Economy

Six months ago I posted an article that looked at one of the very few leading economic indicators that can be used to give us ……Read More

The fallout of the collapse in oil prices has a lot of side effects apart from the decline of rig counts and oil flows. Oil ……Read More

The financial pages of Canadian newspapers have been full of headlines lately announcing the potential of two large shale oil fields in the Northwest Territories ……Read More

A little-discussed graphical representation of the U.S. employment picture provides us with a very clear idea of just how different the recovery since the end ……Read More

In the age of derivatives, swaps, and electronic money transfers, a new form of warfare has emerged: financial warfare. Recently, the US has passed sanctions ……Read More

Since the end of the Great Recession, American economic growth rates have been quite modest, particularly when compared to historical levels as shown on this chart: ……Read More