Forex

In January Steven Hansen observed that, through November, the trade deficit for manufactured goods was the equivalent of 1.3 million workers earning

The big news when the advanced estimate of the 4Q/2010 GDP was announced last week was the recovery of the pre-recession level of GDP.

Harold Meyerson, Op Ed Columnist at The Washington Post, has hit the nail right on the head, in the opinion of GEI.

Federal Reserve Bank Vice Chairman Janet Yellen gave a lengthy speech in Denver Saturday discussing the monetary po

A great chart from 5 Min. Forecast raises an interesting question. First the graph:

This article has two parts. The first is an analysis of a terribly misleading position presented by Mark Perry and Alan Reynolds.

Transfer payment receipts are defined well by the Bureau of Economic Analysis at the U.S. Dept. of Commerce:

A summary of the new tax law provisions was posted at the GEI News Blog as the law was being signed by the president Friday.

Small business optimism may be rising, as indicated by the latest report from the NFIB (National Federation of Independent Busine

The idea is supposed to be to stimulate economic activity. That is supposed to happen if a dollar of stimulus results in more than a dollar of increased economic activity.