by Andrew Moran | May 2, 2021 | Columns, Economic Affairs News
Eccles Shrugged The Federal Reserve recently held its April Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting. The U.S. central bank left its benchmark interest rate at 0.25% and kept the monthly bond purchases of $120 billion intact. In an FOMC statement, the...
by Andrew Moran | Apr 29, 2021 | Economic Affairs News, Swamponomics
Does President Joe Biden hate capital? This week’s buzz in Washington was the Biden administration’s planned proposal to double the capital gains tax...
by Andrew Moran | Apr 28, 2021 | Articles, Economic Affairs News
Having children, while perhaps one of the most meaningful experiences in life, is an expensive pursuit. It is estimated that the typical middle-income married couple will spend approximately $200,000 per child over 18 years. Does this explain why Americans are having...
by Andrew Moran | Apr 28, 2021 | Articles, Business News
A new problem has arisen in the post-coronavirus economy: Employers have trouble finding workers. A recent National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) study of more than 500 small businesses discovered that 42% of them had job openings that could not be filled....
by Tim Donner | Apr 4, 2021 | Economic Affairs News, LN Radio Videocast Segments
Andrew Moran joins Tim Donner to examine how the US economy is recovering from the pandemic so far. Click for a podcast of this episode of LN Radio. For more episodes...