Outside the Beltway

Signs that investors are starting to get nervous about the lack of action coming out of Washington.

They’re back…….

President Obama had some potentially market-moving news for Wall Street.

Forget about the budget deficit and spending. The Tea Party apparently now considers stopping immigration reform to be its most important task.

June’s Jobs Report was healthy, but the economy still needs to do better.

A new theory circulating on the right asserts that IRS targeting of Tea Party groups had an impact on the 2012 elections by diminish the Tea Party’s effectiveness. It’s mostly nonsense.

The jobs news in May was good, but far from great.

The April Jobs Report was good, but not exactly anything to write home about.

March’s Jobs Report was nothing to write home about.

The truth behind today’s unemployment numbers.

If you’re a white Southerner who gets most of his information from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, you probably don’t know a lot of people who voted for Barack Obama.

A mostly positive, but mixed, jobs report drops five days before Election Day

For all the hype, it’s unlikely that tonight’s debate will have the same impact as the October 3rd Debate.

Within minutes after today’s Jobs Report was released, the conspiracy theorists began to come forward.

September’s BLS Report will likely be significant but, behind the numbers, things don’t look all that great.

Is it possible to have the Volt conversation without it being about politics?

Another bad jobs report threatens to undermine whatever good will the President had coming off the Democratic National Convention.

Bill Keith built a successful business making solar-powered ceiling fans. The President’s trade policies are in the process of destroying it.

What if things don’t ever get better?

Don’t look for an effort to enact new gun laws in the wake of the Aurora shootings.

A new study suggests that taxing millionaires sends millionaires to somewhere that doesn’t tax millionaires.

With four months to go until Election Day, the Obama Campaign was greeted with a very dismal jobs report this morning.

Bill Clinton walks back his comments about extending the Bush Tax Cuts in the most unbelievable manner possible.

It’s another bad jobs report for May, and time once again to wonder how much slower this economy can get.

Mitt Romney continues to keep Donald Trump close. It makes no sense, but it isn’t likely to matter in the end.

Further thoughts on Ron Paul’s game plan, assuming he has one.

Once again, the jobs market appears to be slowing.

One Goldman Sachs employee decided to quit his job in a very public manner.

Another good monthly jobs report

Some good news in the December jobs report.

Some initial data released today points to the possibility of a very position jobs report tomorrow, but don’t hold your breath.

Some Republicans are starting to realize just how badly the House GOP has messed up this time.

It’s hard to see how Newt Gingirch can remain a viable candidate given his past

The Republican candidates for President have been mostly silent about foreign policy issues. That changes starting tonight.

Congressmen apparently regularly make investment moves based on the information they learn. Of course, for them it isn’t illegal.

Last night, most of the leading Republican candidates for President acted as if Europe was on another planet.

Last night’s debate was about more than Rick Perry’s gaffe.