by Bill King | Oct 8, 2018 | Economics, National Economy
The federal government just finished up its fiscal year on September 30. It was not pretty. We added $1.27 trillion to the national debt. That is nearly double the increase last year. The debt grew about twice what GDP grew for the year. So far, the promised...
by Bill King | Jun 20, 2018 | Demographics, Economics, Federal Government Finances, National Politics
If you follow the jobs report issued by the Labor Department each month, you have probably heard of something called the “labor force participation rate.” This is the percentage of the population between the ages of 16-64 that are employed or unemployed but looking...
by Bill King | Jan 15, 2018 | Demographics, Economics
In 2017[i], the US population grew by 2.3 million, a 0.7% increase (that is 7/10s of one percent). We have been running at about this rate since 2010. However, it is well below the post WWII average of about 1.2%. The only other time in our country’s history that...
