Economics

What You Will Not Hear in Sylvester Turner’s “State of the City” Today

What You Will Not Hear in Sylvester Turner’s “State of the City” Today

May 20, 2019

Sylvester Turner will deliver his “State of the City” annual address today.  If today’s speech is like the others, he

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National Debt Up by $1.2 Trillion This Year

National Debt Up by $1.2 Trillion This Year

October 8, 2018

The federal government just finished up its fiscal year on September 30. It was not pretty. We added $1.27 trillion

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A Primer on the Labor Force Participation Rate

A Primer on the Labor Force Participation Rate

June 20, 2018

If you follow the jobs report issued by the Labor Department each month, you have probably heard of something called

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US Population Growth Decline Makes Economic Growth Hard

US Population Growth Decline Makes Economic Growth Hard

January 15, 2018

In 2017, the US population grew by 2.3 million, a 0.7% increase (that is 7/10s of one percent). We have.

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