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The trucking industry is experiencing a “bloodbath.” So far in 2019, at least 2,500 truckers have lost their jobs as companies go bankrupt as a major recession indicator keeps going negative. According to Yahoo,
July 16, 2019 •
Economy • Views: 942
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Even though everything else seems to be going wrong, the stock market just continues to soar to new record highs. In fact, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 27,000 for the first time ever on Thursday. Investors
July 13, 2019 •
Economy • Views: 795
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In the past year while we experienced a “booming economy”, one-third of Americans have cut their spending. For a country indoctrinated by a system that encourages spending and abhors savings, a survey by CNBC has shown
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Even though there is a tremendous amount of evidence to the contrary, the Federal Reserve continues to insist that the U.S. economy is in good shape. On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told the nation
June 22, 2019 •
Economy • Views: 968
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Many Americans seem to think the alerting the public to the problems in the economy is “doom and gloom” and meant as “fear porn.” But regardless of your beliefs on the matter, the numbers show that a crash is coming, and
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We continue to get more indications that U.S. economic conditions are going to deteriorate rapidly during the second half of this year. Yesterday, I reported on a brand new survey which found that 69 percent of U.S. CFOs
June 14, 2019 •
Economy • Views: 881
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If the U.S. economy was heading into a recession, we would expect to see a slowdown in the employment numbers, and that is precisely what is happening. According to payroll processing firm ADP, the U.S. economy only added
June 9, 2019 •
Economy • Views: 1067
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The global economic slowdown is really starting to accelerate. Just within the past few days, we have gotten more really awful global manufacturing numbers, the trade war has expanded to more nations, and the Nasdaq has
June 4, 2019 •
Economy • Views: 719
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These days, it seems like the “R word” is being thrown around constantly, but at this time last year everyone was celebrating how well the economy was doing. Unfortunately, we have witnessed a dramatic shift in recent
May 29, 2019 •
Economy • Views: 874
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For now global financial markets are slowly sliding downhill, but eventually patience is going to run out and at that point we could see a mad dash for the exits.