By Robert Romano The Bureau of Labor Statistics finally got around to publishing the September unemployment report following the government shutdown, with the unemployment level once again increasing by 219,000 to 7.6 million, an increase of 1.85 million since January 2023. The  unemployment rate  rose to 4.4 percent, its highest level since November 2021. This […]

By Robert Romano President Donald Trump on Nov. 14 put forth a promised executive order to reduce tariffs on certain foods from overseas that the U.S. does not produce or just does not produce enough of as the White House and Republicans continue to refocus their efforts on ending the inflation […]

By Robert Romano On Nov. 20, 2021, former President Joe Biden was already underwater in his approval rating, just 41 percent approving and 53 percent disapproving, according to the average of national polls compiled by RealClearPolling.com at the time . Now, just four years later, President Donald Trump finds himself in a very similar situation, with just 42.5 percent of […]

By Robert Romano Good news for Vice President J.D. Vance, or whosoever runs as the Republican nominee in 2028: Only twice in American history has the White House incumbent party lost three elections in a row, and those years were 1844 , 1848 and 1852 , and then again in […]

By Robert Romano It’s a sad thing, but when the Baby Boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, pass away, millions of homes are going to hit the market all at once simultaneously year after year, wave after wave, and home prices will be impacted. All told, […]

By Robert Romano “It’s tough to do a lot of specific things but… you’re going to see some substantial announcements over the next couple of days in terms of things we don’t grow here in the United States: coffee being one of them, bananas, other fruits, things […]

By Robert Romano One bright spot of the economic data the past year has been that home prices have cooled as home sales have dropped amid higher interest rates and continued sales of mortgage-backed securities by the Federal Reserve, with the Freddie Mac Home Price Index almost frozen at about $300,000 nationally in […]

By Robert Romano “And I tell Republicans, you want to win elections, you got to talk about these facts. You know, it’s really easy to win elections when you talk about the facts.” That was President Donald Trump reacting on Nov. 5 to the results of the Virginia, New Jersey and New York City […]

By Robert Romano The outcome of the New Jersey and Virginia governor’s races in 2025 were not surprising — the Democrats won in blue states that Democrats carried in the presidential elections of 2024, 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2008. It’s not the fact that they won.   It’s the size […]

By Robert Romano Since 1949, in New Jersey governor races, the White House party has only won 7 times out of 19 contests, or just 36.8 percent of the time: 1961 , 1965 , 1969 , 1977 , 1981 , 1985 and 2021 , according to an analysis of off-year gubernatorial elections . And in Virginia governor races, since 1949, […]

By Robert Romano Four years ago, Jack Ciattarelli came a hair’s breadth away from being elected New Jersey governor in an off-year election with Democrat Joe Biden in the White House, the same night Glenn Youngkin won in Virginia, and so Republicans nominated him again. In 2021, […]

By Robert Romano The U.S. Federal Reserve on Oct. 29 once again voted to cut the federal funds rate — from a range of 4.25 percent to 4 percent, to a range of 3.75 percent to 4 percent — as the central bank cited ongoing labor market concerns despite no official unemployment data for […]

By Robert Romano In what will be an early test for Republicans following the historic reelection of President Donald Trump to non-consecutive terms in 2024, wherein the GOP reclaimed the Senate and held the House of Representatives in Congress, Democrats continue leading the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races in […]

By Robert Romano 56 percent disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of the Democrats’ government shutdown to extend expanded Obamacare tax credits they sunset and lifting prohibition on illegal aliens accessing public health care. 53 percent disapprove of Democrats’ handling of the shutdown. 54 percent disapprove of […]

By Robert Romano The Bureau of Labor Statistics finally managed to get out what could be the last inflation report for a very long time, with September inflation coming in at 0.3 percent, or 3 percent annually —a pleasant surprise — it was supposed to come out Oct. 15 before the Democrat-led government shutdown ground non-essential services to […]