by Jane Richey | Jan 11, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Roughly 347,000 Americans gave up looking for work in December, allowing progressives to claim a sharp drop in the formal unemployment rate during the month. The formal unemployment rate fell from 7.0 percent to 6.7 percent even though only about 74,000 extra people...
by Jane Richey | Jan 5, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Still, five years into the Obama presidency, the economy is grossly underperforming. Contrary to the dominant media narrative, it’s not bad luck or the financial crisis to blame, but bad policies — from the $860 billion “stimulus” that didn’t...
by Jane Richey | Jul 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
A stock sell-off driven by renewed worry over Europe made clear Monday that the continent’s debt crisis remains a threat to the U.S. recovery and President Obama’s reelection chances. Markets were spooked Monday morning by the news that multiple regions of Spain, and...
by Jane Richey | Jul 23, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Is the U.S. economy in a recession right now? Has the next recession in the United States already begun? Unfortunately, there are a lot of economic numbers that are pointing in that direction. U.S. retail sales have fallen for three months in a row, U.S....
by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Pennsylvania’s general obligation debt to Aa2 from Aa1 over concerns about the state’s growing pension liabilities and sluggish economic recovery, Reuters reports this afternoon. The cut comes before a...