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Supply Anxiety Drives Strong March Auto Sales
Toyota salesman Mitch Schechter made good money selling Prius hybrids in March, but he stands to make a killing in April. The Prius is one […]
U.S. Farmers Rapidly Losing Market Share in Panama
For American farmers, the pending trade agreement with Panama is no longer about potential gains but about preventing the loss of existing export markets. Since […]
Is Foregin Inflation Affecting Americans?
Lately Americans have been experiencing a whole lot of pain. Crippling prices at the pumps, pain at the grocery store and more recently a new […]
Can Anything Slow Online Retail Sales?
Edwin Long is a self-proclaimed video game junkie. Long, a 26-year-old store clerk, has purchased more than 50 brand new games over the past year. […]
A Good Indicator of Growth
The latest jobs numbers show that nonfarm payrolls rose by 216,000 in March and the private sector added 230,000 jobs. “Any monthly job gain over […]
Signs of Life in the Job Market
Amy Berson-Sayers has been unemployed since March of 2008. She recently admitted that shortly after her 99 weeks of unemployment benefits ran out, she stopped […]
Consumer Confidence in March Shaken By Inflation Fears
U.S. consumer confidence was dealt a gut-wrenching blow in March, falling to 63.4 from a three-year high of 70.4 in February, the biggest one month […]
Washington Fix Unlikely Even As Home Prices Fall
Rep. Dennis Cardoza, a fifth-term Democrat from California’s Central Valley, doesn’t need an economic indicator to describe the state of the housing market. Three cities […]
Manufacturers Leading Recovery Despite Inflation
Prices for raw materials have skyrocketed but manufacturers are still charging forward. The manufacturing sector has a number of things going for it. The auto […]