Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are plenty of signs pointing to a slowing economy, but a steady job loss and rising unemployment are the clearest signs of a recession, which we are not seeing either. The unemployment rate is the most visible recession warning, Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteConsumer prices have increased at an accelerating rate in the United States. The June reading is the fastest increase in inflation since November 1981. This increase was driven by higher prices for food and gasoline, but other factors also contributed Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs of June, there are currently 9.5 million unemployed Americans and 9.2 million open jobs in the United States. While the number of unemployed continues to rise, employers are finding it hard to hire workers for these positions. In fact, Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Federal Reserve has made a dramatic move to fight rising consumer prices: it hiked its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point. The hike is the Fed’s largest since 1994, and follows a quarter-point hike in March Read more…
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe latest box office figures from Comscore, a trusted partner for planning, transacting, and evaluating media across platforms, demonstrate another key milestone for the movies industry, as nearly 90% of movie theater locations are now open globally for the first Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® improved moderately in January, after decreasing in December. The Index now stands at 89.3 (1985=100), up from 87.1 in December. However, the Present Situation Index – based on consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKevin Price, host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business show, has announced a series of interviews that the Price of Business Digital Network is doing on fee only financial advisors. The series will be throughout the dozen sites of Read more…
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe above featured high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. A camera aboard the descent stage captured this shot. A key objective for Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI) was virtually unchanged in December, after seven consecutive monthly increases that started in May. The index now stands at 99.01, down from 99.05 (an upward revision) in November. The index is currently down Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhile 2020 proved to be a tumultuous year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A), the second half of the year is seeing one of the largest rebounds in M&A to date. The increase in year-over-year (YoY) deal value in the US Read more…
Reading Time: 6 minutesToday SiriusXM announced its Doctor Radio channel 110 will be free to the general public to help guide and inform as the Covid-19 virus causes record hospitalizations and deaths throughout the country. The free access and new programming on Doctor Read more…
Reading Time: 3 minutesA renewed interest in homeownership during the COVID-19 pandemic has changed homebuyers’ housing choices, widened the imbalance between housing supply and demand in California and created a more competitive housing market than ever before, according to the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®‘ (C.A.R.) 2020 Annual Housing Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe current surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations is extremely concerning for emergency physicians, patients, and health systems. With the U.S. surpassing 11 million cases and 1 million new cases recorded in just six days, this wave is bigger than Read more…
Reading Time: 4 minutesSeveral well-known corporations such as Nieman Marcus, Hertz, Pizza Hut, 24 Hour Fitness and Chesapeake Energy have already sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection due to the Covid-19 crisis. Edward I. Altman, creator of the Z Score, a key performing indicator Read more…
