Government

The Heritage Foundation released a new graphic showing what it would look like if a typical family spent money like the federal government. This creative example describes the type of debt that the government is taking on. Brad Plumer at the Washington Post expanded on this by explaining what else would be true if a fictional

Gold prices jumped today after todays Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting released their economic projection charts. The economic projection charts display actual and projected values for three economic variables based on FOMC participants’ individual assessments of appropriate monetary policy from 2008 to 2016: 1. Change in Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—as measured from the fourth quarter of the previous

It’s been another interesting week for the gold market. Reports on Syria and recent economic data have both had a pull on the yellow metal. Here is a look at this week in gold and what’s to come. Economic Data Spawns Tapering Worries New job data released at the end of the week showed that