RECESSATION: THE WORST OF BOTH ECONOMIC DIRECTIONS

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• THERE'S A DEAFENING QUIET FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE

  August 14, 2008 - SOMEONE turned down the volume at the Federal Reserve - finally. It could just be summer vacations or maybe an intentional change in policy, but the governors of the Fed, as well as the presidents...more >

• UPCOMING CPI NUMBER MAY HAVE A CRUDE REALITY

  August 12, 2008 - WALL Street has been feasting lately on news that the speculative bubble in crude oil is deflating. This Thursday, inflation could bite back. The July consumer price index (CPI) will be released...more >

• THE FED HAS BIAS TOWARD SLOWER ECONOMIC GROWTH

  August 7, 2008 - THE Federal Reserve told us this week that it was concerned about both the slow economy and rising inflation. If it had to pick one, which would be the bigger concern? Right now Wall Street...more >

• A CREDIBLE GOVERNMENT REPORT ABOUT THE ECONOMY

  August 5, 2008 - SURPRISE! The government finally put out an honest employment number last week. Not surprisingly there was also a very important statistic that was so dishonest you might want to call the cops...more >

• DO THE MATH, THEN SCRATCH YOUR HEAD OVER THE BUDGET

  July 31, 2008 - TODAY we are going to start with a quiz. Let's say your family owed $8,899 on this exact date in 2007. But after a year of buying food and clothes, paying for the kids' education and...more >

• WE'RE LIKELY TO GET AN UGLY JOBS REPORT ON FRIDAY

  July 29, 2008 - FINALLY, we should get some honest figures on the health of the nation's job market. On Friday the Labor Department will report the July payroll survey and the month's unemployment rate...more >

• TROUBLED GM IS PUTTING THE ARM ON ITS RETIREES

  July 24, 2008 - GM doesn't only stand for Gen eral Motors anymore. It also stands for "grab money." With profits down by a shocking amount in the depressed auto industry, the Grab Money Corp. is...more >

• DON'T LET LAST WEEK'S STOCK MARKET RALLY FOOL YOU

  July 22, 2008 - SO, did you enjoy the summer rally last week? Maybe you've been doing a little bottom fishing when stocks got pummeled over the past few months, or dollar-cost averaged your way into the...more >

• RETIREES TO GET NICE RAISE FROM SOARING INFLATION

  July 17, 2008 - IT'S not exactly like hitting the lottery or even getting a surprise visit from Publishers Clearing House. But Social Security recipients and other retirees are likely to get a huge increase in...more >

• TOMORROW'S INFLATION REPORT WILL BE A REAL DOOZY

  July 15, 2008 - AS if it didn't have enough to worry about, Wall Street tomorrow will have to deal with the latest consumer inflation report. And it might not be pretty. Back in May, I had an exclusive...more >