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Boston Fed president Eric Rosengren is worried about the recovery. In addition, he is the third Fed president praising lockdowns.
Nate Silver’s model shows Biden is favored to win the election in November with odds of 71-29.
The CPI and the core CPI (excluding food and energy) both jumped 0.6% in July from June.
As widely expected, Joe Biden named Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate.
Commercial Real Estate delinquencies have soared led by lodging.
Trump’s payroll tax deferral is fatally flawed by deep pockets and the IRS.
Due to plunging exports relative to imports Japan’s current account surplus is barely positive.
Age group demographics show millennials have the highest unemployment rates now.
Republicans, especially president Trump complain Republicans are undersampled in political polls.
Here’s a series of charts showing the duration of unemployment followed by a comparison to what happened in the Great…