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The EU conspiracy to oust Berlusconi succeeded because his popularity was on the skids. Lega is a far different story.
18,927 product codes provide countless ways to avoid tariffs by relabeling. Evidence suggests that’s happening.
The BLS says wages are rising faster than the CPI. Prospective home buyers would not agree.
Trump is desperate to reduce the trade deficit. Perhaps his trade policies will do just that, via global recession.
On Sunday, the Bank of China cut the level of cash that banks must hold as reserves. The Yuan continued…
For nearly two decades, there has been little change in the relative likelihood of unemployment in various industries.
Commercial traders are net long gold by the most in 17 years as hedge funds go increasingly short.
The above chart plots sales, held for sale, sold, and starts. It doesn’t quite add up, but it’s close.
New car sales in Australia are down for the sixth consecutive month. The real numbers are worse.
Year over year employment is up an average of 136,000 per month. Jobs are up an average of 211,000 a…