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In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, big US banks faced numerous calls to be broken up After a $700 billion bailout and fears that the financial system had been on the verge of collapse,...
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In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, big US banks faced numerous calls to be broken up After a $700 billion bailout and fears that the financial system had been on the verge of collapse,...
The concept of the digital dollar is something that seems to have gone from discussion to potential implementation quicker than anyone thought possible While the idea of a digital dollar, a central...
Well, the results are in, or at least most of them anyway And the much talked about and hoped for red wave didn’t materialize For a lot of voters, that was a disappointment And not only could it be...
With last week’s decision to hike the federal funds rate another 75 basis points, the Federal Reserve disappointed those hoping for only a 50 basis point increase And Fed Chairman Jay Powell threw...
It seems that every day continues to bring more bad news about the future of the economy and the state of Americans’ financial health With inflation remaining elevated, and the Fed continuing to...
Perhaps nothing defined the absurdity of the Obama era as much as President Obama’s reception of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 Having been in power for less than eight months at the time he...
A lot has been written in the news recently about the IRS deciding to increase its enforcement of tax laws Because when the American people are suffering under inflation at 40-year highs, and the...
It’s not an exaggeration to say that our country isn’t doing too well right now Just about everything that could go wrong has gone wrong We’re seeing the highest inflation in over 40 years,...
A decade ago, digital currencies were still being viewed with skepticism While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies had a following among young, technologically adept people, politicians and regulators...
If Vladimir Putin thought his troops were going to waltz into Ukraine and be welcomed with open arms, he was sorely mistaken The war in Ukraine appears to have devolved into a stalemate, a war of...
It’s no surprise that the US government’s spending makes a drunken sailor look frugal The US national debt is above $30 trillion, and the annual budget deficit is expected to exceed $1 trillion...
When President Putin announced that he was sending peacekeeping troops into Ukraine, Western governments immediately responded by pledging sanctions The big question is, will these sanctions have any...
After weeks of warning that Russia was going to invade Ukraine, President Putin finally made the decision to send Russian peacekeeping troops into separatist-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine The...
For the past several weeks, truckers opposed to Canada’s COVID vaccine mandates tied up Ottawa with protests The Canadian government refused to recognize the legitimacy of their grievances, and had...
If you’ve been wondering what it would take for the gold price to finally perk up once again, now you know With the recent press surrounding an alleged potential invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the...
The topic of income inequality has taken on increasing importance in recent weeks, particularly as inflation continues to hit levels not seen in 40 years The rich just seem to get richer, while the...
After settling the question of whether or not Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jay Powell would be renominated for another term as Chairman, President Biden has gone on to nominate further candidates...