Insights from Menachem

By now we are all aware of the supply chain issues that are plaguing our country. We have seen the visuals of the empty shelves and the backup of cargo ships waiting to be unloaded at US ports. You may have even built up a tolerance for goods in short supply, especially when you are

It was “breaking news” in major media. Saudi Arabia, which does not as yet have diplomatic relations with Israel, will be investing in Israel through Affinity Partners,  a fund started by Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and one of the architects of the Abraham Accords. What was even more intriguing was the news that their

A good percentage of the US  populace believes that the President of the United States actually controls the economy. The experts often say that “people vote their pocketbooks” meaning that voters will choose a candidate based on their views on a candidate’s position and success with the economy. In reality, say those experts, the president

With the war in the Ukraine entering its third month and victory as elusive as ever for the Russians, political pundits are hard at work trying to figure out what Vladimir Putin’s motives for starting this war were in the first place? Those who believe that he was attempting to level the playing field with

It is a proven fact that economic development in a city is directly related to its stability and safety. Business requires a “healthy” environment to thrive, a fact that most big city mayors have come to realize despite the possible conflict with their political base or agenda. New York’s newly elected mayor Eric Adams consistently

The U.S. has a coin shortage and you and I are being blamed for it. The government says that the shortage is due to the fact that we keep jars of coins (or cups or bottles) in our homes and do not turn them back into circulation. A group of trade associations that represent individual

By now almost every reader knows that inflation has hit full blast. Just ask any shopper wheeling a wagon with Pesach foods and you’ll hear how much food has gone up from just a year ago. Just a few days ago, we were flirting with $5.00 a gallon at the pump. President Joe Biden did

The data is clear: We are in a hot job market. The Help Wanted signs are up all over to the chagrin of many employers. According to the US Department of Labor, U.S. employers added 678,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent ​​in the second month of 2022.  It was the

You may wish to adjust your glasses when you see the big boards with gas the daily prices. No matter where you look, you will see the number 4, a gallon of gas at $4.00 plus and even $5.00 is becoming more common. Strange, when you consider that all projections were for gas prices to

President Joe Biden has slapped a set of economic sanctions on Russia for its aggression against the nation and people of the Ukraine that will no doubt cause considerable pain to Putin and his cronies. But Biden notably did not impose the one set of sanctions that would have had a real damaging impact on