consumer

Politics And More

Pondering

February 23, 2015

I presently work nights in a warehouse that serves a group of mid-market clothing brands. Sales are weak- hours are being cut in every (non-management) area. If this was strictly a reaction to poor products […]

Politics And More

‘The Fed’ and We, The People

June 19, 2014

The ‘Federal Open Market Committee‘ recently announced[1] a plan to reduce its monthly purchases of financial instruments (generally mortgage bonds and ‘treasuries’ – US Government bonds) from US$50 to US$35 Billion. Interesting how they want […]

Politics And More

Obama Stands Up to Banks

January 22, 2010

(Also- “Obama, The Banks and the Consumer Confidence Game“) Obama stands up to the banks; the Stock Markets fall – should we care? In an effort to turn our attention away from the Administration and […]