#Bidenflation: Cost of Gas, Used Cars Up 45%, Car Rentals 88%

#Bidenflation: Cost of Gas, Used Cars Up 45%, Car Rentals 88%

“The hashtag #Bidenflation has been trending recently,” wrote Washington Secrets columnist Paul Bedard, noting a new survey from Skynova, an online invoicing firm that found 88 percent of people in the United States believe the current inflation is “here to stay and will soar more.” “Projections shared with Secrets from the Statista Research Department show…

Biden: US Will Protect Haiti Embassy, Won’t Send Troops
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Biden: US Will Protect Haiti Embassy, Won’t Send Troops

President Joe Biden speaks during news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on July 15, 2021. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo) WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. will bolster security at its embassy in Haiti following last week’s assassination of that country’s president, but sending…

No Silver Lining: Wages Fell While Inflation Soared This Spring

No Silver Lining: Wages Fell While Inflation Soared This Spring

Median weekly earnings of the nation’s 113.6 million full-time wage and salary workers were $990 in the second quarter of 2021 , the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This was 1.2 percent lower than a year earlier. That compares with a gain of 4.8 percent in the Consumer Price Index over the same…