State of the Economy

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Collected here are various posts that comment on the state of the economy, mostly here in the United States, but with a few on the economies of other countries.

• Even Some Progressives Becoming Worried About the Economy  May 12, 2015
• More Warning Flags for the Economy  May 13, 2015
• The Burden of Economic Regulations   May 13, 2015
• The Lessons of Europe and Wishful Thinking  May 14, 2015
• Economy Becoming Increasingly Ill  May 30, 2015
• Stock Market Getting Sicker  June 6, 2015
• Beware BEPS!  June 10, 2015
• The Debilitating Effects of Obamacare  June 27, 2015
• Economic Effects of the Dodd-Frank Act  July1, 2015
• France in Distress July 2, 2015
• The EPA. CO2, Mercury Emissions, and “Green” Energy   July 7, 2015
• In Which States Does $100 Buy the Most?  July 13, 2015
• Current Economic Effects of the Federal Reserve  July 17, 2015
• Lessons of the “Great Recession” Not Learned  July 20, 2015
• OMG!! This Economy Has Been Even Worse Than We Thought! July 31, 2015
• Stock Market Continues Downward March August 5, 2015
• Collapsing  Commodities Point To Hard Times  August 7, 2015
• Economic Effects of Current Tax Policy  August 10, 2015
• Why What Happens in China Matters  August 17, 2015
• Federal Budget Deficits and Spending Restraints  August 26, 2015
• Quantitative Easing and Its Effects   September 12, 2015
• Economic Damage Created by the Fed   September 25, 2015
• What is the Economy’s Condition?   September 29, 2015
• Post Script on the Economy’s Condition   September 30, 2015
• The Rahn Curve and the Way Out of Economic Peril   October 2, 2015
• The Importance of Personal and National Savings   October 6, 2015
• The Trans-Pacific Partnership   October 7, 2015
• Will the U.S. Have Troubles Soon Financing Its Debt?   October 15, 2015
• Should We Expect Inflation or Deflation?   October 25, 2015
• What Does Falling Money Velocity Tell Us?   October, 26, 2015
• What Do Others Think About the Economy?   October 28, 2015
• Cognitive Dissonance   October 30, 2015
• The First of the BEPS Refugees   November 1, 2015
• The Wall Street Casino Is Open Courtesy of the Fed   November 19, 2015
• The Fed is Losing Credibility (Duh!)   November 23, 2015
• Here We Go Again!   December 5, 2015
• The Rahn Curve, Hauser’s Law, the Laffer Curve and Flat Taxes   December 8, 2015
• The Insanity of Negative Interest Rates   December 9, 2015
• A Not-So-Jolly Christmas   December 12, 2015
• Cutting Government Expenditures   January 3, 2016
• The Hard Work: Cutting Entitlements   January 4, 2016
• Big Corporations Abandoning the U.S. at an Increasing Rate   January 25, 2016
• Federal Budget Deficits to Rise Again in 2016   January 28, 2016
• An Astonishing Thought About Taxes   January 29, 2016
• U.S. Stock Markets and the Economy. February 2016   February 5, 2016
• Europe’s Monetary Experiment Not Working!   March 2, 2016
• Economic Questions: Is Everyone Fooling Themselves?   March 17, 2016
• A Corporate Earnings Recession Continues   March 23, 2016
• The Long-Term Economic Stagnation the World Faces   March 28, 2016
• U.S. Stock Markets and the Economy, April 2016   April 1, 2016
• The Fed’s Labor Market Conditions Index   April 3, 2016
• Stock Investors’ BIGGEST Enemy: Central Banks   April 5, 2016
• The Fecklessness of the U.S. Federal Reserve   April 21, 2016
• The Thoughts that Haunt Me   May 30, 2016
• The U.S. Economy and Stock Markets, June 2016   June 14, 2016
• The Fed Hangs Fire on Interest Rate Rise   June 16, 2016
• Economic Freedom in the United States   July 12, 2016
• The U.S. Federal Government Budget   July 26, 2016
• Dismal Economic Numbers   July 29, 2016
• U.S. Economy and Stock Markets, August 2016   August 15, 2016
• The Japanese Economy is Stalling Out   August 16, 2016
• The US is Drowning In Debt   August 18, 2016
• Labor Market Not Nearly As Good As Many Think   October 2, 2016
• U.S. Economy and Stock Markets, October 2016   October, 12, 2016
• Why Isn’t the U.S. Economy Booming?   October 16, 2016
• Perspectives on Unemployment   October 18. 2016
• The Threat of the U.S. Stock Market Bubble   October 23, 2016
• How a Bursting Stock Market Bubble Will Hurt Everyone    October 25, 2016
• Obama Has Not Produced An Economic Recovery   December 11, 2016
• The Federal Government’s Projected Bankruptcy   December 29, 2016
• U.S. Economy and Stock Markets, February 2017   February 23, 2017
• U.S. Economy and Stock Markets, May 2017   May 26, 2017
• How Is Donald Trump Doing Economically in June 2017?   June 6, 2017
• Do U.S. Companies Need Tax Cuts?   September 24, 2017
• U.S. Economy and Stock Markets, November 2017   November 6, 2017
• American Economic Conditions Building Up Steam!   February 3, 2018
• Does a Falling Stock Market Presage Recession?   February 6, 2018
• How Big A Problem Is Inflation For Stock Markets?   February 12, 2018
• The Economic Decay of the West   February 16, 2018
• Donald Trump’s Stupidity About Foreign Trade   March 9, 2018
• U.S. Economy and Stock Markets, March 2018    April 2, 2018
• How Probable Is a Trade War With China?   April 10, 2018
• Do We Need Tariffs To Attack Foreign Trade Problems?   April 17, 2018
• Growing U.S. Economy Continues to Sizzle!   June 1, 2018
• Trump Becomes More Convincing About Foreign Trade   June 10, 2018
• U.S. Economy and Stock Markets, July 2018   July 30. 2018
• Is the US Economic Boom Sustainable?   August 10, 2018
• Comparing Economies of All Countries on Earth in 2018   September 5, 2018
• Trade War With China: U.S. Economy and Stock Markets, August 2019   August 4, 2019
• Does An Inverted Yield Curve Predict U.S. Recession?    August 29, 2019
• Coronavirus Impact on the U.S.    March 25, 2020
• The Problems with the Coronavirus Aid Package.   April 4, 2020
• Coronavirus Lockdowns and the U.S. Economy, April 2020,    May 8, 2020
• The U.S. Economy,  April, 2021,    April 15, 2021
• The State of the U.S. Economy, November 2021     November 25, 2021
• Biden’s Administration Should take a Course in Economics 101.   April 3, 2022
• The U.S. Economy Is Melting Down in June 2022.  June 18, 2022
• Comparing the Economies of All Countries on Earth in 2021.   July 12, 2022
• What Can We Believe in the Debate on Inflation?     August 17, 2022
• The Inflation Reduction Act Is an Economic Disaster.    August 25, 2022