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The economy: It’s a mystery
The weather-impacted January employment report was described by various financial market analysts and economists as lousy, confusing, mysterious, frustrating, noisy, favorable, confounding and most any other descriptor you can imagine. […]
A rosier economic picture
Good news! The U.S. economy is now showing more signs of self-sustaining growth. Such growth is opposed to the somewhat artificial growth during late 2009 and in early 2010 tied […]
Tax your way to prosperity?
The Illinois legislature, with the support of the state’s Democratic governor, rammed through major tax increases on Illinois residents and businesses on January 11, 2011. This took place just hours […]
The Fed: navigating uncharted economic waters
The Federal Reserve’s high-stakes “roll of the dice” to keep deflation at bay, while also attempting to stimulate the American economy (and generate a wee bit of inflation) remains largely […]
The economy’s picking up speed
The U.S. trade deficit with the rest of the global community shrank in October to its lowest level in nine months, one more sign that the American economy is slowly […]
Economic forecast: weak, with a chance of growth
While the American economy has now registered growth for five consecutive quarters, the pace of that growth has been meager, averaging a 2.9 percent real (after inflation) annual rate…and just […]
Things are looking up
The Vectra Bank Colorado Small Business Index for Colorado measured 105.8 in November, up from a revised 103.6 in October, reflecting increased opportunities for businesses to hire workers and a […]
The economic ABCs, homestyle
This week, it’s our semi-annual alphabetic view of the U.S. economy: America-prospects for solid economic growth are still limited, but getting the mid-term elections out of the way helps reduce […]
Dear valued employee….
This Company has faced severe economic and financial challenges during the past three years, threatening our long-term survival. As an important contributor to our success and as a retiree now […]
Going about 35 miles per hour….
The American economy is a modified “hot rod” featuring two separate gas pedals-with each pedal pushed fully to the floor. Despite this fact, the American economy is lumbering down the […]
The U.S. and China: a complicated relationship
The U.S blinked in recent days, preferring to put off until after the November elections the question of whether or not to declare China a “currency manipulator.” Such a move […]
Lots of stim—still so grim
Note the direction of U.S. economic growth during the past few quarters as identified in the quarterly growth chart-from a solid 5.0 percent real (after inflation) annual rate late last […]
