Category: The U.S. economy

As Election Looms, Republicans Gain With Voters Focusing on Economy

Recent polls show an increased likelihood of a “red wave” election, likely tied to voters settling on key issues favoring the GOP: the economy and inflation. Republican candidates have relentlessly tied both issues to the Biden administration and Democrat Party policies. Predictions early in 2022 favored the Republicans taking a decisive Congressional majority. Democrats retook…


The Fed Is Trapped

Commentary While the world is focused on the situation between Russia and Ukraine, the global economy is already rapidly slowing down. Further uncertainty due to geopolitics and war could easily tip the global economy into a recession. For the Fed, the Russia and Ukraine conflict could not come at a worse time as it is…