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After months of significant declines in CPI inflation, today the CPI (Consumer Price Index) numbers for August showed a resurgence of inflation in the U.S. In August, the CPI rose by 0.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis, marking a notable increase compared to...
The US economy under President Biden continued its mellow pace in August, as Americans continued to strain under the burdens of record inflation, rising interest rates, and economic uncertainty. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its raw jobs report...
$33 trillion. Written another way, $33,000,000,000,000. The U.S. National Debt is estimated to surpass $33 trillion in a matter of days. Sadly, milestones like these seem to have become all too regular. Just one year ago I wrote a similar article discussing the somber...
Every year in August and September, Local Governments across the Lone Star State set about the task of proposing and then adopting their tax rates and budgets for the next year. Last month, TFR reminded Texas taxpayers about the impending local government proceedings...
Highlights Free-market capitalism is the best way to let people prosper. We need more of it in America. Instead, big government actions in D.C. have resulted in a dire economic situation. Find out how and what to do about it in this economic brief. Figure...
This Friday, the first of September, roughly 800 new laws passed by the Texas Legislature and signed by Governor Abbott are going fully or partially into effect for the first time. One of those bills designed to protect Texans from abusive local...