Tuesday, April 7, 2026

For the Year, U.S. Economic Growth Exceeds Five Year Average

In spite of reaching only 0.7% in fourth quarter of 2015 The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released the growth numbers for the U.S. economy for fourth quarter, and full-year, 2015. According to the BEA, economic growth was just 0.7% in the fourth quarter of the year, as business investment slowed down. Better employment numbers have helped improve the housing

Oil: The 30-Year Anniversary of the 1986 Collapse

The 1980s: a rough decade for cars, rock music and oil The 1980s were a mixed up decade. Killer British-driven rock music and groundbreaking R&B artists were giving ground to wimpy, fake artists like Milli Vanilli. The era of glasspack, dual carb, Hurst-shifted Detroit muscle cars had thrown in the towel to embarrassing vehicles like Chrysler’s K-car. The U.S. had