Thursday, March 30, 2023

Tag: interest rates

The Fed is about to shaft American workers—or no good reason

Fed policymakers are poised to raise interest rates at their March meeting and then continue raising them, in order to slow the economy.

The disaster of negative of interest rates

President Trump wants negative interest rates, but they would be disastrous for the U.S. economy, and his objectives can be better achieved...

Is the economy growing too fast? Interest rates and the fed

The potential gains from allowing the economy to continue to grow and for the unemployment rate to drop further are enormous.

What’s Behind the Fed’s Decision to Raise Interest Rates in a...

It's clear that the Fed feels it needs to get interest rates back up before the bottom falls out of the US economy once again.

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California passes law to fine oil companies over price gouging

The new law prohibiting fuel price gouging will go into effect June 26.

WATCH: Sanders rips Schultz over ‘unforgivable’ efforts to crush worker organizing

"That union-busting campaign has been led by Howard Schultz."

Australia becomes first country to approve psychedelics as form of medicine

Australia is reclassifying them as “controlled substances” and making them available for use in managed medical settings.

Cop city coverage fails to question narratives of militarized police

The story of Tortuguita’s death is about protests against militarized policing being met with more militarized policing, which ultimately resulted in a fatal shooting.

Congress has been captured by the arms industry

And what a price to pay!