(Casey Harper, The Center Square) The Federal Reserve announced a key interest rate hike Wednesday, the ninth time it has done so since early 2022 in its effort to combat rising inflation.
The rate got a quarter-point increase to 0.25% to 0.5% on March 17 of last year; the latest hike...
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) One of New York City's most famous pizza restaurants is putting an end to its popular $1 pizza slice as inflation sweeps America, the New York Post reported.
The iconic pizza chain, 2 Bros. Pizza, announced recently that it has been forced to up the price...
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Joe Biden issued his first veto on Monday, blocking a measure by Congress to a Labor Department rule that allows retirement plans to consider environmental, social and governance factors when making investment decisions.
The Democrat-controlled Senate passed the GOP-led effort last week, with the White House...
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Big-government apologists at the Los Angeles Times recently declared that the elite-caused Silicon Valley Bank crisis and its fallout is really a "blessing in disguise," Legal Insurrection reported.
Times columnist Doyle McManus penned the op-ed, suggesting that the banking crisis might be a blessing because it...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday the impending launch of a pilot program that observers say resembles the controversial central bank digital currency (CBDC) system—something that would lead to vaccine passports, social credit scores and other dystopian social technologies, Zero Hedge reported.
The “FedNow Service” will start operating...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) New York Democrat U.S. Rep. Daniel Goldman’s non-profit organization is reportedly invested in Norfolk Southern, the company responsible for the toxic East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, according to the organization’s tax filings.
The financial ties of Goldman’s organization, the Richard W. Goldman Family Foundation, were initially investigated...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is leading a coalition of governors from 18 states who’ve pledged to fight the Biden administration’s environmental, social and corporate governance agenda.
The governors said Biden's investment agenda is a “decision to jeopardize retirement savings for millions of Americans to promote far...
(Headline USA) Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen left GOP jaws dropped on the Senate floor by continuing to downplay what many believe to be the root cause of the Biden administration's persistent economic woes.
A week after the second-largest bank collapse in U.S. history, Yellen told the Senate Finance Committee on...
(Tom Gantert, The Center Square) Not everyone was optimistic about the trend when the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Consumer Price Index data this week showing inflation had dropped for the eighth consecutive month.
The Consumer Price Index showed inflation at 6% for the last 12 months ending in...
(Headline USA) The Federal Reserve is facing stinging criticism for missing what observers say were clear signs that uber-woke Silicon Valley Bank was at high risk of collapsing into the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history.
The California-based SVB and another failed financial institution, New York-based Signature Bank, have both...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) The latest federal inflation data shows consumer prices rose again in February, sparking criticism of President Joe Biden and his spending agenda.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index Tuesday, which showed consumer prices rose 0.4% in February, totaling a 6% increase...
(Peter Jacobsen, FEE) By now, you’ve likely heard about regulators closing down Silicon Valley Bank and now Signature Bank as well.
While I’m not going to go into all the details, the basic story is described well in this article on Seeking Alpha. Essentially, SVB received a large influx of deposits...