by Kelli Ballard | May 14, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Economic Affairs News, Illegal Immigration, Migrant caravan, Politics, Social Issues
Editor’s note: When it comes to immigration – illegal or otherwise – the American people have a right to be concerned. Each week, Liberty Nation author Kelli Ballard will examine a contentious issue related to today’s hottest topic. America is slowly reopening and...
by Andrew Moran | May 8, 2020 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Politics
Will April showers bring May flowers? Global financial markets are hoping that the adage rings true and that the worst is behind us. All eyes were focused on last month’s job situation, and there was a sense of relief that the report was not as terrible, rotten, and...
by Andrew Moran | May 7, 2020 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Social Issues
‘Twas the night before the April jobs report, when all through the economy, not a non-essential worker was working, not even a server. The jobless benefits were deposited into bank accounts with care, in hopes that the Coronavirus soon would be elsewhere. The...
by Andrew Moran | May 3, 2020 | Articles, Business News, Columns, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Social Issues
Show Some Interest! In March, the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by 150 basis points to a target range of 0% and 0.25%. Before holding its April Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting, most analysts anticipated that the U.S. central bank would...
by Andrew Moran | Apr 30, 2020 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Social Issues, The Left, Trump Administration
In just six weeks, the U.S. labor market has metastasized into a wasteland with tens of millions of Americans out of work, waiting to hit the asphalt jungle and be productive members of society again. The good news is that the tide appears to be turning. The bad news...