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At a roundtable meeting on security, Trump backed down from repeated threats to declare a national emergency.
German, French, and Italian industrial production collapsed in November. Italy GDP is negative for 3rd Quarter.
The presumably “vital” BLS is still up and running in the shutdown. It reports a benign CPI this month.
Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO of DoubleLine Capital LP, has some interesting thoughts on debt, stock buybacks, and leverage.
BBC research shows that May is headed for a disaster on Tuesday, with the prospect of a loss by over…
Hackers broke into the US electric grid with spearphishing techniques targeting contractors with system access.
Of 17 S&P 500 estimates by analysts, not a single one was negative.
Theresa May lost two votes in Parliament this week, the key one being a move to make her come up…
Fed fund futures show a hike in March is more likely than a cut. In December, the opposite is true.
Steve Hanke and Stephen Walters discuss too good to be true socialist lies about free programs that hide the true…