by Andrew Moran | Nov 4, 2023 | Business News, Lights, Camera, Action, Opinion, Swamponomics
A 4.9% gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate. Millions of new jobs this year and a 3.8% unemployment figure. Rising wages. A higher net worth. Wow! But the reality of the situation is that these are all artificial and the bill is due. But will it ever be paid? For...
by Andrew Moran | May 27, 2023 | Articles, Business News, Opinion
“I think I can, I think I can, I think I have a plan. And I can do ‘most anything if I only think I can.” The US economy has had quite the first half of the year: banking turmoil, credit crunch, sky-high borrowing costs, stubbornly high inflation, a...
by Andrew Moran | May 2, 2023 | Business News, Columns, Good Reads, Opinion
Is the US economy grinding to a halt? It was quite the week in data, adding to concerns that the United States might be entrenched in a stagflation environment – a climate of higher inflation and slow growth – or heading toward a recession. When tight credit...
by Andrew Moran | Apr 21, 2023 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Good Reads
The worst-kept secret in Washington today is that the US administration is afraid of China. Beijing has been able to get away with so much under President Joe Biden, from spy balloons traveling across the United States to accelerating the de-dollarization campaign....
by Andrew Moran | Apr 11, 2023 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Good Reads
A couple of bank failures, a government-fueled bailout, and reassurance from President Joe Biden that everything is OK should have been all she wrote in this chaos and torment. Instead, it turns out that a credit crunch is forming across the United States economy,...