By Robert Romano Some proponents of a stable monetary policy and a strong dollar got giddy over Janet Yellen’s first major speech in her tenure as the new Federal Reserve Chair. Apparently, merely mentioning some sort of “automatic stabilizer” which Yellen defined as “when the public better […]

By Rick Manning Baskets of chocolate bunnies, marshmallow chicks and wondrous cream filled eggs will appear across America in a celebration bearing no resemblance to the real reason for Easter. The National Confectioners Association projects that Easter candy sales are projected to be up 4 percent this year to a […]

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By Robert Romano Alabama auto parts manufacturers only make up 2.9 percent of firms — 121 out of 4,103 nationwide according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Yet, they make up more than 9 percent of inspections of such manufacturers by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) in 2014 as of April 10, data from the agency shows. […]

By Robert Romano “[T]here is the issue of marriage and children. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that single women who have never married earned 96 percent of men’s earnings in 2012.The supposed pay gap appears when marriage and children enter the picture.” That was the American […]

By Robert Romano It is commonly said by Americans that the harder they work, the further they fall behind. Well, they’re right. Since 2000, household median income measured by the Census Bureau has only averaged 1.77 percent growth. In the meantime, the prices of staples like food and energy have been skyrocketing. Oil is up at an average […]

By Robert Romano Since the end of 2007, the amount of Americans working part-time has jumped 2.2 million, from 24.4 million to 26.6 million, even as the amount of people working has actually decreased by 286,000, according to the latest data compiled by the Bureau of Labor […]

By Rick Manning A unique opportunity has emerged at the World Trade Organization to end sugar subsidies once and for all. Australia, Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Thailand, Canada, El Salvador, the European Union and the United States have all complained to the WTO about massive sugar subsidies in […]

  By Rick Manning It is not a pleasant thing when the chickens come home to roost, things get real messy in a big hurry and you want to make certain you don’t have a fan around to avoid anything hitting it. Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member […]

By David Bozeman Will big food companies be the next target of extortion by government do-gooders?  Despite the precedent of the Big Tobacco settlement, Politico writes that such a scenario is unlikely, given the lack of a “smoking gun” to prove deliberate manipulation of the […]