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Please consider The Liquidity Trap That’s Spooking Bond Funds . The debt world is haunted by a specter—of a destabilizing run on markets. Last week, this took on more form even if there weren’t concrete signs of panic
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
See the original article here: Bernard J Pushes Indur Golkany Down the Elevator Shaft
The Guardian reports Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban Proposal Throws Republican Party Into Chaos Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was disowned by his own party’s top leadership on Tuesday and faced calls to drop his White House bid as the world reacted with outrage to his plan for a ban on Muslims entering the United States. The billionaire frontrunner’s plan tipped the Republican presidential race into chaos, with party leaders from the chairman of the Republican National Committee to former US vice-president Dick Cheney condemning the idea as “un-Americanâ€. Trump toured the US television studios in unrepentant form, unmoved by the gale of criticism that followed his speech aboard an aircraft carrier on Monday evening.
Fernando Leanme said… Off topic: as far as I can tell the El Niño event has peaked. I’m very happy to see my prediction was right
Actual results continue to pour in, nearly all of them negative. Today Gallup reports More Americans Say Health Premiums Went Up Over Past Year . Nearly three in four American adults (74%) who pay all or some of their health insurance premiums say the amount they pay has gone up over the past year
The Wall Street Journal explains how Medicare Rules Reshape Hospital Admissions .
Excerpt from: German Economist Concludes Refugees Will Ultimately Cost Germany €900 Billion