30 Apr 2010

Posted at 16:24h in The Friday Brief by
Recovery remains firmly on track as revealed by the government’s first of three estimates on the growth of US Gross Domestic Product for the first quarter of this year. While a little below expectations, the 3.2% gain is solid and continues on the heels of a 5.6% pace set in the fourth quarter. The six months together comprise the strongest advance since 2003.

23 Apr 2010

Posted at 16:28h in The Friday Brief by
The biggest news this week on the US economy comes today as the Commerce Department announces that orders for durable goods excluding transportation jumped by 2.8%, the most since the recession began in December 2007. Other reports this week including Leading Indicators and Home sales reported this week further bolstered the view that the economy is healing.  

09 Apr 2010

Posted at 16:32h in The Friday Brief by
Globalization and productivity have all but neutralized inflation.  Profits in the US continue to surge while analysts play catch-up.  Global economic growth looks healthy as well among the G6 countries.  Earnings in Japan and Europe outpace analysts’ expectations just as they do here.  And the developing ‘BRIC’ countries; Brazil, Russia, India, and China are ablaze with growth rates as high as 10%.  

19 Mar 2010

Posted at 16:35h in The Friday Brief by
Don’t’ expect it from Washington. America’s politicians are rushing headlong into socialism faster than at any time in our young history. We who send the ‘revenues’ to Washington know all too well the cost of the last massive rush toward that cowardly form of government. ‘Entitlements’ such as social security, medicare, and medicade are in truth on pace to swamp our country’s economy in the coming decades. The tactics used by Democrats to pass “Healthcare Reform at any price” with their secrecy, unprecedented vote-buying, and outright intimidation, have made it abundantly clear to most American citizens that absolute power has indeed corrupted absolutely.