Dollars and Sense An Oil Giant Just Put a Timeline on the Coming Price Shock Due to the Iran War — and It’s Measured in Weeks The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is not completely empty, but it has been drawn down to critically low levels not seen since the... Steve Balestrieri16 hours ago
Dollars and Sense Would Trump Try to Raise Taxes on the Rich? Would Trump raise taxes on the rich? Raising taxes on the rich, or anyone else for that matter, is one of those things that has... Stephen SilverApril 24, 2025
Dollars and Sense SSN(X): The Apex Predator Submarine the Navy Might Never Build The US Navy is developing a class of attack submarines that will serve into the 21st century. The US Navy’s SSN(X) attack submarine, now... Steve BalestrieriApril 24, 2025
Dollars and Sense Donald Trump’s Childish Temper Tantrums Need To Stop The Federal Reserve is supposed to have independence. The president does not put public pressure on the Fed chairman for certain outcomes or really... Stephen SilverApril 21, 2025
Dollars and Sense The Damage Is Getting Worse: Trump’s Poll Numbers are Tanking The polling news is all bad for Trump: Last week was comparatively quiet for economic news, following the massive volatility of the previous week,... Stephen SilverApril 21, 2025
Dollars and Sense ‘Full-Blown Crisis’: Trump’s War on Harvard Could Come Back to Haunt Him U.S. President Donald Trump, now in his second term, has spent a significant amount of time targeting centers of power that he perceives as... Stephen SilverApril 19, 2025
Dollars and Sense IRS Head Fired: Donald Trump vs. Elon Musk Power Struggle Is Back Trump vs. Musk is Back? It’s been several months of turmoil at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), with cuts from DOGE hitting that agency... Stephen SilverApril 18, 2025
Dollars and Sense Bad News Thanks to Trump’s Tariff War: The U.S. Dollar Is in Trouble Did Donald Trump Damage the U.S. Dollar? Last week, as a result of the chaotic week of tariffs being imposed and pulled back, the... Stephen SilverApril 16, 2025
Dollars and Sense 245% Tariff Won’t Work: Trump Has Already Lost His Trade War with China Donald Trump has clearly wanted, for years, to start a trade war with China. And in the opening weeks of his second administration, he... Stephen SilverApril 16, 2025
Dollars and Sense The Air Force’s B-52J Bomber Problem Is Getting Ready for Take Off Now Summary and Key Points: The Pentagon faces potential budget cuts under President Trump’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), raising fears over the fate of... Kris OsbornApril 16, 2025