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‘Bidenomics’ Jobs Report: Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be

Will FolksApril 5, 2024May 29, 2024

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Guest Column: ‘Bidenomics’ Is A Nightmare For Consumer Costs

FITSForumApril 5, 2024May 29, 2024

by FITSForumApril 5, 2024May 29, 2024

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Spring Surge: Gas Prices On The Move

FITSNewsMarch 28, 2024May 29, 2024

by FITSNewsMarch 28, 2024May 29, 2024

August Jobs Report Backtracks

FITSNewsSeptember 2, 2016

by FITSNewsSeptember 2, 2016

THERE’S TROUBLING WAGE DATA, TOO … After back-to-back months of fairly robust job growth (in quantity, anyway), the U.S. employment situation dimmed a bit during...

Consumer Comfort: Disappointing U-Turn

FITSNewsSeptember 1, 2016September 1, 2016

by FITSNewsSeptember 1, 2016September 1, 2016

TWO-WEEK RALLY IS OVER … After matching its post-recessionary peak last week, consumer comfort in America has experienced an abrupt reversal. Bloomberg’s Consumer Comfort Index...

2016 Second Quarter Growth: Still Stuck

FITSNewsAugust 26, 2016

by FITSNewsAugust 26, 2016

U.S. ECONOMY SPUTTERING ALONG … The American economy grew at an annualized rate of just 1.1 percent during the second quarter of 2016, according to...

Consumer Comfort Spike!

FITSNewsAugust 25, 2016August 26, 2016

by FITSNewsAugust 25, 2016August 26, 2016

GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS … FOR A CHANGE Some good economic news this week as consumer comfort in America enjoyed its biggest two-week uptick in more...

Pizza By Drone

FITSNewsAugust 25, 2016

by FITSNewsAugust 25, 2016

THE LATEST LOW-WAGE JOB-KILLER … Big government in the United States has failed to create prosperity – forcing liberal politicians to call for mandated minimum wage increases...

Consumer Comfort Rebounds

FITSNewsAugust 18, 2016

by FITSNewsAugust 18, 2016

RAY OF HOPE? It may not seem like it, but we like good news. Especially good economic news. And we don’t really care who takes...

Well Hell, Economy

FITSNewsAugust 11, 2016

by FITSNewsAugust 11, 2016

TERRIBLE TAX DATA … Still riding the wave of economic euphoria from last week’s big jobs print? Yeah … about that. In addition to some disturbing...

Consumer Comfort Dips

FITSNewsAugust 11, 2016

by FITSNewsAugust 11, 2016

WEAKENING PERSONAL FINANCIAL OUTLOOK DRIVES DECLINE … Bloomberg’s weekly Consumer Comfort Index (CCI) slipped to its lowest level in three months – driven by a...

Ron Paul: The Phony Jobs Recovery

LettersAugust 8, 2016August 11, 2016

by LettersAugust 8, 2016August 11, 2016

GOVERNMENT POLICIES PRODUCING STAGNATION, NOT GROWTH … || By RON PAUL || Last Friday saw the release of a bombshell jobs report, with headlines exclaiming that...

Jobs Report Shatters Expectations

FITSNewsAugust 5, 2016August 11, 2016

by FITSNewsAugust 5, 2016August 11, 2016

BIG PRINT FUELS RATE HIKE SPECULATION … The federal government’s jobs report shattered expectations for the second month in a row – posting a net...

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‘Bidenomics’ Jobs Report: Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be

Guest Column: ‘Bidenomics’ Is A Nightmare For Consumer Costs

Spring Surge: Gas Prices On The Move

August Jobs Report Backtracks

Consumer Comfort: Disappointing U-Turn

2016 Second Quarter Growth: Still Stuck

Consumer Comfort Spike!

Pizza By Drone

Consumer Comfort Rebounds

Well Hell, Economy

Consumer Comfort Dips

Ron Paul: The Phony Jobs Recovery

Jobs Report Shatters Expectations

Woman is elected president of the world

Man eats a hamburger from 1937

North Charleston Councilman Accuses Cop Of Falsifying Police Report

‘You Got a Vendetta’: Bowen Turner Arrest Video Released

Murder Rap: South Carolina Police Officer Charged In Chick-fil-A Shooting

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