As is well known now, Janet Yellen was confirmed last Monday as Fed Chairman. On its face, this should concern those who desire economic growth. Figure the Fed itself is superfluous. We don’t need a...
The following guest post is by Juan Cartagena, founder and CEO of Traity, which measures people´s personal strengths. Context: I am from Spain, a country with 25% unemployment and 47% youth...
America’s economy may be picking up steam, but it remains a story of parts, with the various regions of the country performing in often radically divergent ways. To identify the regions with the most...
Source: Bigcharts.com On December 5th, I published an update in which I showed an important resistance level at 16,000 that needed to be broken above for further confirmation of the bull market....
It happens to be the highest rate in the entire US. But that is the way things are. Washington City Council took a decision that may have been abrupt yet it was necessary too. The raising of minimum...
This is all you need to know about Abenomics and the Nikkei 225: We are on the front line between reflation and deflation. The market wants to cross into the territory of growth and expansion, but...
Mark Goldstein contributed to the content of this post. 2013, a hectic year for labor and employment practitioners in New York, yielded mixed results for employers and, in too many instances,...
One hundred years ago today President Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act, thus creating the Federal Reserve System, our central bank. It wasn’t called the Bank of the United States, following the...
Russia’s economy has had a lousy 2013. Estimates of GDP growth have been getting smaller and smaller with each passing week. The current consensus is for full-year growth of 1.4%, but given the...
By William Tucker As still another showdown over the national debt looms, some experts are concerned that the Obama Administration is poised to begin forcing Americans to stock their retirement...