Why Foreign Countries Buy U.S. Treasury Bonds

                 

When the U.S. has a trade deficit, that is, it buys more from overseas than it sells, it has to settle accounts. Foreigners don’t eat our dollars, but they can buy U.S. Treasury bonds with them. Fortunately, they have taken them though the bonds are not necessarily an investment bargain.

                       

Foreign central banks now own over one-third of Treasury bonds. Only about one-quarter is held by individuals and investing institutions. Much will be employed in the future as margin backing for trading derivatives and regulatory law.

                       

Unfortunately, those bonds pay very little and keep losing purchasing power. Our problem is, there may be a time with U.S. budget deficits  when foreigners no longer will accept what is referred to as dollar convertibility, or world recognition as our standard of value. (See the Earl J. Weinreb Ne

Retail Medical Offices

The retail medical offices is another ObamaCare casualty that has been stifled.

                       

Mall medical services were designed to accommodate everyday, urgent medical problems that may arise, where patients want to immediately know how serious their illness may be. The idea is to avoid overcrowded conditions in hospital emergency facilities. ERs are there for specific purposes, other than routine health evaluations.

                       

Such medical offices can be made adjuncts to other types of retail facilities. They are supervised on staff by licensed nurses, while overseen by licensed physicians. Doctor referrals are made by nurses. Different states have varying regulations, depending on pressure groups, who would prefer not to have this form of competition.

                                       

Nevertheless, they’re a form of reliable, private choice, low-cost, health care. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)

American and European Unemployment

                  

About one third of the unemployed on benefits get jobs once those benefits expire. The longer the benefit term, the longer many unemployed take to start looking.

                       

The difference between the U. S. and Europe has been that the latter has longer-term unemployment benefits. Incentives to find work are minimized. It’s no wonder Europe has chronically higher

unemployment rates. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)

Importance of Temporary Jobs

                    

Why not look for a temporary job when permanent opportunities are scarce? There are a variety of temporary positions in different industries, covering a variety of activities.

                       

This advice is for those just out of school with a new diploma but with no job offers in their chosen profession. And a suggestion for those of you who have no idea what it is, exactly, you would like to work at.

                       

You will get the on-the-job experiences you need, though few may relate in any way to what you studied in courses at school. You may even wait tables in some instances.

                       

But they will all add to your practical education. And, importantly, to your pocketbook. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)

Poor Public Economics Knowledge

                                    

I listen to call-in radio to hear how people think about everyday living matters. They talk about personal finance, economics and business and related political slants.

                       

I find most folks are in the dark about the basics that they should have acquired in public school. College graduates often are just as lacking in fundamentals. Except for any poor indoctrination they may have gotten from professors. Most have no knowledge of basic finance, economics and business.

                       

And unfortunately, too many radio and Tv moderators and anchors have had similar schooling, and are in no position to correct

erroneous views. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)

Climate Ploys

                  

Since the heat waves of summer will replace the dire experiences of severe winter, climate control is bound to get more media attention.

There are climate enthusiasts who treat climate control as a religion and have no doubt the earth is warming.

                       

But to others it’s a political cause that creates a road to office and helps to keep politicians there.

                       

To still others in government, it’s a subterfuge for quietly and indirectly raising taxes on consumers, as well as industry.

                       

And for others, it’s business in which you can buy and sell so-called cap and trade credits. They also market a green philosophy in a variety of industrial and consumer products, choose to develop profits.

                       

Eventually the now-gullible public will find out the climate promoters can be grouped with the types who used to tell us the world would come to an end by a certain date. When that never occurred we just

forgot about the quackery.(See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)

Rants Against For-Profit Companies

             

Government-operation proponents are always enthusiastic about non- profit business. They rant against profit-making businesses.

The so-called non-profits can lose fortunes for their backers, while the for-profits can make pennies-on-the-dollar of sales. Yet, the government-operation fanatics remain committed to left-wing perception and deception.

                                       

It is impossible for private business to compete for long, whether it be the insurance business, health care, energy production, whatever, if taxpayer funds are grabbed by government for capital and operating

capital needs. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)