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The BIS discusses zombie corporations. Cheap financing is the primary cause. The result is low productivity.
Every day, evidence mounts that Ford’s story is blatantly false. Perhaps she believes it, but that doesn’t make it true.
Trumps’ Lawyer, Rudy Giuliani raised quite a stir, as well as denials when he made claims of overthrowing Iran.
The Kavanaugh witch hunt trial will be held Thursday. Meanwhile, a Ms. Keyser who Ford says was at the party,…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will fund $2 billion in philanthropic efforts. Some people think the money will be wasted.
In response to Trump’s imposition of more tariffs, China responded with tariffs of its own and walked out of talks.
Emily Peck wrote sensationalist posts involving Kavanaugh. The info is second-hand and doesn’t even implicate Kavanaugh.
Greg Ip, my favorite WSJ columnist, discusses iPhone assemblies and hollow victories of Trump’s trade wars.
As a single country, China is the US’s largest trading partner but Canada is the largest export partner.
GeoFred and the St. Louis Fed data repository (Fred) put together a set of interesting trade maps.