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A Talking Points Memo reports Nearly Two-Thirds Of Likely GOP Voters Back Trump’s Muslim Ban . Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s recent proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S. has far from hurt his poll numbers; in fact, a poll released Wednesday found that almost two-thirds of GOP primary voters back the widely-condemned plan
Disastrous Discussion: US Corporate Profits vs. GDP: How Sustainable is Corporate Profit Trend? Do US Equities Deserve a PE Premium
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1.078 This was the worst October for shipments since 2011 and the worst September since 2010. In addition, Every month this year except January and February were worse than the same month a year ago
Import/Export Price Deflation: Export Prices -0.6%, Double Consensus Estimate; Import Prices -0.4% Half Estimate; Net Negative for GDP Import/Export Price Deflation Import/export price deflation continues in November. The kicker this month is a decline in exports prices greater than the decline in import prices with agricultural products leading the way, down a steep 1.1%. The Bloomberg Econoday consensus estimate was for export prices to dip -0.3% and import prices to dip -0.8%
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Wholesale Trade: Another Bad Report, Inventories Decline, Prior Month Revised Way Lower; Expect Negative Revisions to 3rd and 4th Quarter GDP; What About Autos? Economists missed the wholesale trade report numbers by a mile. The Econoday Consensus Estimate for today’s trade numbers was +0.2% in a range of 0.0% to 0.4%