Common Cents
TGIF. I used to think the expression “Thank God it’s Friday” was a bit sophomoric. Is your job really that bad? Are your plans for the weekend really that good? Is that all you have to…
This morning I had a meeting at a coffee shop in Mountain Brook Village here in the Birmingham area. I have lived in this particular suburb for most of my life. As I was waiting, I…
This past week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its much anticipated inflation figures for January. No one was expecting prices to fall, as they did in December. Investors just hoped the data would be…
This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released yet another confusing report about the health of the U.S. labor markets. According to its “The Employment Situation – November 2022” data, it seems the economy created…
Last Friday afternoon, I made a 3.5 hour long economic presentation to a group of CPAs who had waited until the last minute to get their continuing education credits for the year. You could say I…