Fed’s Easy Money Spurs Financial Frenzies
(Joseph Solis-Mullen, Mises Institute) Though the effective federal funds rate remains less than 0.1 percent, the reaction of the markets and financial press as the ten-year Treasury yield crossed the 1.5 percent threshold near the start of the month reminds us just...
Moccasin Shoe Co. Apologizes for ‘Profiting’ from Native Americans
(Headline USA) The CEO of Minnetonka Moccasins, a popular shoe company, apologized this week for “profiting” from and “appropriating” Native American culture.
Dollar Tree Loses Its 35 Year War with Inflation
(Peter Jacobsen, Foundation for Economic Education) Inflation has ruined one of my go-to examples for my macroeconomics students.
Whenever...
China’s Central Bank Says Evergrande Risks ‘Controllable’
(Associated Press) China's central bank said Friday that financial risks from China Evergrande Group's debt problems are "controllable" and unlikely to spill...
Wholesale Prices Rose Record 8.6% Over 12 Months
(Associated Press) Inflation at the wholesale level rose 8.6% in September compared to a year ago, the largest advance since the 12-month...
An Emboldened, Super-Funded IRS to Target Bank Depositors
(Stefan Gleason, Money Metals News Service) Insidious plans are afoot in Washington to give IRS officials another $80 billion for auditors and then...
Billionaire Plutocrat Jamie Dimon Wants to Ditch the Debt Ceiling
(Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute) At a meeting with President Binden and other CEOs last week, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon predicted a global...
FBI Probe Shows Joe and Hunter Biden Shared a Bank Account
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) President Joe Biden could become further involved in his son’s scandals as an FBI probe has revealed that...
Congress Raised the Debt Ceiling Again without Doing Anything to Fix the Spending Problem
(Reason) The House of Representatives voted Tuesday evening to lift the debt ceiling by $480 billion, temporarily postponing a possible default until...
Tennessee Postal Worker Killings Raise Stress as Concern
(Associated Press) Postal workers returned to their jobs Wednesday after the shooting of a supervisor and manager by a letter carrier inside...
Fake News Assists Yellen’s Gaslighting Effort on IRS Snooping
(John Ransom, Headline USA) Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claimed in an interview with CBS’s Norah O’Donnell that proposal by the Biden administration to have...
Heating Bills Set to Soar as Inflation Hits Energy Prices
(Associated Press) Get ready to pay sharply higher bills for heating this winter, along with seemingly everything else.
With...
Social Security COLA Set to Jump Next Year
(Associated Press) Rising inflation is expected to lead to a sizeable increase in Social Security's annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for 2022....
Americans Quit Their Jobs at a Record Pace in August
(Associated Press) One reason America's employers are having trouble filling jobs was starkly illustrated in a report Tuesday: Americans are quitting in...
‘Own Every Dollar’ Gang Violently Ambushes High-End NYC Restaurant Patrons
(New York Post) A Manhattan cop opened fire early Monday at suspected members of a high-end robbery ring casing a Manhattan restaurant...
Texas Governor Bans Private Company Vaccine Mandates
(Associated Press) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19...
Advocates, Lawmakers Push Hospitals to Help More with Bills
(Associated Press) Swamped with medical bills? The hospital that treated you may be able to help.
Whether you learn...
Two Removed Christopher Columbus Statues Still in Hiding
(The Columbus Dispatch) Sixty-six years ago, Landa Masdea Brunetto's father and grandfather hurriedly worked through the night in the family's machine shop...
Kamala ‘Cupcake’ Harris Snubs Border Crisis for NJ Bakery
(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) With the southern border slipping daily into increasing chaos, a Texas rancher had a question for the Biden administration: “Where’s...
Southwest Airlines Flight Cancellations Continue into Monday
(Associated Press) Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds more flights Monday following a weekend of major service disruptions.
By late morning...
Biden Nominee Would Replace Banking as We Know It with ‘FedAccounts’
(Kenneth Kalczuk, American Institute for Economic Research) Wouldn’t it be strange if the government director of an industry wanted to end that...
Mother Who Received $4.9M over Police Shooting Bought Guns for Gang Members
(Law Officer) A mother who received a $4.9 million settlement after her son died in a police shooting, has been arrested for...
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Tennessee Postal Worker Killings Raise Stress as Concern
(Associated Press) Postal workers returned to their jobs Wednesday after the shooting of a supervisor and manager by a letter carrier inside...
