 | Blog
As you have surely heard, the first set of Obamacare enrollment numbers have been released. Unsurprisingly because of the federal website problems, the numbers are lower than initially anticipated. Though there are notable bright spots. Applications have been...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 12, 2013 | Blog
“There’s something happening here/what it is ain’t exactly clear …” When Steve Stills wrote the dystopian anthem “For What It’s Worth” in 1966, it resonated with listeners who understood that great if half-hidden transformations were underway. There’s been a turn...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 11, 2013 | Blog
It’s not easy to maintain a civil tone while describing the magnitude of the misbehavior among executives at Wall Street’s largest institutions. To criticize bankers is to describe large-scale wrongdoing, mass-produced outrages that lead to widespread misery. It can’t...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 10, 2013 | Blog
Americans are gaining, ever so slowly, a more accurate picture of just how wide the gap has stretched between the nation's most fabulously privileged and everyone else. How unequal have workplaces in the United States become? Our best answer happens to come...
