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Tariffs on Canadian softwood forced up the cost of newsprint. Newspapers are laying off employees, and Canada responds.
Juan Cole claims Turkey, Iraq, and China will defy Trump sanctions. But saying and doing are two different things.
The New York Times has an interesting set of images and comments on the Tesla Model 3 tent production line.
Lost in the reaction to the Supreme Court ruling in Janus is a far bigger issue: Public unions should not…
Following today’s income and outlays report, the GDPNow forecast took a dive to 3.8% from 4.5%. Nowcast barely moved.
Economists missed the mark badly. They expected a rise in real spending of 0.2%. Revisions make the miss even worse.
A deal has been worked out at the last moment. Whether it satisfies CSU or is in accordance with rules…
Trump’s vise on the EU started with steel, progressed to cars, then to Iran, and now to a gas pipeline…
Tesla now wants an extra $2,500 from depositors who plunked down $1,000 to “reserve” a car.
Consumer spending revisions took the 3rd estimate of the 1st-quarter GDP to 2.0% from 2.2%.