by Jason Apollo Voss | 28 03 2011 | Blog
This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce announced February’s consumer spending and income numbers. Spending was up 0.7% versus an expectation by economists of up by 0.6%. Similarly, income was up 0.3% compared to the 0.4% up that economists had...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 27 03 2011 | Blog
During the onset of the Great Recession the Federal Government, along with the Federal Reserve, stepped into the U.S. economy to shore up its failing foundations. Now the end of that artificial support is being curtailed. I consider this to be a very good thing...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 26 03 2011 | Blog
Back in February I published an intuitive assessment of the Middle East unrest that has been a fairly accurate rendition of the events that have unfolded throughout the troubled region. As effective as intuition is at providing insight into moments where facts are...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 25 03 2011 | Blog
While the Middle East has been embroiled in foment and near-revolution since January the usual suspects of regional tension, the Palestinians and Israel, have been very quiet. Not so anymore. From the outside looking into the situation between these long-time rivals...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 24 03 2011 | Blog
News over the last week coupled with European handling of its debt crisis last year has highlighted that Europe is merely a continent, and not a body politic. The EU was created by the French in the 1960s to be a countervailing weight to the heft of the United...
