Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets.
According to Bloomberg, the U.S. is proving to be an oasis of prosperity in the midst of a struggling world economy. With unemployment dropping to a six-year low of 5.9 percent, and U.S. factories experiencing their strongest quarter in more than three years – the internal dynamics of the U.S economy are very strong right now….
Bloomberg reports that the Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has tried to repair damaged relations with Congress during her first seven months in office. But the fix-up isn’t going very well. And with the efforts from the House Financial Services Committee signalling growing discomfort with policy makers’ unusual reach in financial markets and their expanding regulatory…
Approaching a historic turn in U.S. monetary policy, Janet Yellen has staked her tenure as chair of the Federal Reserve on a simple principle: she’d rather fight inflation than another economic downturn. Interviews with current and former Fed officials indicate that Yellen and core decision-makers at the U.S. central bank are determined not to raise interest…
“Increase Quality, Increase Velocity”; LMJ Board Member and XONITEK’s Chairman, Joseph Paris, explores the financial industry’s attempts at lean and shows where the real savings have been made. Published in Lean Management Journal in the September 2014 issue. Download PDF
The news about deadly crashes linked to a faulty ignition switch, followed by wave upon wave of recalls, did not go down well for General Motors dealers earlier this year. But according to Robbie Long, service director for the dealer, what looked like “great adversity” has turned into an opportunity. The hundreds of customers bringing old cars…
The Economist reports on The American economy’s state of health, how it has deteriorated over the past two decades and proposes some suggestions for how to raise it once more. Factually, America’s economic prospects began to bloom back in the 1990’s, when productivity soared and immigrants and foreign capital flocked to take advantage of what was…
