Category: US Economy

Enticing Workers’ Return to Office

As the country tries to put the pandemic in the rearview mirror, the business world is still discerning how best to get all of the “work-from-home” workers back in the office. What began in March of 2020 to save lives and stop the spread of Covid-19 is difficult to reverse.

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Adnan Zai Explains the Necessity of Raising the Debt Ceiling

Beachwood, Ohio Adnan Zai, Advisor to Berkeley Capital Beachwood, understands the importance of good financial management, and has been watching the debt ceiling negotiations with keen interest. He recently took some time to talk to us about the impending deadline that has Democrats and Republicans scrambling for an agreement. Kraven:

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Debt Ceiling & Politics

When it comes to your household finances, you probably spend a lot of time making sure that all of the bills are paid, and there is still money leftover for your food budget, as well as the extras that tend to creep into daily life. The balance of money in

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Hybrid Workforce Damaging Small Businesses

It has been three years since the world shut down because of the pandemic, and although many aspects of life seem to have bounced back to normal, in some ways the world will never be the same. One double edged sword that continues to cut into our economy is the

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Where Have All the Jobs Gone?

For months the U.S. has heard about the fantastic labor market, where new hires were getting huge salaries and a wide variety of perks. But in the last few months, the job market has cooled, almost imperceptibly, leaving young people with job offers that companies are rescinding. The job market

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Adnan Zai

Working Around the Stock Drop

As the saying goes, when it rains, it pours. And as though a global pandemic and a never-before-seen supply chain debacle weren’t enough, the war between Ukraine and Russia has created a full myriad of problems relating to the cost of living. With the cost of everything from gasoline to

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A Cloudy Economic Picture

Although inflation has been at the forefront of everyone’s mind lately as the price at the pump has blossomed astronomically and everything from chicken legs to lumber has spiked in price, it’s the Stock Market that has created some bad news in the first quarter of 2022. The Stock Market

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U.S. Inflation Response Lags

With inflation topping nearly 8% around the world, global citizens continue to reel from the effects of the pandemic, the supply chain woes, and rising prices. Nowhere is the price increase felt more acutely than at the gas pump. But while the European countries have developed specific plans to bolster

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Adnan Zai

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Gone are the days of people retiring from a company where they had worked faithfully for forty or fifty years. In this global, technological economy, that is just not feasible. Within the recent tumultuous job market, many employees have jumped ship for better pay, as businesses struggle to get and

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Adnan Zai

Roller Coaster Ride Continues

With so much unrest in the world today, it is no wonder that so many companies are experiencing problems. Just when the nation thought it was rebounding from the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, continued supply chain troubles, and continuing Covid-19 cases in China have taken a toll. The stock

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