Just how unbalanced is the labor market? This question has become one of the biggest debates in economics today. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and his fellow officials at the Federal Reserve see the labor market as extremely unbalanced, with demand for workers far outstripping supply. Others, however, have argued that the Fed’s view of […]
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Breitbart Business Digest: Why Powell Thinks the Labor Market is ‘Clearly Unbalanced’
Breitbart Business Digest: Brainard Makes the Case Against Inflation to the Democratic Left
It appears increasingly likely that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point when it meets this month. The odds implied by the fed funds futures market of a 75 basis point hike topped 80 percent at one point this morning. They’ve since slid back down to 75 percent, which […]
Breitbart News Daily Podcast Ep. 212: Happy Birthday, ‘My Son Hunter’! Guest: Peter Schweizer
Bestselling author Peter Schweizer discusses the truth behind the newly released film “My Son Hunter.” Without Schweizer’s bombshell research on the Biden family corruption, “My Son Hunter” probably wouldn’t have been possible.
Breitbart Business Digest: Is The Economy Expanding or Contracting?
Do you believe that business activity in the U.S. services sector contracted or expanded in August?
Breitbart News Daily Podcast Ep. 211: Biden’s Speech from Hell; Special Guest: Laurence Fox, Star of ‘My Son Hunter’
Actor Laurence Fox discusses his brilliant portrayal of Hunter Biden in the new film “My Son Hunter,” which is out tomorrow for streaming and downloading.
Breitbart Business Digest: Dark Brandon vs. the Labor Market
The morning after President Joe Biden delivered his Dark Brandon at the Gates of Hell speech, the Labor Department delivered a jobs report that was pretty close to perfect.
Breitbart News Daily Podcast Ep. 210: Soul Speech: Biden Wants Unity by Attacking Half of Electorate; Guest: Monica Crowley
Guest Monica Crowley discusses Joe Biden’s dark and divisive speech yesterday in Philadelphia.
Breitbart Business Digest: How to Build an Antiracist Housing Bubble
When the housing bubble of the first decade of the twenty-first century burst, there was widespread agreement that one of the culprits was mortgages that required little or no money down. Bad ideas, of course, never really die. They just fade away for a time, waiting in the shadows to emerge again, like the mysterious […]
Breitbart Business Digest: Powell Adopts an Irresponsible Monetary Policy
It appears that Jerome Powell’s speech in Jackson Hole finally convinced investors that they could not fight the Fed. The major indexes fell for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Nasdaq Composite, and the S&P 500 each closed out August lower than they started the month, as the selloff […]
Breitbart Business Digest: Surging Job Openings Foreclose Hopes of Labor Market Cooling
The number of open jobs in the United States rose in July, defying predictions that vacancies would fall for a fourth straight month and dashing hopes that the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy tightening had already throttled demand for labor. We already knew that U.S. employers were urgently seeking workers in July thanks to the blowout […]
Breitbart News Daily Podcast Ep. 206: ‘My Son Hunter’ Trailer Goes Viral, Left Thinks They’ve Finally Got the Bad Orange Man, Guests: J.D. Vance, Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) discusses her recent trip to Taiwan and what America is doing to fight China’s dominance both at home and abroad.
Breitbart Business Digest: Only 38% of Biden Voters Say We’re in A Recession, Versus 82% of Trump Voters
A solid majority of Americans think we are in a recession, but that consensus conceals some deep divides divide on the economy. The divides do not run that deep along demographic lines. The most recent poll from the Economist and YouGov found that 58 percent of Americans say we are in a recession today. Men are slightly […]
Breitbart Business Digest: Biden Pours Student Debt Gasoline on Inflation Fire
It’s hard to imagine a worse time for the U.S. government to decide to launch a massive student loan forgiveness program than right now. Source
Breitbart Business Digest: Biden’s Incredible Shrinking Economy
Gross domestic product shrank again last quarter, confirming the widespread impression that the economy is lousy. Source
Breitbart Business Digest: Powell Tells Americans ‘It Doesn’t Make Sense’ That We’re Currently in a Recession
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday that he does not believe the U.S. is currently in a recession, citing the fact that job vacancies are still above 11 million, unemployment is near record lows, and hiring has been brisk. Source
Breitbart Business Digest: Recession Calling
The recession is calling, but it’s probably not paying its phone bill on time. Source
Breitbart Business Digest: The Tariffs Inflation Con
A repeal of the tariffs on goods imported from China would do absolutely nothing to the two most politically salient parts of inflation: gas prices and food prices.
Breitbart News Daily Podcast Ep. 163: Former ICE Acting Director Tom Homan on the Border Crisis
Tom Homan, the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, discusses DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ disastrous border and immigration policies.
Breitbart Business Digest: Powell Says He’ll Risk Stagflation
If it takes a recession—or even a period of stagflation—to bring down inflation, so be it. This was Jerome Powell’s message on the second of his two-day stint testifying on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers repeatedly pressed Powell on what he would do if the economy slowed dramatically while inflation was still high. If inflation is still […]
Breitbart News Latinos Predicted Conservative Awakening in 2020
Republican House candidate Mayra Flores successfully flipped Texas’s 34th Congressional District — a historic Democrat stronghold and majority Hispanic district — in Tuesday night’s special election. Her win reflects what many consider to be a conservative awakening among Latino voters — a phenomenon both Breitbart News border reporter Ildefonso Ortiz and international news editor Frances Martel predicted in […]
Breitbart Business Daily: Why the Fed Is Likely Going to Hike 75 Basis Points
The Federal Reserve is going to have to play catch up to rein in inflation.
Breitbart News Daily Podcast Ep. 155: Senate Gun Control Proposal, Dems’ Concerns About Biden in 2024; Guest: Monica Crowley
Monica Crowley highlights the growing concerns among Democrats about the state of Joe Biden’s presidency and what his 2024 re-election is going to look like.
Breitbart Business Digest: Even More Stag, Extra Flation
Inflation does not look like the result of “Putin’s price hike” or even supply-chain disruptions. It is being driven by consumer demand pumped up by a legacy of stimulus–monetary and fiscal–and fueled by a red hot labor market.
Breitbart Business Digest: Retail is Rolling Over Because of Bidenflation
The cracks that have started to emerge in the post-pandemic recovery grew a bit more visible in the May jobs report.
Breitbart News Daily Podcast Ep. 149: Biden Launches War on 2nd Amendment; Guests: Charlie Hurt, John Carney
Breitbart Economics Editor John Carney explains the surprisingly uplifting jobs report and why President Biden doesn’t deserve credit for it.
Watch Live: Breitbart News’ Emma-Jo Morris at Turning Point USA Young Women’s Leadership Summit
Watch live as Breitbart News political editor Emma-Jo Morris addresses students at Turning Point USA’s annual Young Women’s Leadership Summit in Dallas, Texas.
Breitbart Business Digest: Consumer Euphoria Breaks the Stock Market’s Slide
After seven weeks of grinding grimness, the stock market found itself in the grip of euphoria as we stumbled toward Memorial Day.
Breitbart News Daily Podcast Ep. 145: Shocking New Details Shift Uvalde Massacre Narrative; Guest: Brandon Darby on All Things Texas
Breitbart’s Brandon Darby reports the latest revelations about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and fact checks the misinformation being reported elsewhere.
Breitbart News Daily Podcast Ep. 144: Texas Massacre: Disturbing Details, Ice Cold Takes, and No Solutions; Guests: Jonathan Gilliam on Attack Survival and Mike Benz on Gates vs. Musk
Jonathan Gilliam, the author of “Sheep No More: The Art of Awareness and Attack Survival,” provides his analysis of the Texas school shooting.
Breitbart News Daily Podcast Ep. 143: Another Massacre in America, Guest: Joni Ernst on Border Crisis, Uvalde, Ukraine Aid
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) discusses a bill she introduced to allow states to use federal funds to build the border wall rather than having taxpayers pay to guard unused materials that were supposed to be used for the border wall, which is what is happening now.