Outside the Beltway

When a President lies with the ease and regularity of Donald Trump, it’s the responsibility of all of us to call it what it is and not hide behind weasel words like “misleading.”

The Postal Service is losing billions of dollars, but not for the reasons the President claims.

The unemployment rate hit a point unseen since Bill Clinton was President in April, but jobs and wage growth remain tepid at best.

Ring Lardner said he would “rather write for the New Yorker at five cents a word than for Cosmopolitan at one dollar a word.” A century later, he’d be lucky to get those rates.

Dueling data on civil service compensation belie the adage that you can’t choose your own facts.

The Marvel superhero film passed ‘Titanic’ in US ticket sales. Unless we adjust for inflation. Which we absolutely should.

Speaking of trade war talk…

Service members deployed to Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tunisia, and Uganda qualify.

A better than expected jobs report for February, but wage growth slowed for the month.

President Trump has announced that he’ll be imposing significant tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. This is an unwise decision.

Republicans spent the eight years of Obama Administration railing against fiscal irresponsibility. Now that they have power, they’re the ones being fiscally irresponsible.

Donald Trump spent much of the past year touting the rising stock market, now he’s getting a lesson in reality.

November’s Jobs Report was stronger than expected, but there are several caveats to keep in mind.

Most Americans are unlikely to remember John Anderson, but he was a harbinger of things to come.

After nearly four decades in power, Robert Mugabe has stepped down after a military coup. What happens next is another, more complicated, question.

After more than thirty years in power, Robert Mugabe is on his way out in Zimbabwe, but that doesn’t mean things will improve.

President Trump has selected Jerome Powell, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, to replace Janet Yellen as Chairman.

August’s Jobs Report came in below expectations.

The new GDP growth estimate shows healthy economic growth in the second quarter, but it’s unclear if it can be sustained.

July’s jobs report beat expectations, but the underlying numbers aren’t entirely positive either.

For the third time since December,, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates.

Musings on the costs of college.

For only the third time since the Great Recession ended, the Federal Reserve Board has raised interest rates.

Part One in a series of observations about health care and health insurance in light of the introduction of the House GOP’s health care plan.

The first Jobs Report for the first full month of the Trump Presidency is out, but it’s nothing to write home about.

Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellin hinted strongly today that we’re likely to see another interest rate increase this month.

The first Jobs Report of 2017 saw healthy jobs growth in January, but there are signs we may be reaching a point where hiring could slow down.

British Prime Minister Theresa May made it clear that she intends to move forward with Brexit.

The Federal Reserve Board raised interest rates for only the second time in a decade, but it still seems like it’s chasing an inflation monster that doesn’t exist.

Another month of solid but not spectacular jobs growth seems to guarantee that the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates this month.

Initial reports for the third quarter show strong economic growth during the summer;

The September Jobs Report continues to show an economy that is growing to some degree, but hardly growing as fast as it should be.

Donald Trump is doing worse with white voters than Mitt Romney did in 2012.

One of the last survivors of Israel’s founding generation has passed away.

An unsurprising decision from the Federal Reserve.

A mostly mediocre jobs report for August.

Another sign of a weak economy as the Federal Reserve considers rate hikes and the Presidential campaign moves forward.

A good month for job growth in June.

The head of the Federal Reserve tells Congress that the economy is unlikely to enter recession this years, but isn’t exactly going to be booming either.

Once again, the Federal Reserve chooses to pass on the opportunity to raise interest rates.

The May Jobs Report was bad all-around. The question is whether this will come to be seen as an anomaly or the beginning of a worrisome trend.

After starting off the year strong, the jobs market seems to have taken a rest in April.

More accurately, some thoughts on commentary about higher ed.

The great author Pat Conroy has died, aged 70, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Not exactly inspiring economic news from the Commerce Department.

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