Montana Ranks 16th: Freedom, Base of Economic Strength
By Bethany Blankley, Central Square Montana’s economic freedom demonstrated the very slightest of improvements over the past year, according to…
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Medicaid Expansion = “Medicare for All Lite”
By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square A new report by the nonpartisan think tank The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA)…
Americans’ View of Economy is Highest in 19 Years
Within a record-setting 24-hour period, the S&P 500 surpassed 3,000 for the first time since its founding in 1896, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 27,000 for the first time since its founding in 1885.
In the first six months of 2019, the Dow rose by 16 percent and the S&P 500 by 20 percent.
In April, 263,000 nonfarm jobs were added to the economy, with hourly wage growth up by two-tenths of a percent and unemployment at 3.6 percent, its lowest level since December 1969. In June, 224,000 nonfarm jobs were added, far more than what economists predicted.
Grasping Size of US Economy
U.S. Worker Production Dwarfs Most Countries – big time! By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square American workers out-produce workers worldwide,…