It's no secret that the United States is enduring an economic downturn. It's all over the media every time you turn on the TV.

Have we ever though of Guatemala as a city with a Metro? Usually, no. Recent tendencies have pointed out that feasibility and necessity are making this change, and people are starting to talk about Guatemala's odds.

The bad news is that this trend doesn't show any immediate signs of coming to an end, particularly as gas prices continue to soar. The good news is that an economic recession is not always a bad thing! In fact, if you are a savvy investor and business owner an economic recession can actually he

n the face of rising constraints in the financial markets, Britons appear to be evermore prepared to take steps to safeguard their spending.Such is the claim of Birmingham Midshires, following the release of figures from the financial services provider revealing that consumers are putting an increas

One often wonders how today's economy affects the all mighty dollar. The truth is that most people have a hard decision to make about where to spend the dollar. The gas prices have risen above $4 a gallon leaving many people without other things they need to live.

It takes someone with the right combination of brains and guts to take the right actions. Now is the time for the tough to go shopping.

The crisis of the past few years may well be behind us now, so say many of the business owners and leaders who participate in the WEF (World Economic Forum) held each year. This year the non-profit Swiss foundation will hold its annual meeting from January 26 through the 30th at the eastern Alps reg

A culture of global citizenship is the most vital aspect of developing a peaceful and prosperous human civilization. A diverse assortment of ancient and more recent civilizations are converging into one universal and divine civilization. Our economy is already increasingly global in scale. Unity in

Now that I have your attention let's get serious about what you can do to help rebuild faith in our economy. Most people reading this are looking for a solution to this ever growing problem. The first thing we should be asking is "How did we get into this mess in the first place?"

As a free market capitalist, namely from an entrepreneurial standpoint, I know the value and synergies gained by this great socio-economic strategy, and I believe it far surpasses anything else, including socialism. But that's not what the socialists say, and not only do they beg to differ, but

So the question we should all be asking now is. "What does the Bank of England know that needed such drastic action?" They are normally such a cautious institute that has a history of 1/4 percent cuts and increases.We know that millions of families are struggling, unemployment is rising an

Now that we have gotten past all of the hoopla about the inauguration and we have our new president, will he let our economy keep declining rapidly or will he institute the biggest fix in the history of the United States? I don't know if any president has ever come into office with the daunting

We here we are, we hit seventy dollar per barrel oil prices today. Predictable? Indeed, and yes I had been predicting that previously as you know. But it will not stop here as we see Hurricane Season is on its way and if it is anything like the 2005 Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Season, well let'

In past few months, the major challenge before governors of central banks of all countries was to fight economic danger of inflation, led by rising food and oil prices. However in past 2 months the whole picture has seemed to be reversed, with deflation turning out to be credible and is much more th

Most people realize that a lot of the illegal immigration debate is about jobs. Folks in the US don't want to see their jobs being taken by undocumented workers. Of course, right now with the economy not so great many of those who'd previously come to the US have now gone back to Mexico, w

It's been over a century since the "progressive" movement took hold in America. Since then, the movement has sought not to overthrow the country through "revolution," but through "evolution." One small move at a time. A new entitlement program here, a liberty withd

To put it simply, Medicare and Medicaid are programs for healthcare money for the elderly, physically disabled, and low-income earners. Most importantly, Medicare and Medicaid are two of the largest unfunded liabilities - especially the Medicare entitlement program.

The US economy, and for that matter the global economy, is a living, breathing thing.With that analogy in mind, we find that the comparison is closer than most of us would normally think.Our breathing pattern is, historically, almost identical to the economic pattern.Let's take a quick look at

Do not take all of your money out of the bank. A run on the big banks has already happened, of sorts. You see contrary to 5 months ago, August 2008, when the president and congress tried to assure us that the economy was fine and progressing, we've all heard differently since that time. So, wha

The economic crisis has increased the need for more women in the boardroom, according to the leaders of some of the UK's biggest companies. The group, which includes J Sainsbury chairman Sir Philip Hampton and Peter Sutherland, chairman of BP, is calling for action to get more senior women work