Critical Warning Number 6

Critical Warning Number 6 Today the U.S. is facing problems aplenty. Its currency is fast losing value as compared to other currencies of the world. Its state of economy is in doldrums even with the three rounds of quantitative easing that have been implemented in order to...

A Declining Stock Market Portends a Recession in 2013

A Declining Stock Market Portends a Recession in 2013 Don’t get your hopes up for 2013. After a fairly robust year in 2012, the stock market is expected to experience real turbulence in 2013. America will experience an economic slowdown—one that could rival ...

We Are Witnessing Slow Death of the American Worker

 We Are Witnessing Slow Death of the American Worker Years before, the US economy produced a seemingly continuous job opportunities to the American public, which helped them to live their life, raise their children and manage food and shelter for their family. The...

Poverty and a Growing Number of Americans Receiving Food Stamps

Poverty and a Growing Number of Americans Receiving Food Stamps The meltdown of the U.S. housing market and economy, coupled with the reckless printing of U.S. currency, will eventually result in higher inflation and hit the U.S. economy and consumer hard. The average ...

Personal Disposable Income and Savings

The Ongoing Decline in Disposable Income and Savings Disposable income, also termed as disposable personal income has a crucial role to play in personal finance. The term refers to the amount of money that the household has for expenditure and savings after deductions of...

The Ongoing Decline in Disposable Income and Savings

The Ongoing Decline in Disposable Income and Savings The Congressional Budget Office expects the U.S. economy to remain moribund in 2013 and to exit the year with an unemployment rate of eight percent. The Federal Reserve has already dumped roughly $3.0 trillion into...

Rising Underemployment Forecast 2013

Rising Underemployment  Forecast 2013 When President Obama took office in January 2009, the unemployment rate was 7.8%. The following month, it cracked eight percent, where it stayed until September 2012, when it dipped to 7.8%. In October, it climbed up to 7.9%.12...

Disabled adults get $240 million for abuse by company

If you aren't already aware, a jury awarded a group of mentally challenged adults $240 million for the horrible abuse they suffered at a turkey processing plant in Iowa City, Iowa. Some of these individuals worked at this plant since the 1970s. They were only paid $65 a...

No one knows this better than the Federal Reserve.

No one knows this better than the Federal Reserve. Quantitative Easing (QE) is the act of printing money to buy government bonds that support spending programs. Since 2008, the Federal Reserve has printed roughly $3.0 trillion, or roughly $9,533 per person, and it’s...

Quantitative Easing: Bank Profit Drop Culprit

Quantitative Easing: Bank Profit Drop Culprit "Quantitative easing" is a government monetary policy launched to ease off the market in intense situations. It had increasing the money supply as the primary goals. The government buys the securities in order to increase the...

The U.S. Housing Market

The U.S. Housing Market Despite a continuing weak U.S. economy, some have been pointing to an increase in new home construction as a sign that the economy is rebounding. While the U.S. economy remains fragile, housing—which was ravaged by the 2007-2009 recession—has...

QE1, QE2, QE3: US Economy 2013

QE1, QE2, QE3: US Economy 2013 In 2008, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made his first step on the Quantitative Easing (QE) ladder in an effort to create more economic activity and higher home prices. QE1 was initiated in November 2008 and ran until March 2010. ...

The Economic Innovator in 2013

America has been a role model for the rest of the world when considering the economy, it has maintained and the growth it has achieved through its accurate and always-benefiting strategies. Though it is going through certain financial distress in the present scenario, it...

Power Utility Technician Program Addresses Growing Sector

More than 10,200 Power Utility Jobs were Available in the Last Year; Industry Insiders See Looming Talent GapThe Power Utility industry is experiencing a massive demographic shift and employees who know both conventional grid and smart grid technology are in demand. With a...