May 3, 2019
The economy added a healthy 263,000 jobs in April, firmly beating analyst expectations of 190,000, according to Friday’s monthly snapshot from the Department of Labor… The nation’s unemployment level fell to 3.6 percent, the lowest since December 1969, and average… Continue Reading…
April 30, 2019
“WASHINGTON—Social Security’s costs are expected to exceed its income in 2020 for the first time since 1982, forcing the program to dip into its nearly $3 trillion trust fund to cover benefits…” https://www.wsj.com/articles/social-security-trust-fund-to-be-depleted-in-2035-trustees-say-11555946113 If you’re young don’t count on social… Continue Reading…
April 27, 2019
“First-quarter gross domestic product expanded by 3.2%, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Friday in its initial read of the economy for that period. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected growth of 2.5%. It was the first time since 2015… Continue Reading…
April 24, 2019
“Social Security’s Opens a New Window. reserve funds are expected to be depleted in 2035, at which time the program will no longer be able to pay out benefits Opens a New Window. in full. That’s according to the annual… Continue Reading…
April 23, 2019
“Sales of existing U.S. homes Opens a New Window. fell in March after a huge gain the previous month, held back partly by a sharp slowdown among the most expensive properties Opens a New Window. . The National Association of… Continue Reading…
April 23, 2019
“The number of small business sales counted by online market BizBuySell.com fell 6.5% during the first quarter from the same period of 2018, following a 6% fourth quarter drop. BizBuySell.com reported 2,504 first quarter transactions, down from 2,678 a year… Continue Reading…
April 19, 2019
“Metro Orlando grew by 60,000 residents last year, almost as large as the number of people who can fit into the city’s Camping World Stadium, where college football bowl teams face off each winter. The Tampa area grew last year… Continue Reading…
April 17, 2019
“American manufacturing was flat in March, which was good news after sharp declines in the prior two months that combined for a dismal first quarter, the Federal Reserve reported Tuesday. That weak performance has contributed to fears about a slowing… Continue Reading…
April 17, 2019
“The federal government spent $2,198,468,000,000 in the first six months of fiscal 2019 (October through March), which is the most it has spent in the first six months of any fiscal year in the last decade, according to the Monthly… Continue Reading…
April 16, 2019
“The cost of many products and services the upper middle class buys, from autos to college educations, is outpacing overall inflation. While having access to credit, these households are increasingly tapping into costlier forms of debt… Credit card interest rates… Continue Reading…
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