September 29, 2022 National, News, Politics & Policy
Inflation still isn’t letting up, and it’s a top concern for Americans right now. But we just learned of yet another way surging prices are hurting families—leading them into huge amounts of credit ...
Read More » September 22, 2022 Finances, National, News, Politics & Policy
$1 at the start of the Biden administration is now worth just 88 cents. The devastating news for millions of families comes as the Federal Reserve again raises interest rates to stem ...
Read More » July 28, 2022 Finances, National, News, Politics & Policy
The United States is in recession. The realization came Thursday morning after the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that GDP fell almost 1% in the second quarter. For the last 10 recessions, ...
Read More » April 12, 2022 Finances, Lifestyles, National, News, Politics & Policy
New numbers out this week show that inflation is increasing at the fastest rate since January 1982. Economists say the consumer price index — which measures a basket of goods including gasoline, ...
Read More » April 1, 2022 Finances, National, News
The country’s housing bubble may be about to burst, leaving millions of homeowners with mortgages that far exceed the value of their property. That’s according to new data from the Census Department ...
Read More » November 23, 2021 Finances, National, News
Americans expect steep inflation to continue, according to the latest Survey of Consumer Expectations recently released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The median expectation is that the inflation rate ...
Read More » June 3, 2021 Finances, National, News
History will not remember President Biden for his frugality but it may for his budget. The president has already signed into law a massive multi-trillion-dollar “COVID” stimulus spending package and proposed trillions ...
Read More » May 31, 2021 Finances, National, News
Skyrocketing inflation is hitting restaurant owners hard with both chains and local establishments raising menu prices. Restaurant managers are seeing price increases of up to 300% on some items used in the ...
Read More » May 30, 2021 Finances, Local, Missouri News, News
A new report finds that the biggest casualty of Covid lockdowns across the nation was small businesses. The report says that 26% of all small businesses in Missouri closed, with an unknown ...
Read More » September 14, 2019 Columns, Local, News
The list of Kansas City Mayors is a colorful one, with the likes of Gage, Reed, Barnes, Cowherd, and Clever, but none were as colorful as James A Reed. A Pendergast man, ...
Read More » September 5, 2019 News, News Briefs
Here’s today’s news briefs. Federal Reserve rebuts negative media narrative Contrary to the media’s ultra negative reporting on the economy, the Federal Reserve today released its “beige book,” and said the vast majority ...
Read More » August 23, 2019 News, News Briefs
Here’s your daily news briefs. DOJ says majority of arrests are non-citizens Noncitizen immigrants in the United States accounted for a whopping 64 percent of all federal arrests in 2018. That’s according to new ...
Read More » April 22, 2019 News, Politics & Policy
Businessman and strong Christian Herman Cain has withdrawn from consideration for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, President Donald Trump said on April 22. Cain is a vocal critic of the ...
Read More » February 18, 2019 Columns
The role of government is to maintain an environment for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and not to manage the economy not continue an unproductive tax wall. The best government ...
Read More » October 26, 2018 National, News
WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy expanded at a 3.5 percent annual rate in the third quarter, as consumer spending strengthened. The growth came in above the Wall Street expectation of 3.3 percent. According to the “advance” estimate ...
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