by Daniel White | Dec 7, 2020 | Economy
December 7, 2020 Joe Biden is going to be the president, and a lot of what I read indicates he could well enter office as the weakest president since Jimmy Carter. Now, presuming the Senate stays Republican (which is not a given because of two January runoff races in...
by Daniel White | Nov 23, 2020 | Economy
November 23, 2020 COVID-19 unleashed a tsunami of destruction. Whole industries are transforming, and some are being wiped out altogether. The industry that’s perhaps been damaged most by the pandemic is the restaurant business. It’s been gutted. According to Yelp and...
by Daniel White | Nov 9, 2020 | Economy
November 9, 2020 There are important updates to Social Security and Medicare on the way – some good, some bad. Here’s a quick breakdown of what’s changing. In welcome news, Social Security checks will rise 1.3 percent in 2021. The cost of living adjustment (COLA) will...
by Daniel White | Sep 9, 2020 | Economy
September 9, 2019 President Trump and the Democrats reached a budget deal, avoiding yet another round of debt ceiling drama. The last few years we’ve seen politicians go back-and-forth on the budget, only to “resolve” the situation by shutting down the...
by Daniel White | Aug 10, 2020 | Economy
As I’ve said before, predictions of a strong economic rebound are far too optimistic. In May we received a jobs report showing a whopping 2.5 million new jobs created and an unemployment rate that dipped to 13.3 percent. This set off a wave of optimism pointing...
