If we want social / economic renewal, we have to make it easy to climb the ladder to middle class security for anyone willing to adopt the values and habits of thrift, prudence, negotiation, and hard work.Let's stipulate that...
Initial claims for regular state unemployment insurance fell by 1,000 for the week ending January 7th, coming in at 205,000. The previous week’s 206,000 was revised up from the initial estimate of 204,000 (see first chart). The back-to-back drops...
Gold and the 2-year yield are not perfectly correlated but a falling two year yield (after a rate hike cycle) usually leads to rate cuts, which are bullish for Gold. If the 2-year yield falls to 3.50% and below,...
New Board of Supervisors Chairman Darrell Dalton joined the podcast PittCo Happenings as a guest of outgoing county Public Relations Manager Caleb Ayers. From the show notes: "Darrell Dalton, the newly-appointed Chairman of the Pittsylvania County Board of...
Inflation report is a mixed bag – an economist explains why some items are rising faster than others
Oeuf! Egg prices...
A Sheriff in Louisiana Has Been Destroying Records of Deputies’ Alleged Misconduct for Yearsby Richard A. Webster, VeriteProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your...
