Category: Business & Economy

Trump’s victory lap back in January after Ford cancelled plans for a brand new $1.6 billion production facility in Mexico may have been premature. As it turns out, per a press release from earlier this morning, one of the first strategic actions taken by Ford’s new CEO, Jim Hackett, will be to relocate the company’s ‘Focus’ production to China rather than Mexico.

The steep increase in credit card defaults in 1Q’17 and 4Q’16 was the largest since 2009, according to a report by Moody’s, which suggests that the US consumer is getting progressively weaker and is unable to support the spending needed to keep the US economy afloat.

Three years after legalizing cannabis, Colorado has the lowest unemployment rate in the country. According to Governor John Hickenlooper, multiple factors have contributed to Colorado’s job growth, including the state’s business-friendly policies and the state’s very low business tax rate. One of the main factors in Colorado’s successful economy, however, is undeniably the cannabis industry.

If this China-Saudi deal happens – yuan for oil – it’s another step closer to the grave for the petrodollar, which has dominated global finance since 1974.

Headlines blast that the US has enjoyed 80 months of continuous jobs growth with unemployment hitting 4.3% – the lowest since 2001. However, there is more to this “strong” number than meets the untrained eye.