Month: July 2022

Fed Increases Rates by Another 0.75 Percentage Point as Inflation Soars

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by another 0.75 percentage point on Wednesday during the July Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting. This is in line with market expectations and similar to the historic move the central bank made in June. The FOMC’s three-quarter-point hike lifted the benchmark fed funds rate to the range of…


Fed Raises Interest Rates by 0.75 Percentage Point to Combat Inflation

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.75 percentage point on Wednesday during the July Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting. The FOMC’s three-quarter-point hike lifted the benchmark fed funds rate to the range of 2.25–2.5 percent. It was a unanimous decision among central bank officials. In addition, the Fed’s balance-sheet reduction efforts will…


Hockey Canada Players Not Complying With 2018 Sexual Assault Probe to Be Banned, Says President

The president of Hockey Canada says any members of the country’s 2018 world junior team who do not comply with an investigation into allegations of a group sexual assault that year will be banned from the organization. “We’ve reopened the independent investigation into the alleged sexual assault in 2018. Any player who does not participate…


OC Supervisors Approve $1 Million Settlement in Oil Spill Response

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County supervisors voted Tuesday to accept nearly $1 million from Amplify Energy to cover expenses incurred responding to the oil spill off the waters of Huntington Beach in October. The supervisors voted 4–1, with Supervisor Andrew Do dissenting, to accept $956,352 from the oil company to cover expenses related to the emergency…


12 Tips for Making Your Retirement Savings Last

It’s an interesting time to think about retirement with so much uncertainty in the world. At the same time, planning for the future is essential. If you don’t already have a savings plan, now is the perfect time to start thinking about how you’ll support yourself and your family during your golden years. Here are…


Dictatorship Chic

Commentary In the trajectory laid out by F.A. Hayek in his 1944 book, “The Road to Serfdom,” dictatorship is the end game of a period of immense government failure. The ruling class begins by tinkering with the normal function of markets and society with some high goal in mind (think: virus eradication) and the results are…


Ep. 38: Spy Alert: FBI Canceled Huawei’s Chinese Garden Project in DC | The Larry Elder Show

Larry​​ Elder Highlights is sponsored by Birch Gold Group. Protect your IRA or 401(k) with precious metals today: http://larryforgold.com/ The FBI quietly killed a $100 million project to build a National China Garden in Washington, just two miles from the U.S. Capitol, as the intelligence community becomes increasingly concerned that Chinese investments in the United…


[PREMIERING NOW] Ep. 38: Spy Alert: FBI Canceled Huawei’s Chinese Garden Project in DC | The Larry Elder Show

Larry​​ Elder Highlights is sponsored by Birch Gold Group. Protect your IRA or 401(k) with precious metals today: http://larryforgold.com/ The FBI quietly killed a $100 million project to build a National China Garden in Washington, just two miles from the U.S. Capitol, as the intelligence community becomes increasingly concerned that Chinese investments in the United…


[PREMIERING at 3PM ET] Ep. 38: Spy Alert: FBI Cancelled Huawei’s Chinese Garden Project in DC | The Larry Elder Show

Larry​​ Elder Highlights is sponsored by Birch Gold Group. Protect your IRA or 401(k) with precious metals today: http://larryforgold.com/ FBI quietly killed a $100 million project to build a National China Garden in Washington, D.C. just two miles from the U.S. Capitol as the intelligence community becomes increasingly concerned that Chinese investments in the U.S….


GOP Leader McCarthy Vows to End Proxy Voting ‘On the Very 1st Day’ of a Republican House

U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) vowed at the America First Agenda summit in Washington on July 26 that Republicans would seek to end the practice of proxy voting “on the very first day” if the GOP takes back the House majority in the midterm elections. The House had approved a measure at the beginning…