The economic landscape has presented an array of challenges that will profoundly affect the business community this year.
Category: 18 March 2025
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WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT
Federal job cuts continue this week with President Trump signing an executive order on March 14 stating “the following government entities shall be eliminated… and such entities shall reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum function presence.”
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SPOTLIGHT: RECESSION WATCH
As analysts read the economic entrails of last week’s market slide, one stock index shows a clear warning of a recession, economists told The Wall Street Journal.
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MAJOR U.S. AIRLINES FORECAST TRAVEL SLUMP
American, Delta, and United Airlines all see demand slowing for travel in the months ahead.
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CONFIDENCE AMONG SMALL BUSINESSES DROPS FOR THIRD STRAIGHT MONTH
In February, confidence in the present and future U.S. economy fell for the third consecutive month among small business owners responding to a survey by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB).
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INFLATION AND HIGH GOVERNMENT DEBT ARE LINKED, STUDY FINDS
When a government borrows to fund its programs, that puts pressure on consumer prices, according to research by Ernie Tedeschi, director of economics at Yale University’s Budget Lab and former chief economist for President Joe Biden’s White House Council of Economic Advisers.
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U.S. INFLATION SLOWS AS TARIFFS THREATEN TO REIGNITE IT
Inflation’s annual U.S. rate registered 2.8 percent in February, compared to 3 percent the month before, the Labor Department reported.
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: AI MUST BE ALLOWED TO STEAL IP BECAUSE ‘NATIONAL SECURITY’, PLUS MORE HUMAN WORKER OBSOLESCENCE
Tech companies including Meta and OpenAI, who developed generative and now Agentic AI to divert huge profits from human creatives to themselves, have been battling copyright and IP laws in courts for several years now.
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U.S. BUDGET DEFICIT SURGES PAST $1 TRILLION TO SET YEAR-TO-DATE RECORD
In February, the U.S. budget deficit surpassed $1 trillion. February was only the fifth month of the federal government’s fiscal year, which begins 1 October.
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COVID JEOPARDY BUBBLES UP AGAIN FOR FAUCI AND ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE
Autopen pardons, a wrongful death lawsuit, and new info concerning U.K. intelligence have all brought COVID back to the front pages this past week.
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