By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – September 18, 2024 Jerome Powell says the economy is strong but still cuts rates by 50 basis points. Mr. Powell said the Fed is merely “recalibrating” monetary policy as the economy recovers from the inflation shock of recent years. As inflation drifts down toward the Fed’s 2% target, real interest rates will rise...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – September 10, 2024 They have good reason to be, as the latest Census data reveal. Kamala Harris says the Biden Administration rescued the U.S. economy. The truth is that the Biden inflation has left most Americans worse off than they were before the pandemic. The latest evidence comes from Tuesday’s Census Bureau report...

Former President Donald Trump is dominating Vice President Kamala Harris in the polls in every swing state regarding one of the top issues leading up to election day: the economy. 

Vice President Kamala Harris’ economic policies are not yet fully known, but her platitudes suggest a focus on affordable housing, health care, child care, paid leave and the Green New Deal,

By: Charles C. W. Cooke – nationalreview.com – August 15, 2024 Harris isn’t interested in ‘price gouging.’ She’s trying to shift the blame from her administration. Vice President Kamala Harris will call for a federal ban on corporate price gouging on groceries in a speech laying out her economic agenda on Friday, campaign officials said late Wednesday, in an effort to blame...

A growing number of Americans aren’t simply out of a job. They’re no longer fit for work.

Recall the February 2021 The New York Times article titled “The Biden Team Wants to Transform the Economy. Really.” Democrats don’t talk about that much anymore, and with good reason.

Will America be transformed by a “Fourth Turning” crisis?

Since President Joe Biden was inaugurated, the federal debt has increased by more than $7 trillion.

By: Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore – wsj.com – June 23, 2024 The crazy economic theory that spending has no consequences. Under MMT, the crisis never ends. Proponents posit that because the dollar is the world reserve currency and the Treasury can sell bonds at low interest rates, Uncle Sam can spend and borrow limitlessly with no economic risk. As Stephanie Kelton,...