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The media is abuzz with “Breaking News” that in early September the President will outline his latest plan for job…
Read More (Groundhog Day: President Obama Poised to Announce Another “Jobs Plan”)Sen. Chuck Schumer said this week that the Democrats will “get back to” job creation, which is the Democrats’ “strong…
Read More (If Job Creation Is Democrats’ “Strong Suit,” Why Do They Keep Having to Pivot Back to It?)The last three days have seen three economic reports that are about as refreshing as Washington on a hot and…
Read More (Economic Reports Show U.S. Economy Stuck in the Dog Days of Summer)Today’s Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report marks the 15th consecutive week that over 400,000 Americans filed for the first time…
Read More (The “Gift” that Keeps on Giving)Today’s Washington Post includes an enlightening article titled “The Dangers of Being Wrong on Keynes,” who has long been liberals’…
Read More (R.I.P. Keynesian Stimulus)Since non-farm payroll employment (the most common measure of jobs) bottomed out in February 2010 at 129.2 million, the U.S….
Read More (U.S. Jobs Already Coming Back Slower than During the Great Depression)While President Obama talks about reining in the deficit, government debt has grown by $3.4 trillion during the first 29…
Read More (Rising Unemployment and Growing Debt Lift “Obama Misery Index” to Near Record Level in June)Source: Department of Labor unemployment rate data and Obama Administration January 2009 projections (in “The Job Impact of…
Read More (This is Not A Recovery)Rhetoric “Who is to blame for our debt crisis? ‘The U.S. government cannot default on its debt, largely accrued by…
Read More (It All Depends on Your Definition of “Largely”)The bad news on the economic front continued this morning when the Department of Labor announced that 429,000 more Americans…
Read More (Economic Reports Provide a Trifecta of Bad News For Job Creation)