by Rick Manning Remember the mandate to fire anyone who wouldn’t be coerced into getting vaccinated craze that consumed much of the first year of the Biden presidency? Joe Biden is really hoping that you won’t. Airline disruptions and cancellations are part of the ongoing “supply chain” […]
By Rick Manning Americans received a nasty surprise when they learned today that much of the oil released from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been exported rather than refined domestically in the U.S. to lower the cost of gasoline at the pump. President Joe Biden’s […]
By Rick Manning Earlier this week I was flying from San Francisco to Orange County, California. Near the end of the short flight, I looked out the window and was able to count a minimum of twenty-five cargo ships anchored off of the Port of Long Beach. […]
By Robert Romano Interest rates on the $30 trillion national debt are rising much faster than expected this year, according to the latest data from the U.S. Treasury. 10-year treasuries are up to about 3.2 percent in 2022 so far as bond markets continue responding to the recent bout […]
By Robert Romano The Federal Reserve on June 15 once again hiked the Federal Funds Rate — the rate at which the central bank lends to financial institutions — up another 0.75 percent to 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent, following 0.25 percent and 0.5 percent rate hikes at its March and May meetings. That came after the […]