Economy

With this latest rate increase, interest rates on a variety of personal and home loans – already spiking to high levels due to previous Fed increases – are expected to climb even further. File photo: MDart10, Shutter Stock, licensed. …

President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law on Tuesday surrounded by co-sponsors of the bill, only to look confused and disoriented as the audience broke into a round of applause. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Concerns…

From the Federal horse’s own mouth: Like existing forms of money, a CBDC would enable the general public to make digital payments. File photo: Pedrosala, Shutter Stock, licensed. ORTSMOUTH, OH –Freedom-loving Americans must oppose a…

The Federal Reserve is neither federal, nor a full reserve. It is not owned or directly controlled by the United States government. File photo: MDart10, Shutter Stock, licensed. PORTSMOUTH, OH – From President Woodrow Wilson to…

For some, party loyalty overrides everything – even common sense. Image credit: Peter Lemiska WASHINGTON, D.C. – Political polling data can often be confusing and misleading. A recent Monmouth University poll indicates that the vast…

Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), during a recent interview with Fox News, claimed that the Inflation Reduction Act is, in reality, an “inflation machine” that will further burden Americans with more financial hardship. Fox News, YouTube. …

The Senate voted 51-50 to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie. Not one Republican voted for the Act. Why are Democrats punishing their own constituents with higher taxes and a new army of…

Our actions in Ukraine and our willingness to provoke the Chinese to where they appear to have rejected moderation in favor of open hostility have backfired, leaving us in a weakened position. As a result, the U.S. is now at a critical…

President Joe Biden, speaking Monday in front of a condemned mobile home damaged by the flood, began speaking oddly insinuating that he was unfamiliar with what the Inflation Reduction Act bill actually contained. Image credit: White House…

The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 came after months of on-and-off negotiations between Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Joe Manchin (D-WV). Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote. File photo: Rachael…

Salt marshes are coastal wetlands rich in marine life. They sometimes are called tidal marshes, because they occur in the zone between low and high tides. File photo: Ken Schulze, Shutter Stock, licensed. TALLAHASSEE, FL - Conservation…

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said recently that the U.S. economy isn't in a recession and it was experiencing a "transition into stable and steady growth." PORTSMOUTH, OH – Will someone tell Team Biden and his…

If the economy starts slowing while inflation is high, the Fed will have to resume quantitative easing. Russia announced a large decline in its key lending rate to 8% from 9.5% as inflation in Russia dropped to pre-Ukraine war levels. And…

The administration of Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that relief checks will be set out to Florida families with children utilizing repurposed federal COVID-19 relief funds. File photo: Governor Media Center. JACKSONVILLE,…

President Joe Biden suffering another embarrassing gaffe while issuing a statement on the situation in Ukraine in May 2022. At the time, Sky News host Rita Panahi told her international audience that Biden’s brain “appeared to break…

Bringing to life the new world order will be an evolutionary process. I’ve shared my speculations on what it might look like, and everything points in one direction: to gold. NEW YORK, NY –  February 24th, 2022 will go down in history…

The key, of course, is to pick the right miners, and to be sufficiently diversified among them so that if one or two don’t pan out, you’ll still win big. When seriously considering investing in a mining company, keep in mind there are…

For investors, the disparities continue to mean that real assets – natural resources led by gold and silver – should be central to where you put your investment money. File photo: Tomasz Makowski, Shutter Stock, licensed. NEW YORK, NY -…

Overall, Fourth of July revelers can expect to pay out approximately 17 percent more while grilling in backyards and parks in 2022, which the AFBF notes is the biggest year-over-year jump in pricing since they first began tracking such…

A surefire solution for our cars and country is to fill up the oil. However, ruling radicals won't do it because the war on fossil fuels is part of their plan to destroy free enterprise and replace it with the ultimate self-defeating…

Sign on a Chevron gas station with high fuel prices around six dollars per gallon, Vista, CA, May 2, 2022. File photo: Simone Hogan, Shutter Stock, licensed. WASHINGTON, D.C. - The administration of President Joe Biden is weighing the…

Many people have been saving for their retirement, over the booming Trump years, by investing in their 401K plans and other retirement plans tied to the stock market. Well, in just 1 ½ years, the value of those retirement plans have…

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed that refinery capacity was reduced at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and that oil companies have yet to ramp up production to the levels they were prior to the pandemic; this…

Tuesday’s mortgage rate increase came on the heels of a 33-basis point increase on Monday by the Fed, with additional increases scheduled for June, July and September. File photo: Rabbitti, Shutter Stock, licensed. DENVER, CO - In…

Trump’s statement accused Democrats of attempting to “change the narrative” of his presidency and distract from the perceived failings of President Biden, and listed a number of ways that he said the current administration in the White…

A report released last week by the U.S. Department of Labor that the consumer price index in May rose faster than expected year-over-year at 8.4 percent, even with current economic circumstances taken into account; this is the fastest…

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrives to attends during a meeting of Eurogroup Finance Ministers, at the European Council in Brussels, Belgium, 12 July 2021. File photo: Alexandros Michailidis, Shutter Stock, licensed. DELRAY…

Dotcom, previously named Kim Schmitz, is the founder and former CEO of the now-defunct file hosting service Megaupload and currently resides in New Zealand where he has been fighting extradition to the U.S. Image Credit: Kim…

As we kickoff another trading week, it appears the New World Order will be backed by gold. File photo: Steve Tritton, Shutter Stock, licensed. MANHATTAN, NY – We have entered a period of historic inflection that will lead to a new world…

Elon Musk's warning came in an email titled "pause all hiring worldwide" and comes during a spike in U.S. inflation that has reached a 40-year high, greatly increasing the cost of living of Americans while the threat of a recession looms.…