The Federal Reserve’s preferred measures of U.S. inflation cooled in May and consumer spending stagnated, suggesting the economy’s main engine is starting to lose some momentum. The personal consumption expenditures price index rose 0.1% in May, Commerce Department figures showed Friday. From a year…

The Great Recession never ended. I say that because the deep economic flaws that caused it was never corrected. All recovery efforts since merely clouded our eyes to the problems growing larger around us, even making them worse, and now…