Overall jobs growth in the U.S. is slowly grinding to a halt, with September’s numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics highlighting a troubling trend that leaves over 10 million jobs still lost from April’s calamitous crash. The industry undoubtedl…
New jobs numbers for the month of September show a stagnating recovery in new jobs in the U.S. After a brief surge of new jobs following mass layoffs in April and May, some analysts are predicting long-term job shortages and permanent job losses for th…
Fall traditionally marks the start of flu season in the U.S. and this year is expected to be more difficult than usual due Covid-19. Yesterday, President Trump once again downplayed the threat posed by the coronavirus by exaggerating influenza’s death …
Insulin prices have risen dramatically in the United States over the course of the past decade and the RAND Corporation has released a new report comparing the situation with other countries. Using a price index analysis, the research found that U.S. i…
After leaving Walter Reed Medical Center yesterday, President Trump had a positive message for the American people after the first few days of his experience with Covid-19: “Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life.”As survey data from…
So far there have been approximately 7.5 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the United States according to Johns Hopkins University with California (836,152), Texas (794,319) and Florida (717,874) registering the highest totals. When it comes t…
The Cornell University conducted an analysis of Covid-19 misinformation, falsehoods and conspiracy theories circulating in the media and its findings were published by The New York Times. The researchers analyzed 38 million articles published in the En…
30 years ago, on October 3, 1990, the German reunification process was completed and the communist German Democratic Republic (GDR) became part of the Federal Republic of Germany, marking the birth hour of the Germany we know today.Despite the fact tha…
The economic carnage brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic has led to investors hedging against the ongoing volatility and that has driven the price of gold to record levels. In August, the price per ounce surpassed $2,000 for the first time ever. Pol…
When things turn sour for the U.S. economy, the country’s trade deficit, i.e. the difference between exports and imports, usually narrows. As consumer spending goes down during economic downturns, so do imports of goods directly or indirectly targeted …
