The Price of Pessimism The most important person you ever manage is yourself and this is particularly true for CEOs and other executives as their decisions affect the livelihoods of so many. It’s hard not to be influenced by the economic media especially reports of declining business confidence indicators. Dr. Alan Beaulieu compares these indicators to subsequent economic reality and warns that when it comes to decision making, “Delaying Due to Pessimism Will Cost You.”

A Question of Focus: Discussion of the resurgence of inflation by necessity include the Federal Reserve and the tools at its disposal to control it. Dr. Brian Wesbury summarizes the two basic tools the Feds has used to address inflation, the money supply and interest rates, and its changing strategies. Check out “Focus on the money, not rates.”   

Also, check out Dr. Wesbury’s Recovery Tracker” as of April 18, 2022.”