Yearly Archives: 2023

Housing Starts Jump to a Six-Month High

Aarthi Swaminathan of MarketWatch is reporting that U.S. housing starts have surged to their highest level since May. She writes: The numbers: Construction of new homes...

EU and US Agree to Pause Their Trade War

Jonathan Joseph of BBC is reporting that the European Union and the United States have agreed to pause their trade war until after the...

The Coaches

“As Florida State linebackers coach in 1972, Bill Parcells read the preface for Bill Libby’s The Coaches, published that year by Regnery. Feeling that...

Multinational Operation Unveiled to Protect Merchant Ships

Costas Paris and Joe Wallace of The Wall Street Journal are reporting that the Pentagon has unveiled a multi-national operation vowed to protect merchant...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Suspends Border Railway Crossing

Daniel Borunda of the El Paso Times is reporting the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has temporarily suspended railway crossings at specific border...

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What’s Happening in France could Happen Here

You may have read that France is facing a...

Why Diesel Prices Have Surged Across the U.S.

U.S. diesel prices have risen sharply due to high...

Junk Bond Yields

What do junk bonds yield today? The table below...

Is China’s Economy Addicted to Real Estate?

In The Wall Street Journal, Nathaniel Taplin explains the...

The Payday Indicator

Alert! My Payday Indicator is signaling the worst environment...

Why Isn’t the Oil Price Coming Down?

President Trump and his administration have been touting a...

Bullish for Main Street, Bearish for Wall Street

Lots of new data on labor market came out...

The Economy’s Weak Link

One of the reasons this business cycle recovery has...

Navigating a Hostile Market

Despite the correction in stock prices over the summer...

Never Run Out of Gas Again with a Connected Car

ExxonMobil is teaming up with Ford to add ExxonMobil's...