by Laura Valkovic | Dec 11, 2018 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, International, Politics, Taxes
France’s yellow vest protests began about a month ago, and the phenomenon is spreading. What started in Paris as a motorists’ protest against carbon taxes introduced by the French government has morphed into a wide-ranging movement against unaffordable living costs...
by Andrew Moran | May 25, 2018 | Economic Affairs News
In 2005, then-President George W. Bush signed the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program into law that mandates transportation fuel sold in the U.S. be integrated with a specific amount of biofuel, mostly corn-based ethanol. The idea behind it was that it would curb...
by Teresa J. Read, CPA | May 16, 2018 | Economic Affairs News
With the Memorial Day weekend approaching and summer right around the corner, this is the time of year that Americans have become accustomed to escalating prices at the gasoline pump. The steep increase last week to $70 a barrel for oil has pushed the average price...
by Andrew Moran | Sep 1, 2017 | Economic Affairs News
In the fallout of Hurricane Harvey, thousands of Texas residents have been displaced, billions of dollars worth of damages have struck the Lone Star State, and many are going without food and water. But even when the storm breaks the effects of Harvey could now seep...