Day: August 30, 2023

Is it Time for a New Inflation Benchmark?

The Spare Change Podcast In mathematics, an arbitrary number is one that is undetermined and not assigned a specific value. But for economists at the Federal Reserve Board, there is an arbitrary number that has immense value: 2%. Listen to more of the Spare Change PodcastRead More

Avoiding Ransomware Attacks for Business Owners

[wp_ulike style=”wp-ulike-pro-default”] Ransomware is a cybersecurity threat that scammers use to infect computer files until a ransom is paid. After the initial infection, ransomware will try and spread to connected systems, including storage devices and other accessible computers. If the demands are not met, the files or encrypted data will usually remain encrypted and unavailable […]Read More

Vacation with Jerome Powell a Trip to Dismal STEM Camp

It is fitting that Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell gave his most recent remarks on inflation and the economic outlook in the resort town of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. While the location if the annual conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has been a fixture for monetary policy groupies for nearly […]Read More

Did You Know Snack Foods are Big Business?

While the realignment underway in college football has garnered a lot of attention, the snack foods industry has been engaged in a feverish ballet of mergers and acquisitions for the past few years. Fueled in part by a pandemic boost in comfort food sales, several industry stalwarts have been actively shopping for new brands to […]Read More