by Leesa K. Donner | Mar 10, 2018 | Economic Affairs News, Politics
If you’re multi-tasking, click here for an audio version: The U.S. Labor Department reports the jobs market was on fire in February – posting the largest single month gain since 1983. This brings the unemployment rate down to 4.1% which is a 17 year low. Naturally,...
by Andrew Moran | Dec 6, 2017 | Economic Affairs News
After destroying the bolivar’s value, the socialists in the Venezuelan government are looking to create another currency that they can devalue. President Nicolas Maduro, in a Christmas broadcast of singing and dancing, declared that he will be creating a new digital...
by Andrew Moran | Nov 16, 2017 | Economic Affairs News
Venezuela, also known by Sean Penn and Oliver Stone as the socialist paradise, is expected to endure a torrent of defaults in the coming months after the government failed to make a $200 million payment on Monday. With even more debt defaults on $60 billion worth of...
by Mark Angelides | Sep 25, 2017 | Immigration
President Donald Trump has issued a new Presidential Proclamation that spreads the net on his already controversial travel ban. The new order adds to the list North Korea, Venezuela, and Chad. The existing ban will continue for Somalia, Yemen, Syria, Libya, and Iran....
by Andrew Moran | Sep 23, 2017 | Economic Affairs News
Since the end of the Second World War, the U.S. dollar has been the gold standard of fiat currencies on the world stage. For decades, everyone wanted to trade in dollars as opposed to francs, rubles, marks, and loonies because of its reliability. That may change. Is...