POTUS has COVID19, States on the brink of bankruptcy and my home state of Louisiana loses a titan and a friend.
A brief look at the budgets of each state during the COVID crisis reveals a very dangerous situation. Many states were already near collapse with unfunded pensions and healthcare costs rising into the...
2 Loka 20204min
Unemployment rises…The stock market falls…The Fed takes on debt…and education stands on the brink of collapse.
First – the numbers: Unemployment claims rose this week to a total of 870,000 giving a hint the economy might be on shaky footing as only half of the jobs lost in March have permanently returned. For ...
25 Syys 20204min
The US Constitution Turns 233…and Justice Antonin Scalia speaks beyond the grave as a new book is released….
Amid the rapid movement of the stock market and cloud data platform Snowflake’s IPO – now one of the largest rollouts in the public technology space – the 233rd anniversary of the signing of the Unite...
18 Syys 20204min
Charter Schools re-examined in a new Harvard University report…. a nation remembers what happened 19 years ago today… and a family celebrates the life of its matriarch.
As the pandemic continues into the Fall, some changes forced as a result of COVID have been met with acceptance and even gratitude from a majority of Americans. Remote work is here to stay. Telemedici...
11 Syys 20204min
Jobless claims drop…the number of unemployed Americans rise…the national debt grows…and education pods pop up across the nation…
News of a drop in the number of first-time jobless claims falling to 881,000 last week was encouraging on the whole. Taking a look at the total number of Americans still out of work numbering more tha...
4 Syys 20204min
The Federal Reserve announces a major policy change for the American economy and a healthcare crisis looms on the horizon.
This week The Conference Board released the Consumer Confidence Index data that showed consumer confidence at its lowest point since 2014. Consumer spending accounts for 70% of economic activity in th...
28 Elo 20204min
More job losses…more market gains…and Hurricane Katrina 15 years later.
First time jobless claims rose above 1 million again this week giving rise to the perception by many economists that a drop off in employment may be just around the corner. As federal stimulus funds r...
21 Elo 20204min
Job numbers reflect that America is slowly getting back to work and point to a looming crisis in our nation’s colleges and universities…and Artificial Intelligence comes to the farm.
This week’s job numbers offered a good news/bad news scenario. The good news: For the first time since the Coronavirus struck in March, unemployment claims fell below 1 million. More people are return...
14 Elo 20204min
