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The President’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget proposal is being digested by analysts and economists to understand its potential impact on the economy. Small businesses play an important role in the budget, which features a provision to help stimulate hiring and pay increases for companies with less than $20 million on payroll [...]
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Continue ReadingNearly one in four small business owners in California don’t expect to be in business there in three years. The dismal findings of the Small Business California study echo recent research published by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), Pepperdine University and Dun and Bradstreet Credibility Corp.
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Continue ReadingThe last seven years have been financially difficult for most of the country. Job insecurity, stagnant wages, declines in real asset prices and an overall feeling of uncertainty about the future have taken its toll across multiple generations. Looking at the economic data reveals that this misery hasn’t been shared equally.
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Continue ReadingThe Institute of International Finance issued an important warning in a recent report published in the Capital Markets Monitor about the condition of the global economy. The IIF is the world’s only international organization for financial institutions and has over 450 member companies representing 70 countries.
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Continue ReadingThe Dow Jones Industrial Average, which measures the stock price performance of 30 companies that are representative of our economy, hit an all-time high on Tuesday, surpassing the previous all-time high set in 2007 before the financial crisis. What makes the record so worrying is that underlying economic condition apparently are having [...]
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Continue ReadingFred DeLuca, the billionaire entrepreneur who founded Subway, is worried about the state of the economy and the future of small business. In addition to being the founder of what is now the largest restaurant chain in the world, DeLuca has direct access to tens of thousands of store managers and [...]
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Continue ReadingAt this stage in the negotiations, it appears almost certain that a deal to avert sequestration will not be reached in time to prevent $85 billion in budget cuts from going into effect on Friday. Congress and the Executive Branch…
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Continue ReadingDuring his State of the Union, President Obama mentioned his interest in securing a free trade agreement with the European Union which consists of 27 countries. With approximately $4.5 trillion in trade taking place between the U.S. and the EU annually, a free trade agreement could have a significant impact on [...]
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Continue ReadingThe pride of ownership used to be something that parents taught their children. But it appears that Generation Y consumers aren’t particularly interested in ownership as much as they are in consumption. The idea of enjoying the benefits of something without the responsibilities of ownership has given rise to the “sharing [...]
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Continue ReadingLegendary bond investor Bill Gross, co-founder of PIMCO which manages nearly $2 trillion, believes that our credit-based economy’s days are numbered. Our banking system is based on fractional reserves, whereby a bank with $10 in deposits can loan out $100 and in effect “create” an extra $90 of capital that can [...]
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