Category: Global Economics

The Seehoffer-Merkel feud erupted wide open this morning with an unexpected attack on Chancellor Merkel.

Economists expected construction spending in May to rise 0.6%. Spending rose 0.4%. April was revised 0.9% lower.

How does the yield curve invert? Jim Bianco at Bianco Research says “Inside Out”

Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), anti-Trump leftist, will become Mexico’s 58th president for the next six years.

Germany’s interior minister and CSU party head Horst Seehofer will resign both offices in a dispute with Merkel.

The EU is poised to retaliate against Trump. The Financial Times editorial board endorses the idea.

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…