The dollar store expansion: Number of dollar stores in the US expected to exceed 30,000 in 2016.
Wal-Mart, the mega retailer has over 5,000 stores in the United States. We tend to think of Wal-Mart as the low price leader crushing prices to their rock bottom level by cutting costs at every corner. However, there is an even lower cost option and many working class Americans are turning to these stores. Dollar […]
Half of Millennials live at home with parents: The economy still feels like it is in a deep recession for millions of Millennials.
The Great Recession officially ended in the summer of 2009. That was a long time ago. Yet somehow along the windy road, Millennials are not feeling the love from this so-called economic recovery. Millennials continue to graduate with mountains of student loan debt coming out with an average of $30,000 per graduate. Millennials are struggling […]
The two income trap and the myth of high American wages: 50 percent of wage earners had net compensation of $28,851 or less.
If you can sum up the sentiment among the American public in two words it would be economic frustration. The public is frustrated that inflation is eating away at the quality of life many have come to expect. While families don’t need bankers or politicians to tell them about this, it is especially infuriating when […]
The two trillion dollar towers of student and auto debt: As Americans are unable to afford homes, many go deep into debt to finance their education and cars.
As Americans continue to see their income lag inflation, many are unable to purchase homes in a market driven by hot money and a crowding out effect brought on by investors. But people want to spend money, even money they don’t have. So instead of buying homes, Americans have been on a car buying spree […]