Starting on March 12, 2020, every person living in the United States, and its territories, will be asked to fill out a census questionnaire. The decennial Census is a Constitutionally mandated count and its accuracy has deep impacts upon how approximately $800 billion in federal funding is distributed to states and communities. These funds, which… Continue Reading
U.S. Trends According to Census
The 2020 Census questionnaire will be sent out in the beginning of March and the information derived from that census will be very important, not only to the federal and local governments but to the citizens of the United States as well. We will be posting more on that in the coming week. In the… Continue Reading
Making Your New Year’s Resolutions Into Successful Habits
Resolutions—yes nearly everyone has at least one. It is a common tradition, at the end of every year, to make some sort of life-changing resolution for the new year. The problem is how to keep those resolutions. According to research on the topic, about 60% of us admit that we make New Year’s resolutions but… Continue Reading
The Tax Man Cometh, are you ready?
It is hard to believe that in just a few days, we will mark the end of another decade. Which leads me to wonder, will the ‘20s of this century be as roaring as the ‘20s of the last century? I guess that only time will tell. But before we completely forget about 2019,… Continue Reading
The Holiday Season Economics
The Holiday Season, or as retailers like to call it, the shopping season, is here, and two key dates are Black Friday and Cyber Monday. According to a survey by Finder.com, 86% of Americans are planning to spend their hard-earned cash on pre-Christmas sales. Estimates are that Americans will drop roughly $87 billion on Black… Continue Reading