Outside the Beltway

The final report to third quarter Gross Domestic Product shows that growth over the summer was, at best, tepid.

In a move it had been telegraphing for the better part of a year, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since July 2006.

The November Jobs Report was good, but there still aren’t signs of the kind of stronger economic growth we need to see.

Protests by students at Princeton are causing some people to finally pay attention to some inconvenient truths about America’s 28th President.

The economy performed a little better than previously reported over the summer. It’s not great, but it’s probably enough to convince the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next month.

Republicans haven’t really moved beyond the legacy of George W. Bush’s failed Administration as much as they’d like to think, but it doesn’t seem to be hurting them very much.

A much stronger than expected October Jobs Report suggests that the Federal Reserve is likely to move on interest rates, and raises questions about how economic issues will play out politically in 2016.

Gross Domestic Product grew at a sluggish 1.5% in the just-concluded Third Quarter, calling the Federal Reserve’s apparent plan to raise interest rates at some point even further into question.

September’s Jobs Report was disappointing to say the least, and calls into question the Federal Reserve’s apparent plan to raise interest rates in the near future.

The final GDP revision for the second quarter showed the economy grew at a nearly four percent rate.

After months of hinting that interest rates would be rising this month, signs of economic weakness led the Federal Reserve to hold back.

The August Jobs Report was positive, but weak, calling into question the Federal Reserve’s apparent plan to raise interest rates this month.

Today’s revision of Second Quarter G.D.P. growth was good news, but it doesn’t seem likely to last.

The July Jobs Report indicates that while the economy is growing, it is not growing very much. This seems to call the Federal Reserve’s interest rate plans into question.

The economy rebounded from it’s winter shock, but it still doesn’t seem strong enough to justify the Federal Reserve’s plan to raise interest rates.

Contrary to what Donald Trump claims, immigrants are less likely to commit crime than others.

The June Jobs Report was okay, but it certainly doesn’t inspire much confidence.

The economy contracted in the first quarter of 2015, and that suggests the rest of the year isn’t going to be very good either.

The jobs market bounced back in April, but that’s about all we can say.

Economic growth slowed significantly in the first three months of 2015, but it’s not clear what that means going forward.

February’s jobs report came in stronger than analysts expected, but wage growth remains stubbornly stagnant.

The Commerce Department had a Christmas present for investors, businesses, and consumers today.

For a year that started out with regaining long-lost territory in Ukraine, 2014 is not ending so well for Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Strong jobs growth in November means that 2014 is already the best year for jobs growth since 1999.

Another example of the silliness of the “trade deficit” concept.

After a disappointing August, the jobs report for September showed the same good numbers we’ve seen for much of 2014.

The sixth year of a presidency leads to some predictable commentary (and some comparative notes).

After several months of good news, the August Jobs Report was quite a disappointment.

While not as big as previous months, the July Jobs Report was still mostly good news.

Once ubiquitous, checks are disappearing as a means of payment.

The May Jobs Report was fairly good, and it marks the end of a jobs recession that started six years ago. But things aren’t entirely rosy.

In no small part because of a brutal winter, the economy shrank in the first three months of the year.

Committing a crime is bad enough, committing a stupid crime in the dumbest way possible is orders of magnitude bad.

March’s Jobs Report was about as uplifting as the numbers in the past.

Demand for mid-range goods and services seems to be on the decline.

A surprisingly disappointing jobs report for December.

Some good numbers for November in the Jobs report, but questions about the future remain.

3.6% GDP growth in the 3rd Quarter, but the devil is in the details.

A good initial GDP report for the 3rd Quarter, but hardly something to write home about.

Nothing to write home about in the September Jobs Report.

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