By Robert Romano President Donald Trump raised many eyebrows with his recent deal with Intel to accept on behalf of the U.S. a 10 percent equity stake in Intel, the publicly traded chip maker worth $108 billion. According to an Aug. 22 statement by Intel , the investment was worth about $8.9 billion and was […]

By Manzanita Miller As inflation slows and Americans begin to reap the benefits of President Donald Trump’s America First approach to creating jobs for native-born workers, voters are rallying behind the president’s approach.   A new survey shows a majority of voters, including a majority of Hispanics, […]

By Robert Romano One provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act expanded the use of Pell Grants for trade schools with short term certificates — between 150 and 599 clock hours at a minimum of eight weeks — that could help pay for trade school certifications […]

By Robert Romano Consumer inflation grew by 0.2 percent in July and is 2.7 percent above last year’s level according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics , relatively flat from the prior month as food and energy prices continue cooling amid boosted production globally, down from 2.9 percent when President Donald Trump took office […]

By Robert Romano President Donald Trump on Aug. 7 via executive order directed federal departments and agencies to take on debanking by financial institutions, which deny access to checking accounts, payment processors and other financial services due to political grudges and other viewpoint-based discrimination that has taken place against small businesses, individuals and […]

By Robert Romano The U.S. unemployment rate in July rose to its highest level since November 2021 at 4.248 percent according to data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics . The number of people employed also contracted 260,000 to 163.1 million, its lowest level this year after reaching 163.96 million in April. This is what usually happens when inflation declines historically — after falling from […]

By Robert Romano The U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 2.97 percent annualized in the second quarter, according to the latest data compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis . It’s a good number. The number, following a 0.5 percent decrease in the first quarter, when imports — which are subtracted from GDP — were stockpiled in anticipation […]

By Robert Romano Consumer prices increased slightly in June by 0.3 percent to an annual rate of 2.8 percent , but not because of imports, the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows, with import prices only rising 0.1 percent . In the past year, import prices are actually down 0.2 percent. The Federal Reserve has been holding interest rates at an elevated level since 2022 to deal […]

By Bill Wilson While most attention is being paid to the Trump administration’s efforts to secure U.S. borders and deport the millions of illegal aliens that have been allowed to roam our streets, there is an equally intense battle raging. This less seen war is over the […]

By Robert Romano “Are the prices just not passed through yet? No, I think what’s happening is everything’s evening out. You know, when we charge, see what people don’t understand the other countries have been charging almost — every country charges us tariffs. We had deficits with […]