Once again, I’m apologizing at the top of a longer-than-I’d-like-it-to-be Saturday night column. Nonetheless, whether you’re just getting in from a holiday party or waking up early for a busy…

…before the holiday showed that US gross domestic product rose at an unexpectedly robust 4.3% in the third quarter, with the American consumer to thank for it. That might be…

…unemployment claims. In any event, if the big decline in claims lasts another week or two, that will put it well beyond the range for which Holiday seasonality could be…

…the effort to declare Abraham Lincoln’s birthday a national holiday failed, due to opposition from white Southern politicians, Presidents Day replaced Washington’s birthday. In the earlier commentary, Marshall (who has…

…year updated through this morning: Oil prices were already rising from a multi-year low of $55/barrel during the Holiday season to $67 as of last Friday, as traders were already…

…headline CPI would increase 0.8%: Although Friday is a religious holiday, and markets will be closed, the jobs report for March is scheduled to be released as usual. Although we…

…milieu, and I love both these pagan celebrations, along with virtually every other holiday in which wonderful people feed me yummy food. By the way, you should note that the…

…holiday. Want to take an Amtrak train on the day before Thanksgiving this year? Forget about it. New York City to Syracuse – sold out (four trains!). St. Paul to…

…long holiday weekend among immigrants applying for green cards, and among immigration lawyers scrambling to understand what it means. Burns, the Chandler immigration lawyer, said numerous immigrants called his office…