3+ hour, 40+ min ago   (359+ words) Inflation in July dipped below what experts predicted. The 3.4 percent rate for July was below projections of 3.5 percent from experts polled by The Wall Street Journal. The inflation rate was 3.5 percent in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. Inflation…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (441+ words) President Donald Trump has announced a series of price cuts coordinated between his administration and supermarket chain Giant Eagle in hopes of making life more affordable for Americans. He then mentioned these efforts — along with others by chains like Walmart…...

1+ mon, 22+ hour ago   (713+ words) Many hospitals are destabilizing small businesses across America by exploiting a little-known federal charity care program to drive healthcare costs up. The 340B Drug Pricing Program was supposed to help safety-net hospitals serve vulnerable patients by letting them buy prescription medicines…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (470+ words) Only a few days after President Donald Trump threatened to drop the hammer on oil companies, gas prices have tumbled. “The big Oil Companies are not dropping their price at the pump commensurate with the sharply lower prices they are…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (77+ words) westernjournal.com Did you know some credit cards can actually help you get out of debt faster? Yes, it sounds crazy. But it’s true. Then, transfer your debt balance and pay it down as much as possible during the…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (582+ words) For two decades, the Federal Reserve has behaved less like a central bank and more like the nation’s emergency room physician, trauma counselor and part-time life coach. Markets sneeze, the Fed reaches for liquidity. Congress overspends, the Fed absorbs the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (370+ words) The roaring Trump economy shattered job growth expectations in May, according to new data. May’s jobs report shows that 172,000 jobs were added, according to Yahoo Finance. Unemployment remains at 4.3 percent. As noted by CNBC, that dwarfed predictions of 80,000 new jobs....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1092+ words) Americans may be paying a hidden “lawsuit tax” through higher insurance premiums and higher prices for everyday goods, as trucking companies face rising litigation costs from staged crashes, massive settlements and “nuclear verdicts.” “Abusive litigation practices against the trucking industry…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (555+ words) A new report by the Government Accountability Office indicates that approximately 10 percent of the federal deficit could be erased just by ending improper payments. Further, when coupled with a crackdown on outright fraud, the federal deficit could be cut by…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (502+ words) The reality of the Trump economy smashed bleak projections to bits in April, according to new Department of Labor data. April’s jobs report shows that employers added 115,000 jobs, according to CBS News. Economists had gone all in on bleak and…...